| 1. | | DecryptoCat (tobtu.com) |
| 516 points by thejosh on July 4, 2013 | 276 comments |
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| 2. | | Join the largest online protest since SOPA to stop NSA spying (callforfreedom.org) |
| 386 points by sinak on July 4, 2013 | 59 comments |
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| 3. | | A few words on Doug Engelbart (worrydream.com) |
| 382 points by llambda on July 4, 2013 | 54 comments |
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| 4. | | The 19-year-old jailed for the crime of sarcasm (nationalreview.com) |
| 313 points by Uperte on July 4, 2013 | 90 comments |
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| 5. | | FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire" (whowhatwhy.com) |
| 308 points by thenewkid on July 4, 2013 | 145 comments |
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| 6. | | Distributed Everything (medium.com/surveillance-state) |
| 297 points by gwenbell on July 4, 2013 | 117 comments |
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| 7. | | EFF: Show Support for the Fourth Amendment (eff.org) |
| 281 points by Argentum01 on July 4, 2013 | 36 comments |
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| 8. | | Bill before Icelandic Parliament to grant Edward Snowden citizenship (translate.google.com) |
| 275 points by avar on July 4, 2013 | 80 comments |
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| 9. | | How Exercise Can Calm Anxiety (nytimes.com) |
| 253 points by gruseom on July 4, 2013 | 71 comments |
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| 10. | | Zynga Mistake Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role (kotaku.com) |
| 189 points by morphics on July 4, 2013 | 61 comments |
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| 11. | | Snowden's Constitution vs Obama's Constitution (techdirt.com) |
| 172 points by honzzz on July 4, 2013 | 36 comments |
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| 12. | | Revelations about the French Big Brother (translate.google.com) |
| 163 points by fellowshipofone on July 4, 2013 | 87 comments |
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| 13. | | Clojure core.async and Go: A Code Comparison (drewolson.org) |
| 150 points by drewolson on July 4, 2013 | 78 comments |
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| 14. | | France Has A PRISM-Like Program With Thousands Of Trillions Of Metadata Elements (techcrunch.com) |
| 148 points by pirri on July 4, 2013 | 46 comments |
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| 15. | | The last Incan suspension bridge is made entirely of grass and woven by hand (slate.com) |
| 130 points by llambda on July 4, 2013 | 45 comments |
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| 16. | | What it looks like when Google links to your website (raaw.se) |
| 118 points by PeterRosdahl on July 4, 2013 | 64 comments |
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| 17. | | The web you know is dying (evbogue.com) |
| 115 points by skeltoac on July 4, 2013 | 56 comments |
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| 18. | | Swedish Campground (2004) (folklore.org) |
| 111 points by EGreg on July 4, 2013 | 49 comments |
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| 19. | | Critical Vulnerability in Cryptocat (crypto.cat) |
| 111 points by amouat on July 4, 2013 | 39 comments |
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| 20. | | The Fall of the American Worker (newyorker.com) |
| 98 points by amardeep on July 4, 2013 | 168 comments |
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| 21. | | AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance (2007) (wired.com) |
| 95 points by leokote on July 4, 2013 | 13 comments |
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| 23. | | Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam (steampowered.com) |
| 81 points by ValentineC on July 4, 2013 | 58 comments |
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| 26. | | JavaScript projects to look into (javascriptoo.com) |
| 77 points by Dekku on July 4, 2013 | 25 comments |
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| 27. | | How a sysadmin can become a programmer (cuddletech.com) |
| 75 points by sea6ear on July 4, 2013 | 79 comments |
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| 28. | | A chimp-pig hybrid origin for humans? (phys.org) |
| 74 points by evo_9 on July 4, 2013 | 82 comments |
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| 29. | | These charts show how the Edward Snowden story is overwhelming the NSA story (washingtonpost.com) |
| 73 points by CrazedGeek on July 4, 2013 | 40 comments |
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| 30. | | On Open-Sourcing Libraries (williamdurand.fr) |
| 73 points by couac on July 4, 2013 | 29 comments |
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What hits me the hardest about this story is that, what if an HN post of mine strikes the wrong nerve and next thing they're coming for me? Maybe next they'll be coming for you. Or 15 years from now my kid makes a dumb post and they come for him.
The Supreme Court was pretty clear this kind of speech is protected, and yet here we are with Justin behind bars. By the way, how the hell does bail get set at $500,000 for a single Facebook comment, no matter how insensitive or inciteful?
You might be interested in contacting the DA who filed the charges, Jennifer Tharp, http://tharpda.com/. Apparently she made her first comment on the case yesterday, although I can't find a direct link to her written statement: "Comal County District Attorney Jennifer Tharp says in a statement that Justin Carter could get 'community supervision or probation' if that is determined to be in the 'best interest of the defendant and society."
What Justin should get is sent home with an apology, and perhaps a nice settlement check down the road. I hope while Jennifer is out enjoying her 4th of July, celebrating our independence day, she can spare a moment to think about how she's managed to trample the constitutional freedoms that so many Americans have given their lives to defend.
I better be careful not to wish any ill will upon her for her role in this travesty of justice, since, you know, I wouldn't want to be accused of making 'terroristic threats'. So let's just say I hope it's raining in Comal County today.