Linkdump 03-12-2016

• VPNs, Encrypted Messaging, Private Browsing | The Mary Sue 
  For no particular reason, just in case it ever becomes useful one day. January 20th, 2017 is a day.
  (tags: activism drumpf politics crypto computing )
• Kate Bush, Theresa May and the trouble with political partisanship | The Conversation 
  c.f. also Orson Scott Card, Tom Cruise, Peter F Hamilton, Eddie Izzard, OH JOHN RINGO NO, Spike Milligan, Russell Brand, Roman Polanski
  (tags: psephology politics society homophobia scifi indyref acting movies art )
• This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet | Vox 
  Luxury! When I were a lad, something something 1.44kb diskettes
  (tags: internet samizdata computing politics )