It’s time to rethink our nightmares about surveillance. A great read about tear gas and Twitter and surveillance by seduction.

From Weekly Filet #150, in February 2014.

Is the Internet good or bad? Yes.

Is the Internet good or bad? Yes.

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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