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Michael Brown’s killing brought to light the horrific case of Henry Davis, who was beaten by Ferguson cops, then charged with bleeding on them. Now he’s finally allowed to sue them. The Ferguson cops charged Henry Davis with destruction of property because he bled on their uniforms when they beat him. Then, as if fearing…
WARNING: The video above may be too graphic for some viewers. Watch with discretion. CINCINNATI – UC police officer Ray Tensing’s body camera video clearly shows that he committed “murder” when he shot and killed an unarmed black motorist at a traffic stop, prosecutor Joe Deters said Wednesday. The shocking video shows Tensing, standing outside…
A grizzly bear looks around while she and her two cubs feed on the carcass of a bison in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart I have read all the critiques of women’s vocal mannerisms and tics. No “just.” No “sorry.” No uptalk. No vocal fry. I have come…
A bit of background is in order: I fell into my first coding job in 1996. I was meant to be working on my MA in archaeology in London, but I discovered that HTML, even back in those days before tables, offered a sense of instant gratification that is often lacking from the humanities. I…
Photo via Twitter/courtesy Meagan Taylor Meagan Taylor has bright red hair. She takes cute selfies. She went to Iowa two weeks ago, a trip from her home in Illinois cut short with an arrest. Her name became a hashtag. She is black and transgender and young, and in a month that has seen at least…
July of 2015 is officially the moment of both peak geek nostalgia and peak geek nostalgia criticism. In less than two weeks, we’ve seen the release of Ernest Cline’s book Armada and the Adam Sandler movie Pixels, two different pieces of fiction with the same weirdly specific premise: aliens are here to kill us all, and only…
On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby. But you can’t see it. Our site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are aware of the issue, and working on a fix. — New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015 A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who…
Last night, New York Magazine unveiled a powerful feature about Bill Cosby’s accusers, featuring the testimonials and photographs of 35 out of 46 of the women who said Cosby raped them. Unfortunately, those hoping to read the article or see the historic cover will have to look elsewhere, because a hacker brought down the nymag.com…
Heterosexuals apparently weren’t too prideful this weekend. Blogger Anthony Rebello was the organizer behind the Heterosexual Parade at Seattle’s Capitol Hill on Saturday. Over 2,000 people were invited on Facebook to attend the event created “in the name of equality [and] equal rights … to celebrate our right to be heterosexual, and to encourage younger heterosexuals…
Late last week, on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, a hooded individual distributed fliers and hung posters declaring a war on immigration. Using the most recent covers of Charlie Hebdo as a backdrop, the flier was intended to be a call to action and an ominous warning: “America is ours, and we…