"Human societies have historically institutionalized laws not to reflect truth but to preserve order and power. So much is carried out under law even though it is wrong. Law has never defined truth. Civil disobedience is based on the idea that moral clarity defines legal defiance." Fig Tree

It’s hard to read the words "pinko-commie-faggot" now, without hearing the twang of an old‑time radio host or the bark of a crew‑cut sergeant...

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" -- William Butler Yeats

Gibson's vision of cyberspace was seductive: a level playing field where the best code won. Reality gave us something far more complex and depressing: a digital world where power structures from the physical world have been replicated and amplified.

The concrete structures and plastic biohazard coffins observed near railways in cities such as Atlanta are part of a larger, often invisible network of pandemic