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links for 2010-05-24: Treskilling Expensive

BBC News – Rare stamp sells for record price in Geneva auction Treskilling Yellow. Isn't it a bit curious that the bidders aren't revealing what they bid, nor the buyer what they paid? This wouldn't be one of those naked … more…

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Operation Magic Kingdom

Dead Dad #2, Jimmy Cauty, 2007

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The Passing Concerns of John Ashcroft

USIA Electronic Journal 10/97 – Ashcroft There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes … more…

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Resurgent Fascism in US Postal Service?

WARNING: many of the links in this post lead to places you really don’t want to go, and I really don’t want to show up in their referrer logs any more than I already have, so the links are disabled. … more…

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Pier Gustafson’s stamps

Pier Gustafson designs stamps, in an entirely unofficial capacity. They are, consequently, more expressive and altogether preferable to the offical sort. (via Lookit a three day old blog by Paul Hoffman, looking good already, discovered by Eliot at FMH)

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