Dyscultured

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Rockstar reporter Glenn Greenwald is our new hero, via YouTube . Cana-duh Opposing views on Bill C-309: Exhibit A here , B here . Priva-see Surprising no one, British spy agency revealed to be NSA’s bitch . Patently Absurd One of the worst patents ever gets upheld in U.S. court. Going Mobile What’s the deal with Mobilicity, WIND and Verizon ? Copyfight BitTorrent teams up with Public Enemy for crowdsourced music . Tired Old Media 6 companies control 90% of media in ‘Murica (vs. Canada’s 2 or 3). Khaki Pants Best cease-and-desist ever? The NeverEnding Story Whistleblowing re-branded as Insider Threats . Big Data: The good, the bad and the ugly . Yet another reason to consider CyanogenMod . Pew-Pew Vic Toews retires from politics . Canadian ambassadors not popular on Twitter . Grenada cops, more so . Shout-outs Donate to WikiLeaks before July 1st, when VISA tries to fuck them over again . Music It’s back to the ’90s with Rob Szabo ‘s Groove

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An assemblage of Apple adjectives from WWDC, courtesy of The Verge . Cana-duh Our brave new world of digital diplomacy . Mmkay… Priva-see How CyanogenMod is giving Android users their privacy back . Spy vs. Spy Waitaminnit, that’s not a power brick … Going Mobile Verizon considering bid for WIND Mobile ? Copyfight Lawsuit filed against “Happy Birthday” rights holders. And this page of prior art might win the case. Tired Old Media Spielberg, Lucas predict massive implosion in film industry. Khaki Pants Here’s a list you don’t want to be on … The NeverEnding Story The TPP is as bad as you think, says Member of Congress Alan Grayson . Google’s VP9 video codec gets Chromium preview ahead of Chrome, YouTube debuts. Pew-Pew How Bell will circumvent adhere to Cana-duh’s new wireless code . MySpace deletes blogs, asks users to vote on the idea of getting them back. Shout-outs Thanks to Sean Soderman for the heads-up re: a missing audio file.

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Freeform Podcasting at it’s finest Well we didn’t have shownotes, jingles (for the most part!), or Andrew this week… Nor did we record at the right time or day of the week. But we did get around to addressing some of the latest and greatest breaches of your security as provided by the NSA, CSEC and any number of other alphabet agencies. For background and reference to articles discussed in this episode please refer to the Dyscultured Reddit Shout Out’s A quick shout out to MMD for finding us and joining in on the chat for episode #240. Also apologies for the time we didn’t seem to be attentive while Google Hangouts left us hanging. Music A great soundtrack for the Tinfoil Tribunal… Limblifter – “Tinfoil” … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarc

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An intro to tonight’s top story by Peter Mansbridge . CanaDUH Canada’s new wireless code . And the award for best dissection goes to Howard Chui . Priva-see Montreal cops to get 21st century weapons . Toronto cops beat up reporters now… Copyfight ARM’s anti-piracy processor for mobile phones. Going Mobile Ottawa kills Telus-Mobilicity deal . The NeverEnding Story Google must comply with NSLs, says federal judge . Prenda seeds it own porn . Pew-Pew No porn on Google Glass . Former Microsoft Manager now Marijuana Mogul . Shout-outs Best reddit comment ever. Music Well that was unexpected … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @shanebee @wiseman