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My open Instant Articles feed Friday, February 26, 2016 by Dave Winer I believe this is the first public and live Instant Articles feed. http://scripting.com/fb/rss.xml As you can see it’s also RSS 2.0, something I’m quite proud of. When I was developing my Instant Articles feed, I desperately needed a working example to follow. It…
After 14 years I finally reported him. In the eyes of the law, my biggest mistake was not fearing him more. Gifs by KARBORN for Backchannel Early one evening last March, my best friend saw my name pop up in a text notification on her phone. The message, which appeared to come from my gmail…
Mike Baird, the premier of New South Wales, can’t have been prepared for this. Two months ago he was probably the most popular politician in Australia, presenting a wet Liberal surfer persona that gelled with the state’s better nature. There were travel concessions for asylum seekers. There was an earthy social media presence. Talking to…
There’s winning. And then there’s supporting a bigot. If the GOP lines up behind Trump, it doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously anymore. Political consulting and morality go together about as well as that famous fish and bicycle. Lawyers have constructed a neat paradigm obligating them to handle any and all clients, a very convenient…
Chris Rock opened the 88th Academy Awards on ABC tonight with a bang, addressing diversity amongst the nominees pointedly and at times, brilliantly. Rock was called on to quit his hosting gig for the ceremony from some observers after the all-white list of nominees was announced by the Academy. The resulting #OscarsSoWhite conversation pushed Will…
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Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesDonald Trump.Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday. Trump announced the endorsement alongside Sessions at a massive campaign rally in Madison, Alabama. “At this time in America’s history, we need to make America great again!” Sessions exclaimed, echoing Trump’s campaign slogan. “I am pleased to endorse Donald Trump…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had trouble on Sunday explaining his decision to endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy for president in light of his past differences with the Republican front-runner. On ABC’s “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Christie question after question about his previous criticism of Trump. Whether it was Trump’s plan to get Mexico to pay…
Milo Yiannopoulos.Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by Kmeron/LeWeb/Flickr CC. This post originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed. In a packed auditorium Wednesday, several students at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, interrupted ultradivisive conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos with blaring air horns. Outside, more student protesters held signs reading “End rape culture”…
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, resigned on Sunday in order to endorse presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Gabbard — who was the first Hindu and first American Samoan to be elected to Congress, as well as the youngest person ever elected to the Hawaii legislature, at age 21 — commended the…