Tax dollars for torture

US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the ten-person panel, speaking on on condition of anonymity. Didn’t they loudly proclaim just a…

Gnomedex: The Podfathers

Dave and Adam pose for gnomerazzi as Secret Service looks away. Dave Winer opened Gnomedex with a keynote speech, Adam Curry closes it today with another keynote. Yesterday Adam noted he and Dave worked for four years on getting the…

Gnomedex: Microsoft ‘betting big on RSS’

The next version of Windows, Longhorn, will support RRS – the framework of blogs and podcasting – in a big way. What’s more, they are releasing their new RSS specs into Creative Commons, which means it will be open to…

Gnomedex: The wireless net couldn’t take it.

The wireless net here at Gnomedex is part of the Bell Harbor Convention Hall, a facility operated by the city of Seattle, and the net has run fine through many a conference. Chris Pirillo, organizer of Gnomedex did warn them,…

Gnomedex. Google reception.

You could just walk into a conversation and you knew what they were talking about. Lots of video bloggers, podcasters, techies; some from startups, others from Microsoft or Feedburner or a CGI company or whatever. Most have multiple interests and/or…

Uh huh

Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war Meanwhile, Bush approval sinks further Most striking: A startling 60% of registered voters disapprove of Bush’s handling of the economy, with 63% of Americans rating the national economy as “bad, very bad, or terrible.”

LA anti-racist counter-demo this Saturday.

Protest anti-immigrant racists in Baldwin ParkStop attacks on immigrants! No to SOS/Minutemen/KKK! This Saturday, June 25, 11 am3875 Downing Ave (Corner of Ramona & Downing – Free parking on Ramona)Baldwin Park, CA More info at ANSWER LA, one of the many…