> > > > > > > today's xkcd regards a recent public forced deportation of a grad > > > > > > > student in randall's home city . [the story kind of reads like > > > > > > > snowden > > > > > > > or something except the subject appears as a random grad student > > > > > > > > > > > > some influences judge this likely to be a kidnapping, [possibly > > > > > > funded > > > > > > by a foreign government somehow ??], because there is so much work > > > > > > to > > > > > > hide the people involved and deter due process > > > > > > > > it's also notable there has apparently been edit conflict on wikipedia > > > > regarding whether or not it should be mentioned anywhere that the > > > > people apprehending the student were all masked > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i don't know anything about it i assume these things are worked on by > > > > > people less messed up than me > > > > > > > > we see strange edit conflicts like that a lot so things like this can > > > > help us understand them a little bit more > > > > i'm hearing that this behavior regards the requests of oppressive > > foreign powers on all of our citizens to silently respect their > > censorships > > some say this may be off base. but the requests for silent respect of > censorship seems not yet contested; i think all citizens might have > been slightly contested
edit conflicts are common on wikipedia, i'm afraid we're not used to assuming that persistence implies validity but the impact of the persistence -- when it shows power that used to be classified as state-level -- that's meaningful. as citizens of the world we need to figure out how to handle that to protect each other and our information appropriately. > > > > > > > > the legos and tinkertoys of the world cower in fear > > > > > > we hope if we build the right toy that our safety can increase by a smidge
