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Donald Trump’s 4chan fans were driven into a frenzy on Tuesday when Trump retweeted one of the site’s most popular memes: An image of an anthropomorphic frog decked out as the presidential contender. He posted the pic alongside “You Can’t Stump The Trump,” a video compilation of clips from the last Republican primary debate that highlighted some of his more outrageous moments from the evening. 4chan…
Last November, I befriended four male techies I met at a club in San Francisco. Call it youth, call it impulsivity – the night was young and they seemed friendly enough. Back at the SOMA apartment we would crash at, we spoke about everything from dubstep to their internships (Firefox, Apple, Facebook, HP) and my…
1976, Donald Warren—a sociologist from Oakland University in Michigan who would die two decades later without ever attaining the rank of full professor—published a book called The Radical Center: Middle Americans and the Politics of Alienation. Few people have read or heard of it—I learned of it about 30 years ago from the late, very eccentric paleoconservative…
As part of an ongoing investigation into the death of 21-year-old Matthew Ajibade while in custody at the Chatham County Jail in Georgia, a graphic video was shown in court on Friday, which NBC News has obtained, of police officers using a stun gun on Ajibade in the groin while he is restrained to a chair. Ajibade was arrested on a…
Underscoring the complicated relationship between the tech world and traditional entertainment, Snapchat has done a course correction on its original content strategy, opting to shut down its Snap Channel permanently, leading to the departure of a number of employees, including Marcus Wiley, Head of Program Planning and Development. Launched in January, Snap Channel had marked Snapchat’s foray into self-generated original content. The…
4-year-old Ava Ellis in a family portrait. [Inside Edition] Newly-released audio illustrates a Columbus, Ohio family’s confusion and terror after a local police officer accidentally shot a then-4-year-old girl while being asked to help the girl’s mother. Note: the video below plays automatically. The audio, aired on Inside Edition, depicts the June 19 incident involving…
Z-Men, set in the universe of the classic Night of the Living Dead, is getting a major movie adaptation from Lionsgate! Source: Press Release Ah, the circle of life. Man creates beloved cult-classic movie. Half a century later, comic book publisher creates ten ongoing series set in the universe of the movie. Shortly thereafter, movie…
CNN’s decision to exclude Democratic presidential candidate and tech policy icon Lawrence Lessig from tonight’s debate in Las Vegas is drawing strong criticism from his supporters and other prominent voices from across the political spectrum. The Harvard law professor and campaign finance reform crusader, who is best known in tech circles as one of the…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Today, Twitter announced an 8% layoff, and Wall Street is responding to the news. Its stock is up over 5%, signaling that investors also felt that it was time for the social networking company to slim down. Former members of the flock who were affected are starting to share their stories…
Condé Nast, the publisher that owns magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair, said on Tuesday that it had acquired Pitchfork Media, the company behind the independent music website and quarterly magazine, for an undisclosed sum. Pitchfork, founded in 1995, has long been one of music’s independent voices, known for unearthing up-and-coming artists, and for its…