Meet Le Reddit Armie, the trolls who have taken over YouTube
Who are these weirdos, and what do they want? Meet Le Reddit Armie, the trolls who have taken over YouTube.
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Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium
Is ‘authenticity’ another word for exclusion? The tech and design industries, like Portlandia, are worryingly minority-f… Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium.
Among the Disrupted – NYTimes.com
Photo Credit Joon Mo Kang close shareTools Amid the bacchanal of disruption, let us pause to honor the disrupted. The streets of American cities are haunted by the ghosts of bookstores and record stores, which have been destroyed by the greatest thugs in the history of the culture industry. Writers hover between a decent poverty…
6 things I learned from riding in a Google Self-Driving Car – The Oatmeal
Last week, a friend and I got a sneak peek at Google’s new self-driving cars. In addition to spending an afternoon cheating on my Intergalactic SpaceBoat of Light and Wonder, I got to chat with the engineers about the project. 1. Human beings are terrible drivers. We drink. We doze. We text. In the US,…
Uber Has Been Partially Suspended In New York City – Business Insider
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTravis Kalanick, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., in London in October. New York City has temporarily banned some of Uber’s bases there, but it shouldn’t affect service, the company says. Five of the six bases run by the taxi service were suspended by the city’s taxi and limousine tribunal…
The Troll’s Lawyer — Backchannel — Medium
Tor Ekeland was a burned-out alcoholic. His first client was hacktivist, Jew-hating weev. Here’s how he beat the Feds. The Troll’s Lawyer — Backchannel — Medium.
The year of outrage 2014: Everything you were angry about on social media this year.
Following the news in 2014 is a bit like flying a kite in flat country during tornado season. Every so often, a whirlwind of outrage touches down, sowing destruction and chaos before disappearing into the sky. These conditions are hardly new. Over the past decade or so, outrage has become the default mode for politicians,…
The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos’s Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon’s Future | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
“What the hell happened?” It is a cold day in early December in Midtown Manhattan, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has barely taken his seat on stage when his interviewer throws out that brusque query. It’s the question on the lips of every one of the 400 attendees of this tech conference, but it’s still…
This Is How We Forget History | Line Hollis
This Is How We Forget History January 5, 2015 – Features I’m usually patient with new TV shows. I’m a Fringe fan, after all: sometimes it takes a few episodes or seasons for a show to find its legs. So like, I was skeptical about AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, but willing to give it…
MIT professor explains: The real oppression is having to learn to talk to women
Pandagon is daily opinion blog covering feminism, politics, and pop culture. Come for the politics, stay for the complete lack of patience for the B.S. and bad faith coming from conservative leaders and pundits. No oppression is greater than having to speak to women before they will have sex with you. Oof. Laurie Penny has…