The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

Some members of Congress have been identified by IP addresses as having used torrents to illegally download content, all the while fighting for anti-piracy legislation. [DailyTech]

“The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde: It’s evolution, stupid” [Wired]

Canada’s government is pushing for warrantless Internet spying. Their opponents? Obviously supporters of child pornography. [ars technica]

A picture of a Google maps car taking a picture of someone taking a picture of a Google maps car. [picture]

This is a big, amazing instrument made by Intel. That’s really all I can say to describe it. [YouTube]