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So I speak a little Persian and read it very slowly, so I’m hoping that you guys can help me out. I’ve got a bunch of searches in FriendFeed that I’d really like to have more people take a look at so we can get some more information out in the English-speaking online community. http://friendfeed.com/search?q=تظاهرات http://friendfeed.com/search?q=تظاهرات+میدان+امام+خمینی http://friendfeed.com/search?q=توپخانه http://friendfeed.com/search?q=راهپیمایی http://friendfeed.com/search?q=موسوی

CCDCOE conference, June 18 Nart Villeneuve, “Tracking GhostNet”: One of our staff has been working with Tibetian communnities for 10 years. Art of investigation: raise more questions than answers. This is good, as we have limitations. Data is hard to come by. Organizations are not generally willing to collect their data or provide you with samples of malicious files, you have to cultivate sources, and earn trust (within NGO community). We hear a lot of news coverage, they’re often incomplete,…

CCDCOE conference, June 17 Kenneth Geers, American representative to CCDCOE: – Even if you took a tank or a jet fighter, you could hardly count the number of processors on it. – Next year US military will have more unmanned than manned aircraft – It’s not just about vulnerability and exploit — but where does that meet national security? All presentations, have elements that speak to why nat’l security planners would find it interesting. – This is the best city…

Xeni asked me to compile a list of what I’m reading regarding the Iranian election and its insane aftermath. Beyond the obvious traditional media (NYT, BBC, NPR, PRI), these are mainly what I’m paying attention to: Twitter: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=near%3ATehran+within%3A15mi http://irantwitters.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/stopAhmadi http://twitter.com/iran09 http://twitter.com/mousavi1388 Related: http://youtube.com/mousavi1388 and http://flickr.com/mousavi1388 and http://sites.google.com/site/mousavi1388/ http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/down-time-rescheduled.html US State Department told Twitter to change its update time http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616 Main sites: http://tehranbureau.com http://www.irantracker.org/ http://garysick.tumblr.com/ http://mag.gooya.com/english/ http://iranian.com/ http://tehranlive.org/ Established Media: Who’s Fighting Who in Iran’s Struggle? / TIME / By…

Via Nayareh Tohidi: [Redacted] reports his own observations on the course of events of 15th June 2009 in Tehran I left my home in Tajrish along with my family at 3 p.m. We went down Valiast Street which is the main northern-southern avenue in Tehran and entered the Evin Exp’way which leads to Enghelab Street. We knew that people are supposed to gather in Enghelab Sq. (Revolution Sq.) at 4 and march toward Azadi Sq. (Freedom Sq.). From Gisha Bridge…

My brilliant and beautiful wife, Rebecca, has just had two poems and a review of hers recently published She appears in the latest edition of Parcel, and the Avatar Review. That last one also includes audio of her reading her work, too! She’s also just reviewed Moongarden by Anthony McCann.

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the recent Where 2.0 conference in San Jose is airing this week on CBC’s Spark! It will be available on CBC Radio 1 at the following times: Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. (12:00 NT) Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. (4:30 NT) If you find yourself outside the reach of the CBC’s antennae, feel free to listen to it online, here, or of course, via podcast.

The New York Times, June 1 2009: SAN SALVADOR — Having sent the Iranian people a video greeting on their New Year, President Obama is now inviting them to help celebrate a quintessentially American holiday, the Fourth of July. Last Friday, the State Department sent a cable to its embassies and consulates around the world notifying them that “they may invite representatives from the government of Iran” to their Independence Day celebrations — annual receptions that typically feature hot dogs,…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the how the June 12 Iranian election is playing out online is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 8 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg Boston – 4 pm Eastern…

Although it’s been a few months now, I’m proud to (belatedly) announce my participation in 80+1, a new and exciting project to celebrate the city of Linz, Austria as one of the European Union cities of culture for 2009. I should tip my virtual hat to David Sasaki, who is also participating in this project. While living in our house in Oakland when we were in France, David recommended me to be the Online Content Manager for 80+1. I have…