Arlington’s Paper Wall (July 28, 2019)
Steve Revilak discusses Arlington, MA’s Paper Wall – zoning regulations that limit the supply of new housing (and multi-family housing in particular) in…
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Pirate Podcases — Episode 16: Electoral Action (December 9, 2018)
In this podcast, Aaron James, Adam Friedman, and Joseph Onoroski talk about electoral action. Aaron James was the Pirate Party candidate for 27th…
Pirate Podcasts — Episode 15: Mass Meshnet Progress (November 11, 2018)
William Fleurant reports on some of the recent work done by the Massachusetts Meshnet group. Will describes how the group provided wireless internet…
Pirate Podcasts — Episode 14: Lightning talks from Piratecon 2018 (November 4, 2018)
These are two lightning talks from the 2018 Massachusetts Pirate Party conference. (0:00) Joesph Oronoski talks about ways to serve your community, such…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 13: Sex Worker Rights (October 28, 2018)
Longtime activist and educator Desmond Ravenstone presents a talk about sex worker rights. He covers the history of bordellos and how they were…
NSA, FOIA, and a long-running quest for Telephony Metadata (October 22, 2017)
Gathering information through FOIA or public records requests can be a long-term endeavor. I made a privacy act request to the NSA back…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 12: Qualifying the Integrity of Media Sources (May 14, 2017)
This panel was recorded during the Pirate Party conference on April 29, 2017. It features two speakers: Kendra Moyer and Wendy Joy Welsh.…
FOIA Files: the NSA’s intranet home page (April 30, 2017)
Back in 2014, I wrote a blog post about my FOIA request for the CIA’s intranet home page Intranet home pages are a…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 11: The importance of causing a stir (March 19, 2017)
Terra Friedrichs is a former selectman from Acton, Massachusetts. She talks about her experience on the board, using a town’s permitting authority as…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 10: Your Community Needs You (to run for office) (December 4, 2016)
James O’Keefe is the Captain of the Massachusetts Pirate Party, and a former Green Party candidate for Massachusetts Treasurer. In this podcast, James…