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January 31, 2021
GameStop Spring
from WIRED What the Arab Spring Can Teach Us About GameStop Ten years ago, democracy protesters used social media to organize against an oppressor. But ultimately, the powerful came out ahead. by NOAM COHEN WHEN I FIRST learned of the campaign by folks on Reddit that has wreaked havoc on wealthy hedge funds looking to profit […]
January 30, 2021
Penisnapping
from The Daily Star Bloke has his penis held to ransom by hackers who took control of digital chastity belt Qiui, the company which makes the Cellmate cage, says it believes that a true chastity experience is one that ‘does not allow the wearer to have any control over’ By Joshua Smith A man had […]
January 29, 2021
Hacking Helicopters
from AP Berlin man caught directing flight traffic with radio BERLIN (AP) — A man has been arrested in Berlin on allegations he made radio contact with air traffic, including police helicopters, and gave fake flight orders while impersonating an aviation official, German police said Friday. The 32-year-old, whose identity wasn’t released in line with […]
January 28, 2021
The Reddit Boys Revenge
from Vanity Fair “You Meet Insanity With Insanity”: The GameStop Redditors Who Upended Wall Street Are Doubling Down by Jessica Camille Aguirre Wall Street can seem like a citadel, so it is with unreserved glee that many have kept tabs on the GameStop saga this week. For once, the underdogs were getting flush—and even better, […]
January 22, 2021
Life on Eartha
from Vanity Fair Transformative Life Kitt’s 1989 autobiography, Confessions of a Sex Kitten, tracks an icon’s incredible journey from abused child to outspoken star. BY HADLEY HALL MEARES Eartha Kitt was many things: a nightclub chanteuse who could sing in seven languages; a movie star; an activist, dancer, singer, comedian…and Catwoman. She created iconic cultural moments, purring […]
January 21, 2021
Bernie Sits
from WIRED He Made a Viral Bernie Meme Site. Now He Has to Keep It Going Nick Sawhney’s “Bernie Sits” puts Sanders anywhere on Google Street View. by BRIAN BARRETT BY 9 PM ET last night, Nick Sawhney knew he was in trouble. Just a half hour earlier, still steeped in the afterglow of Joe Biden’s […]
January 4, 2021
The Death of Flash
from The LA Times Why the end of Flash animation marks the end of an era for creativity on the web By CAROLINA A. MIRANDA It was a tale of sex and death and Teletubbies. In 1998, programmer and animator Tom Fulp released an online video game titled “Teletubby Fun Land” that featured the characters from […]
January 3, 2021
January 2, 2021
THE ODYSSEY Cancelled
from The Wall Street Journal Even Homer Gets Mobbed A Massachusetts school has banned ‘The Odyssey.’ By Meghan Cox Gurdon A sustained effort is under way to deny children access to literature. Under the slogan #DisruptTexts, critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts—everything from Homer to F. Scott Fitzgerald to […]
January 1, 2021
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