Fire and blood at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. tonight, as the GOP nominee’s press conference devolves into a full scale riot and hostage situation. Trump had invited reporters to his new hotel today ostensibly to address the “birther” issue, an irresistible lure of soundbyte drama-rama for a…
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If you’ve been wading into Twitter lately you’ll notice Donald Trump has a lot of ostensibly Nazi supporters. He also has ‘supporters’ from free-speech absolutists, the boys at 4Chan (yes boys). You may have seen some strange terms. Looked at some strange things. Wondered, what the actual…? Not to worry;…
Laughing at someone who is obese is a form of bullying and discrimination. It’s no different from ostracizing people who are a different color than you, a different gender, a different sexual orientation, a different denomination, or even another species entirely. While we’ll cover not laughing at an obese person…
This summer, I seriously considered withdrawing from any involvement in politics. Exhausted through overwork, incapable of productive activity, I found myself drifting through social networks, feeling my depression and exhaustion increasing. ‘Left-wing’ Twitter can often be a miserable, dispiriting zone. Earlier this year, there were some high-profile twitterstorms, in which…
A Russian anti-virus firm reports that over half a million Apple computers have been infected with malicious program called Flashback Trojan. In its report, Dr Web, claims that close to 600,000 Macs have this malware, exposing them to the risk of being hijacked and used as “botnet”. The firm says…
The internet is free, but many tech companies believe that would no longer be the case should Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill Protect IP Act (PIPA) pass into law. The controversial bill aims to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright infringement…
Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has gotten caught up in his own case of copyright infringement. Jamie Lee Curtis Taete of Vice investigated an archived version of Smith’s official site, texansforlamarsmith.com, using Wayback Machine, a time capsule that captures different variations of websites as far…
When it comes to choosing the right password for your online accounts, you should avoid using something that’s very easy to guess. If you use “password” as your security password, chances are you have been the victim of a hack attack. “The word password is the least successful, according to…