Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

After a disappointingly overwhelming vote of 74 to 21, Congress has passed the controversial Cybersecurity bill, CISA (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) and put our privacy in the hands of corporations, and a government that has already decided that we’re more precious “data,” than important citizens. Read The Guardian for further information on the passing of CISA, and to understand the disappointment this has incited across America.

It would appear we’re one step closer to a true Cyberpunk society. Time to start learning to use your Terminals, kids.

The exiled whistleblower signed up for Twitter today, using @snowden.

Twitter turned the three-years-dormant userid over to Snowden, who is operating his own account (which has only one entry to it, to date: “Can you hear me now?”).

The signup was prompted by Snowden’s Snowden’s interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson:

The Hawthorne effect (also referred to as the observer effect) is a type of reactivity in which individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed. The original research at the Hawthorne Works in Cicero Illinois on lighting changes and work structure changes such as working hours and break times were originally interpreted by Elton Mayo and others to mean that paying attention to overall worker needs would improve productivity. Later interpretations such as that done by Landsberger suggested that the novelty of being research subjects and the increased attention from such could lead to temporary increases in workers’ productivity. This interpretation was dubbed “the Hawthorne effect.”

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