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Foreign Intelligence Briefing #386: On Bond Predictability & Thailand’s Wet Hard Drives

Freedom of expression is alive and well in Miami (above).

The name of the new James Bond film starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem is Skyfall. The synopsis: Bond’s loyalty to M – blah blah – past comes back to haunt her – blah blah – sex scene – MI6 comes under attack – blah blah – 007 broods – blah blah – destroys everything – blah blah – lives.

After intimating otherwise for the past couple of days, the computer nerd hacktivists of Anonymous say that they are indeed going toe to toe with Mexico’s machete-loving Los Zeta drug cartel. This will end well.

Hey mister! That’s great that you want to share your love of God and all. It’s just that you don’t have to be such a total jerk about it.

Groupon prices their I.P.O. at $20 a share, valuing the company at $12.65 billion.

The New Yorker asks, “What Now, Occupiers?”

The decline of the United States, explained.

When you see the John Muir Trail, you’ll want to walk it.

The headline of the day comes via Boing Boing: “Thailand is 20% underwater, and is the second-biggest hard drive producer after China. Now do you care about the floods?”

The Brazilian Federal Police are total BAMFs whenever they take out airplanes with their cars.

Bonus: the perfect plate for food photoblog nerds.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.