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Tidbits, January 3, 2012 1.Toon of the Day 2.Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship 3.Pulaski Marching Band 2012 Rosebowl plays "Union Maid" 4.Global Revolution, Occupy Wall Street Live Streaming Source, Evicted from Brooklyn Production Studio 5.Lest We Forget, Iraq's Horrific Body Count = = = = = 1. Toon of the Day http://tinyurl.com/78zzrse Opportunity Bendib = = = = 2. Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042?print=true Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit. The scheme was outlined at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The project's organisers said the Hackerspace Global Grid will also involve developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with the satellites. Longer term they hope to help put an amateur astronaut on the moon. Hobbyists have already put a few small satellites into orbit - usually only for brief periods of time - but tracking the devices has proved difficult for low- budget projects. The hacker activist Nick Farr first put out calls for people to contribute to the project in August. He said that the increasing threat of internet censorship had motivated the project. "The first goal is an uncensorable internet in space. Let's take the internet out of the control of terrestrial entities," Mr Farr said. = = = = = 3. Pulaski Marching Band 2012 Rosebowl plys "Union Maid" www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNWWG_YzF_I&feature=player_embedded = = = = = 4. Global Revolution, Occupy Wall Street Live Streaming Source, Evicted from Brooklyn Production Studio http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/3/headlines#4 A prominent source for Occupy Wall Street’s global outreach and live streaming was reportedly shut down by the New York City Police Department last night. Global Revolution, a website which has broadcast Occupy Wall Street coverage since the movement’s inception in September, claims it received an eviction notice at its Brooklyn studios on Monday night. The notice states the production space is "imminently perilous to life," and adds, "Violators of the Commissioner’s Vacate Order are subject to arrest." = = = = Lest We Forget, Iraq's Horrific Body Count http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/01/03-1 Over 162,000 people, about 80% of them civilians, were killed in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003, according to new data published by Iraq Body Count to mark the withdrawal of US combat forces. Many more grim details and numbers, including the fact that civilian deaths have not noticeably declined since 2009. ___________________________________________ Portside aims to provide material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world and to change it. Submit via email: [log in to unmask] Submit via the Web: http://portside.org/submittous3 Frequently asked questions: http://portside.org/faq Sub/Unsub: http://portside.org/subscribe-and-unsubscribe Search Portside archives: http://portside.org/archive Contribute to Portside: https://portside.org/donate