January 2012
Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis... →
antistigma:
“If we’re talking outside the space launch field, then, hell, America innovates every day, in a myriad of fields. The field of metamaterials, for instance — invisibility cloaks, and hiding events from time itself? That’s just today, as I talk to you, and that’s all American. I realize there’s a narrative that America is all done, and doesn’t make stuff any more, and it’s midnight for...
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Twitter Develops Fine-Toothed Censorship Tool →
futurejournalismproject:
Twitter has refined its ability to block posts from appearing (read: censor) in user streams on a country by country basis.
As explained on the Twitter blog:
As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there....
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It's Official: Google Is Evil Now (And Gizmodo are... →
3liza:
In a radical privacy policy shift, Google announced today that it will begin tracking users across all services—email, Search, YouTube and more—sharing information with no option to opt out. The change was announced in a blog post today, and will go into effect March 1.
By using the NoScript plugin on Gizmodo’s post about this Google policy change, you discover:
Gizmodo is running the...
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Anonymous asked: SO WHY ISN'T THE NEWS SENTINEL... →
That rag really has gone downhill.
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“And, of course, it’s not a comic for kids. Defining “kids” as, I dunno, under...”
– Warren Ellis on Brian K Vaughan (Y THE LAST MAN, LOST) and Fiona Staples’ new comics series, SAGA. Read the whole thing.
I am not going to shut up about this. If we don't... →
“I was already not thrilled about Darth Plagueis. I mean why the hell do these...”
– Gabe speaks the truth. (via darthnikon)
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Hollywood Astroturf Group Releases Ad Saying It... →
wilwheaton:
CreativeAmerica, the astroturfing group that pretends it’s a “grassroots” operation — but which is funded by the major Hollywood studios and run by former studio/MPAA execs — is amazingly inept at communicating with the public, especially considering these guys are supposed to be communications experts. Remember, this is the same group who, while fighting for stronger laws against...
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton is wise.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
(via neil-gaiman)
I wish I had summed it up so smartly. But you know me: talk talk talk.
(via areasofmyexpertise)
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GingerBEAST: The real reason MegaUpload was shut... →
abaldwin360:
In December of 2011, it was reported by Digital Music News that the creators of MegaUpload were rolling out plans for a new cloud based music service that had the potential to change the music industry.
Called Megabox, it would have created an alternative to record labels as…
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This is what I said about Tony Millionaire back in... →
“10 million people contacted Congress, Wales said. “That’s not an abuse of power,...”
– Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, responding to MPAA chairman Christopher Dodd’s claim that SOPA blackout was “an abuse of power.” (via wilwheaton)
Seej 500: Self-Policing The Internet, or An Ion... →
seej500:
Some people just can’t take a hint. With the entertainment industry licking its wounds in the wake of the SOPA/PIPA blackout protests, and a public and tech industry forcefully rejecting the way Hollywood has manipulated and bought the lawmakers, what happened next?
Less than a week passes, and…
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