Emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is a freelance journalist focused on issues related to national security and civil liberties. She writes under the name emptywheel on her personal blog and contributes to various publications such as Motherboard, the New Republic, and Al Jazeera. Additionally, she often shares her insights on television and radio programs. Marcy is the author of "Anatomy of Deceit," which provides an overview of the CIA leak investigation, and she gained attention for her live coverage of the Scooter Libby trial. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for the House Fourth Amendment Caucus and serves as a senior fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. Marcy has also been honored as an Internet Human Rights hero by AccessNow. Since 2007, Marcy has dedicated herself to blogging full time. She is particularly recognized for her live coverage of the Scooter Libby trial and her reporting on the number of times Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to waterboarding. Moreover, she has been ahead of the curve in uncovering government surveillance practices long before they were made public. Marcy holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she studied "feuilleton," a brief, conversational format in journalism that has been significant during periods of increased censorship. In addition to her academic pursuits, she has provided documentation consulting for companies in the automotive, technology, and energy sectors. Recently, Marcy, along with her spouse and their dog June Bug, relocated to Ireland.
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2 weeks ago |
emptywheel.net | Quinn Norton
The Death of the Internet and Karim Khan’s InboxThe International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan is not having a good year, and neither is the ICC in general. It was never an easy job, going after people who commit Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. The ICC tries to prosecute crimes in opposition to regimes like Russia, who do things like murder whole cities and steal children so routinely it’s like doing the laundry for them.
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2 weeks ago |
emptywheel.net | Ed Walker
The introduction to this series should be read first. It has the index to all posts in this series. Yarvin explains why he’s writing in this post. He opens with a poem by the Greek poet C. P. Cavafy, Que Fecit — Il Gran Rifuto, which, roughly translated, is He Who Makes The Great Refusal. Here’s the text:For some people the day comeswhen they have to declare the great Yesor the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yesready within him; and saying it,he goes forward in honor and self-assurance.
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3 weeks ago |
emptywheel.net | Ed Walker
The introduction to this series should be read first. It has the index to all posts in this series. Blue Pill, Red PillIn his second blog post, Curtis Yarvin makes what he calls a case against democracy. He begins by pointing out that we are all steeped in democracy and its values from birth, and it’s hard to change. To help see things differently (of course using The Matrix image of the red and blue pills) he offers ten statements about democracy and an alternative view.
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1 month ago |
emptywheel.net | Ed Walker
The introduction to this series should be read first. It has the index to all posts in this series. The previous post discussed two aspects of Yarvin’s first blog post, his rejection of current ideologies and his loathing of democracy. This post describes the ideology he created, formalism. The goal of formalismYarvin starts with the proposition that the only truly significant problem facing humans is violence. The goal of formalism is to rid the planet of violence.
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1 month ago |
emptywheel.net | Quinn Norton
Why you should use Signal (But maybe ditch Whatsapp?)The Secretary of Defense and Fox Host Pete Hegseth keeps using Signal to talk about war plans with people he’s not supposed to be talking with at his day job. He also gets caught, because he’s bad at security as well as his job. Hegseth uses his personal phone for Department of Defence business, including killing a lot Yemenis.
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