- On North Korean State Television, News of the Leader's Death and Floods of Tears.
It’s not been a good year for dictators. Go world!
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- Like a Trudeau having to apologize in the House of Commons for unparliamentary language.
The fact the LRT is going to be out of commission for
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- Life will suck if they censor the internet.
Get Your War On comes out of retirement for Get Your Censor On.
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- In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011.
God damn that cancer.
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- No Pants O'Clock!
Dirty Signs with Kristin is an informative YouTube channel that teaches you how to sign things you may need to use in day-to-day conversation.
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- Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater.
You can buy a DRM-free copy of Louis CK’s latest stand up special directly from him for $5. He discusses how well that has worked out for him.
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- TextMate 2.0 Alpha.
God damn: didn’t see that coming.
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- Transit City cancellation to cost $65M.
Is that gravy? I’m confused. I want to punch the people who voted for Rob Ford in the dick.
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- When Truth Survives Free Speech.
People getting riled about about that whole blogger sued $2.5 million because they weren’t considered a journalist were probably getting riled up about the wrong thing.
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- Air France 447 Flight-Data Recorder Transcript - What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447.
This story is terrifying.
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- No Copyright Intended.
Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give.
After reading this, read about The secret (unreasonable) demands of record labels.
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- Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing tells the tale of her breast cancer diagnossis.
If you find a lump on your breast you should go and get it checked out. You would be surprised how young you can be and get breast cancer.
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- Don't Be A Free User.
You shouldn’t be afraid to pay for the things you like on the Internet.
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- Pretty girls out front.
Thoughts on community management.
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- Paypal: feel the love.
And speaking of that free market, shouldn’t it have created a competitor to Paypal that, by merely taking the stance of not treating their customers as criminals, would have eaten their lunch? Seriously, Paypal shouldn’t be the only outcome.
Yet another story of Paypal freezing funds from a fundraisers.
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- Carrier IQ Spyware.
Bruce Schneier discusses the Carrier IQ debacle.
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- Though Canadians feel safe, Conservatives move ahead on crime bill.
The Conservatives are the worst.
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- An economics grad student writes about Attawapiskat.
This a pretty detailed take down of the Conservative governments reaction to the crisis in Attawapiskat.
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- Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda interviewed by Matt Haughey.
A conversation with the person behind SlashDot and the person behind MetaFilter.
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