A new issue of Not Bored! is out (the first since 2009). Slavoj Zizek (Ljubljana): The Role of Chimney Sweepers in Sexual Identity. Matthew D. Henry (Cleveland State) and John L. Turner (Georgia): Across Five Eras: Patent Enforcement in the United States 1929-2006. From ProPublica, Cora Currier, Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer on mass surveillance in America: A timeline of loosening laws and practices. If you thought the astounding (and ongoing) revelations about the NSA’s PRISM regime were going to hurt America’s reputation, it appears you were right — Freedom House just made it official. From n+1, Atossa Abrahamian on seasteading: “What if Apple’s genius designers applied their insights on a user experience to build a city that’s as fun to use as an iPad?” What is it about Alex Jones that fools so many young leftists into thinking that he speaks for them?
