- Unbelievable! The IDF Has Gamified Its War Blog.
The IDF, keeping it classy.
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- When the Nerds Go Marching In.
The Atlantic profiles the tech team behind Obama’s re-election.
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- Goodbye, Glitch.
Glitch is closing down. I played the game briefly, and could never get into it. This quote from MetaFilter sums up my feelings: “It was the most boring game I ever played. All gamification and no fucking game at all.” Well, I don’t know if it was the most boring game I ever played.
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- 100,000 Stars.
This is a pretty great web experiment. (I think you need fancy web browswer to view this.)
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- Living Doll Valeria Lukyanova looks kind of terrifying, incredible, and completely unreal. #
- Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder.
The man behind McAfee anti-virus software is apparently also a crazy gangster now.
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- Jarvis bike lanes removed today for fifth lane of something as parking meters appear on the street — an opportunity to honour courageous Toronto city councillors.
I’m still annoyed my councillor, Ana Bailão, changed her vote on this.
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- Smacks And The City.
A discussion of Double Dragon as a reflection of how society’s view of urban environments has changed.
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- Rolling Jubilee.
An interesting project from Occupy Wallstreet. They are buying up bad debt, and then forgiving it rather than attempting to collect on it.
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- Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama's Re-election
The results really aren’t very surprising.
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- YouTube: World War Z.
This trailer looks amazing.
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- YouTube: Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Michael Jae White, Jerri Ryan, and Tahmoh Penikett star in a Mortal Kombat web show. Crazy. It sounds like a Battlestar Galactica prequel is getting a similar treatment.
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- Long Branch on Vimeo.
Toronto! This little film is great.
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- Funkaoshi on Instagram.
I’m curious to see how the new web profiles for Instagram effect how people use the service, if at all. My stream is public, but it certainly felt private, seeing as how I only have a hundred or so followers. Here’s a picture of my baby.
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- West-end Toronto residents shocked by local uranium facility.
I find it a bit hard to get worked up about stuff like this. The factory was here first, probably by a good 40 years at least when it comes to most of the residents I bet are complaining. That said, i’m always surprised to see factories operating in the city.
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- Fuck Yeah Menswear - Requiem for a Denimhead on Vimeo.
This is fantastic.
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- The Toronto condo market: A fly in search of a windshield.
An interesting analysis of the Toronto condo market. Denise Balkisoon has a great article about the market, foreign buyers, and all that shadiness: Penthouse International: how rich foreign buyers are fuelling the condo explosion.
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- The Awl: The Republican Party's Rape Problem.
#After a loss of this magnitude the more conservative elements of the party will be tempted to double down on rape. “It is rape that got us here,” they will say, “and if we turn our backs on rape we will never be able to force ourselves on the public again.”
- Remember to update your privacy settings so your stupid election tweets don’t go viral | mattblair.ca
Here’s a simple test: Is Barack Obama a Muslim? If you said yes, and you don’t want to be on Buzzfeed tomorrow, then go change your profile settings, you stupid idiot.
A lot of people didn’t take Matt’s advice yesterday. For example, Donald Trump.
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- Youtbue: Key & Peele's Victory Speech.
Obama won. Hopefully in the next four years there is more healthcare and gay marriage and less blowing shit up in pakistan.
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- "Once every four years you decide to take a political stand [by not voting]? You’re like the Olympics of self-righteousness."
The copy on this stie is really enjoyable. Americans go and vote. Don’t fuck this up. (And just so we’re all clear here: Mitt Romney is an evil asshole. He is completely fake. Vote for Obama already.)
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- No One in America Should Have to Wait 7 Hours to Vote.
Voter Suppression: another example of American Exceptionalism.
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- Doubling Down on Toronto's Future.
Another great article on how shitty Toronto’s leadership is. We’re like the 3rd or 4th biggest city in North America, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way.
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- TTC left riders stranded to ferry mayor’s football team.
It’s like a perfect storm of things to hate about the city.
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