19 Year-Old Tesla Driver Kills Self Crashing Into Truck

Lately there seem to be more and more stories of very young drivers killing themselves with a brand new Tesla. Details are few in a new Oregon police report, yet so far all signs point towards an unsafe car causing the death of an inexperienced driver. Preliminary investigation indicates that London was driving a white … Continue reading 19 Year-Old Tesla Driver Kills Self Crashing Into Truck

U.S. Warrantless Search Has Dropped Significantly

In a new WSJ report, a harsh critic of warrentless searches holds the line. “It still adds up to more than 300 warrantless searches for Americans’ phone calls, text messages, and emails every day,” stated NYU’s Elizabeth Goitein [senior director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program]. “One warrantless search is … Continue reading U.S. Warrantless Search Has Dropped Significantly

GOP Wrecked State Department: Americans Now Abandoned, Left for Dead in Sudan

Whether you look at the reign of a Tillerson, or the “Christian warrior” Pompeo, the GOP leadership destroyed the State Department and it’s having a disastrous effect right now. Foreign Policy: Morale has hit rock bottom at Foggy Bottom, as American foreign service officers languish and Rex Tillerson builds a mini-empire. GovExec: State Department Says … Continue reading GOP Wrecked State Department: Americans Now Abandoned, Left for Dead in Sudan

RSA SF Conference (RSAC SF) Day One: Misinformation is the New Malware

Here are my notes from the three-person panel at RSA moderated by Ted Schelin (silicon valley venture capitalist), which to my ears was itself dangerously pushing misinformation. Not only was it far too American in focus (literally asking the world to serve U.S. corporate interests), far too fluffy in pushing unregulated corporations as competent and … Continue reading RSA SF Conference (RSAC SF) Day One: Misinformation is the New Malware