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Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Did Canada just get cool again ? Cana-duh Bell directs Bell how to report on Bell . Problem? Priva-see German government warns against NSA, via Windows 8 . Freedom Encrypted IM — now with Pirate Bay pedigree ! Copyfight Of course you can’t use Chromecast to stream your own content, stupid … Going Mobile Verizon already having an impact on wireless prices here. The NeverEnding Story Defeated . Pew-Pew Leaked email reveals Steve Jobs to be history’s greatest monster (not really). Probably the worst field trip ever for Telus employees. With Ubuntu Edge gone bust, could this be Currie’s next phone ? Shout-outs Thank-you, Alex Blackie , wherever you are. Music Russian rockers Madison Road with their free track, “Burst Into Flames” — via Jamendo . 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

Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Glenn Greenwald on Twitter: “ Most amazing feat of US Govt is to get journalists to take the lead in demanding the criminalization of journalism .” Cana-duh Open Media’s to-do list for incoming Industry Minister James Moore. Khaki Pants BitTorrent (the company) makes TV shows now . Copyfight Google Play eBooks don’t travel well . Tired Old Media TIME Magazine hack calls for the assassination of Julian Assange , also on Twitter. Going Mobile The Big Three are actively blocking plans to bring cellular service to TTC. Freedom How great swaths of the web will shortly become Area 451 . The NeverEnding Story UK agents destroy Guardian hard drives , fail to grasp basic concepts of “redundancy”. SIU charges Toronto cop with second-degree murder . Who wants to bet this won’t stick? Pew-Pew Samsung sued over poor working conditions . Again. A stealth snowmobile? Only in Cana-duh … Shout-outs Happy belated,  Michael Maiatico ! Music The Wunder Bunch w

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Mystery Science Theater 3000 would be very proud of this # fair4canada parody . Cana-duh Verizon delays plans to save Canada . Khaki Pants Social media as propaganda — not just for China and Russia anymore! Priva-see There’s just no escaping Facebook . Freedom Kids can’t use computers, and why that’s important . Going Mobile WIND Mobile switches over to 2 year tabs, doesn’t raise plans . The NeverEnding Story Lavabit does the right thing for users (including Snowden). Meshnets are cool . Pew-Pew A rare victory against The Nanny State . Worst. Launch Event. Ever . Shout-outs Who is Podcast Addict …? Music French rockeurs (?) Fresh Body Shop , with their free track “ Kids In Toy Land “. 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 @

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble A fairly shit-quality video about what’s supposedly Fair for Canada . Cana-duh If you thought our cops were bad … Priva-see TOR network compromised . Surveillance: from bad to worse . Copyfight 1,700 websites go dark to protest Russian version of SOPA . Going Mobile The cheap Canadian mobile phone service that isn’t available in Canada. Khaki Pants Community owned networks ftw! The NeverEnding Story Bell corrects billing error, raises rates to match Rogers and Telus. More bad news in the latest Snowden leak . Pew-Pew Canada and Mexico join US Homeland . Going to Japan? Beware the Bluetooth bidet assaults . Shout-outs Props to b0ngh1tt3r for submitting the most links this week. Music An American perspective on Canada, via Jamendo . 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 T

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble Amanda Lang an unlikely hero in “debate” with BCE’s George Cope . Cana-duh It’s legal to record our cops, though you may be arrested anyway . Freedom Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, still faces up to 136 years in prison . Priva-see How exercising your user rights could make you the bad guy . Going Mobile  The Big Three’s cash grab, by the numbers . Khaki Pants All about the PayPal Mafia . Too Seksy That was unexpected… UK porn filter will censor other content too . Huawei guilty by association ? The NeverEnding Story US government apparently wants our passwords now . Incumbent telco CEO just wants a fair chance . Pew-Pew Netflix: TV isn’t just TV anymore . Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement. Shout-outs Culeta and I use the same VoIP service . Maybe you should too… Music Courtesy of Rathole Radio Episode 106 , here’s Windsor rockers The Blue Stones and their PWYW track, Rolling with the Punches . Dyscuss Some