The Baffler

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The journal that blunts the cutting edge. Political and cultural criticism, satire, and salvos. Since 1988. Online and in print.

Cambridge, MA and New York, NY
Joined July 2009

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    The best explanation 4 why Trump missed that debate: :"only way 2 ensure silence is via complete physical isolation"

  2. Highly reminiscent of another children’s toy brand:

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    Goal of cheap "Bernie Bros" narrative is to try to delegitimize critics by accusing them of sexism.

  4. Leave it to a DC-based publication to refuse to speak truth to power and instead “network” with it.

  5. The Atlantic's bland array of “thought-output” plays a critical role in scrambling our national crisis.

  6. NYC is in for a extravaganza; '90s nostalgia continues; and the dude who bought .

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    The internal Atlantic jargon is "influentials"

  8. “The Atlantic’s special subspecies of omniscient gentlemen is the ‘Thought Leader.’”

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    Who's responsible for 's death? The sum of broken systems & inability to grapple w/issues he raised

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    "Aaron was not the only person to commit suicide under prosecution from Steve Heymann" via .. WarGames > CFAA

  11. Fun (frightening?) fact: The movie “War Games” has had a huge effect on cyber crime laws.

  12. “Who's responsible for Aaron's death? It's everything. The world isn't set up to produce and deal with people like Aaron.”

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    Aaron Swartz's democratic activism criminalized. suspects it wasn't a direct order but was implicit they wanted to stop him

  14. Peters: Over the past few decades, the price of subscriptions to academic publications has become prohibitively expensive.

  15. Peters: Swartz's case coincided with popular awareness of Anonymous, Wikileaks, etc. But Aaron was a much easier target.

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    Steve Hyman is the US Attorney Boston resident computer crime specialist who floated plea offer to

  17. Peters: The only reason why you'd threaten someone with 95 years in prison is to force them into a plea bargain.

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    That should be object™ at rest.™

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    Robert Murton: tenets of science, ethos, inquiry, norms. "Communism" ie free research to cmty, universalism, organized skepticism

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