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Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a day after the infamous internet troll helped incite his followers to send a torrent of racist abuse to Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones. Twitter confirmed that Yiannopoulos would be kept off its service for good in the future, telling Recode and BuzzFeed that it would find…
I was ten years old when Ghostbusters came out in 1984, and it hit me hard. I loved that movie, which melded two of my geeky kid interests – horror movies and trying to stay up late to watch Saturday Night Live. Ghostbusters II was one of my earlier experiences with movie disappointment (it built on my foundational experiences, Howard…
Not much is known about the new Instagram algorithm, but whether you like it or not, it’s here to stay. We’re in a time of flux, where some users have it, some users don’t, and everyone is just trying to figure out how they can make the Instagram algorithm work for them. Here’s what we…
For an idea of how a presidential election will go, you could do a lot worse than look at the stock market. It has a record of prescience that is hard to exaggerate. Since 1928, U.S. equities have correctly signaled who will win, incumbent or challenger, 19 out of 22 times, data compiled by Strategas Research…
Last Friday I found myself sitting in an NPR studio, discussing the week’s news. I’m a frequent panelist on this show, and I have yet to sit with another person of color. It is me and a room full of white people. As always, my blackness is palpable, even over the airwaves. But this is…
HA HA HA Look At These POWER RANGERS Costumes Oh, my god, POWER RANGERS, what the hell are you even doing right now? By Scott Wampler Jul. 19, 2016 Via USA Today: As revealed in a pre-SDCC 2016 post over at USA Today, these are apparently the costumes you will see in 2017’s Power…
This is the first in a series of videos exploring what Steven Universe has to say about men, boys and masculinity. This episode covers representations of emotional expression, and highlights the ways in which crying, affection and fear are framed on the show. Support this video series on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/popdetective ABOUT THE PROJECT The Pop…
A Week of REST organizers are offering two full-ride tickets to the event for students and underrepresented groups in the tech industry. The conference is a week-long ‘boot camp’ dedicated to helping teach developers how to use the REST API, which be held at Darwin Lake, Matlock in the UK from Sept. 5-9 in the United…
Gawker Media, which went into Chapter 11 to avoid paying a $140 million invasion-of-privacy verdict to Hulk Hogan, can’t extend the bankruptcy court’s protection to its founder, Nick Denton, triggering what is likely to be his own personal bankruptcy. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE Source: Gawker Can’t Shield Founder From…
Welcome to ConBag, a daily roundup of gossip from the Republican National Convention, which we are attending for four very long days. CLEVELAND — I’m happy to report that my colleague, Anna Merlan, and I are still alive. The same, however, can’t be said for the Never Trump wing of the Republican party. On Monday,…