Glass Wings Blog

The Glass Wings mailing list and blog is for general idle chit-chat about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or other subjects relevant to the Glass Wings web site.

The invasion of America

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:07:43 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://aeon.co/magazine/society/americans-must-not-forget-their-history-of-dispossession/>

"Between 1776 and the present, the United States seized some 1.5 billion
acres from North America’s native peoples, an area 25 times the size of
the United Kingdom. Many Americans are only vaguely familiar with the

The plight of the bitter nerd: Why so many awkward, shy guys end up hating feminism

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:06:21 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.salon.com/2015/01/10/the_plight_of_the_bitter_nerd_why_so_many_awkward_shy_guys_end_up_hating_feminism/>

"MIT professor Scott Aaronson wrote a post about how feminism makes him
feel like a monster. Here's what he meant"

Storj: Decentralized Cloud Storage

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:02:28 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://storj.io/

"Storj (pronounced: storage) aims to become a cloud storage platform
that can’t be censored or monitored, or have downtime. Storj is a
platform, cryptocurrency, and suite of decentralized applications that

Download Linux Voice issue 2

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:00:43 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.linuxvoice.com/download-linux-voice-issue-2/

"It’s that time again! We’ve already made issue 1 freely available, and
now we’re releasing issue 2 of Linux Voice under the Creative Commons
BY-SA license. So you can modify and share all content from the magazine

DRAGON PROJECTION with fire on house front in Italy

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:40:16 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1HRg3adWg

Very impressive. Via Ninja On Rye.

Hamburg is burying the Autobahn and putting parks on top

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:39:26 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.vox.com/2015/1/9/7520805/hamburg-highway

'The project, which is called the Hamburger Deckel and is projected to
cost $800 million, comes after 20 years of lobbying from a local
residents' initiative called "Ohne Dach ist Krach" (German for "No Roof,

When We Call Criminal Acts 'Terrorism' We Destroy Our Rights And Sacrifice Our Principles

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:33:42 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150108/18213829642/when-we-call-criminal-acts-terrorism-we-destroy-our-rights-sacrifice-our-principles.shtml>

'That point, that we treat terrorism as different than crime really hits
home. When there's a criminal spree -- bank robberies, burglaries, car
thefts -- we may make certain changes in how we act (get better locks,

10 Rules For Making A Modern Transgender Superhero

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:32:31 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.themarysue.com/modern-trans-superhero/

"I started this article originally to write about transgender
superheroes in comics but that proved much more difficult than I first
thought it would be. For a start there are, in my opinion, *no*

Facing the Challenge of Online Harassment

Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:51:44 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/facing-challenge-online-harassment

"This post explains our thinking about combating online harassment, and
what we hope EFF's role can be in that effort given the scope of our
work. It isn't our last word, nor should it be; this is not a simple

New Clues

Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:50:44 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://cluetrain.com/newclues/

"Hear, O Internet. It has been sixteen years since our previous
communication."