Matt Cadwallader

Rob Cadwallader: My Letter to Senators Brown and Kerry

Dear Senator,

I am very concerned. PIPA has the potential to scar the internet as we know it. The Internet encompasses the purest form of communication and information ever known to man. It thrives on the creation, modification, and distribution of ideas. It is and has to be inherently free. To…

Reblogged from Rob Cadwallader

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As of yesterday, the yields on five-, seven- and 10-year bonds were all still negative, meaning that investors are paying the U.S. to hold onto their money.

— Despite the S&P’s boneheaded ratings and Republican obstruction of honest-to-goodness debt reduction efforts, U.S. debt was considered the safest investment in the world last year. Not just safe but lucrative too. It outpaced gold as the best investment of the year. But instead of using these market forces to make sound investments in our future, Republicans still insist that we cut our debt to the detriment of economic recovery.

Tags: us debt debt debt reduction deficit treasury treasuries bonds investment gold republican s&p

The Toil Index

In 1970, rent equalled about 40 hours of work per month for the average worker. This chart shows that number now stands at 96.

Every day I’m shuffling.

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NIH cuts funding for most Chimp testing

Looks like Andy Serkis’ performance got through to someone at the National Institutes of Health. Wonder if it’ll get through to Academy Award voters.

Tags: oscars academy awards chimps cimpanzees planet of the apes science movies films serkis

Wow. The year in 3 minutes. If you only watch one “year in review” video for 2011, let it be this one. I could’ve done without the Coldplay, but whatever.

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Last night I had a horrifying dream that a group of well-intentioned middle-aged people who could not distinguish between a domain name and an IP address were trying to regulate the Internet. Then I woke up and the Judiciary Committee’s SOPA hearings was on.

— Alexandra Petri exposes the farcical hearings taking place on the Stop Online Piracy Act - an incredibly harmful bill with bipartisan support that is making its way through the House. It’s sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, is equally damaging to online innovation.

Tags: sopa protect ip pipa copyright stop online privacy act

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