activism
Boycott Monsanto with this Shopping App
Buycott Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart ‘…Burner created a mock interface for her app, but that’s as far as she got. She was waiting to find the right team to build out the back end, which could be complicated given often murky corporate ownership structures. ‘She wasn’t […]
Update on Video Vigilantism
Are they going too far? ‘Metro police are reporting a surge in so-called sovereign citizens. The FBI defines them as people who don’t believe they have to answer to government authority. ‘More and more, those people are interfering with everyday police traffic stops. ‘”We have had situations where a sovereign citizen was stopped, and they […]
The House ‘Review’ Of U.S. Copyright Law
It’s Probably A Trap ‘Yesterday, an influential congressman announced plans for a “comprehensive review” of U.S. copyright law, potentially the first such effort in more than 35 years. And that’s got hearts palpitating across Silicon Valley, Hollywood and Capitol Hill. ‘But don’t get too excited about the possibility for reforms that would safeguard an open […]
AP is Trying to be Funny
AP Ties Boston Bombings To Online Conspiracy Sites ‘So many things the media won’t mention but online “conspiracies”, many of which are fact and just contradict the parroted ad nauseum government narratives the corporate media eachos, are such a convenient scapegoat even though it is implausible to believe they had anything to do with the […]
Google Will Grant Your ‘Death Wish’ Now
Plan your digital afterlife and will with Inactive Account Manager There are apps and services that offer to let you pass your social accounts to your ‘heirs’ but It seems Google is the first to offer it directly. ‘Not many of us like thinking about death — especially our own. But making plans for what […]
Climate Change Will Boost Plane Turbulence
Why you should care about climate change if you care about your grandchildren ‘Get used to a bumpy ride. The strength and frequency of atmospheric turbulence affecting transatlantic flights will increase by midcentury, a new study suggests. Researchers used a global climate model to assess the intensity of clear-air turbulence—the kind that stems from wind […]
Cyberattack Affected You? Blame Your ISP
The Huge Cyberattack that Slowed Down the Web Yesterday morning, I noticed that my browser kept freezing. Also, it was almost an hour, yet one website I’m trying to curate on was still frozen. I checked for malicious activities but there was none. That made me madder because I thought my laptop was naturally dying! […]
Use Your USB to Evade Censorship
Cubans turned the humble and tiny memory sticks into a powerful tool to evade censorship by exchanging them with one another ‘Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez on Saturday told newspaper publishers from around the Western Hemisphere that “nothing is changing” in Cuba’s ossified political system and that “the situation of press freedom in my country […]
Join Our Cat Signal Campaigns
Fight for Internet freedom! UPDATE! The Cat Signal is launching Tuesday, March 19th to sound the alarm about CISPA, the bill that could END privacy. Learn more here. Get the code below to take part Use Quora to Build an Engaged Audience Create your Quora blog or submit reviews and answers ‘“Quora has brand marketing […]
What You Need to Replace Google Reader
‘The good news is, there’s a ton of other great RSS services out there today, ones that have come online in the past few years or held on even though Google Reader remained dominant.Here’s all the info you’ll need to find a new service and get your feeds moved to it, pronto, before your Google […]
