First Links — 5.6.14

How to Talk to Your Children About Mass Surveillance
Cory Doctorow, Locus Online

Spiderland and the Victorian Child
Stephanie Boland, the Toast

‘Botched’ Execution in Oklahoma Marks Church’s Shifting View of Death Penalty
Joan Frawley Desmond, the National Catholic Register

Serf Boards
Jason Huff, the New Inquiry

Conjuring the ’90s: 7 Thoughts on the Vatican’s ‘New’ Website
William Newton, Blog of the Courtier

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