WONDER WOMAN NOT SO WONDERFUL – You’re not safe tweeting nice things about the dead because some people will think they are not nice: [Gal] […]
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“YOUTUBE NEW MODERATORS MISTAKENLY PULL RIGHT-WING CHANNELS” – “Mistakenly”: YouTube’s new moderators, brought in to spot fake, misleading and extreme videos, stumbled in one of […]
Continue reading »GOOD ARGUMENT, CONTRADICTS ITSELF – Rod Dreher is worried about the power of the 21st century lynch mobs: Even if you think the NRA deserves […]
Continue reading »MORE IN SOROS THAN IN ANGER – I intensely dislike a man who can write, and apparently believe, this sort of garbage: The current moment […]
Continue reading »THOSE ZANY ICELANDERS – Iceland’s major new industry is mining. Bitcoin mining: Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoins and other virtual currencies […]
Continue reading »TIME TO BUST? – Two interesting (and long) pieces about the Four Horsemen (sorry, Horsepeople (Centaurs?)) of App-ocalypse. Scott Galloway at “Esquire”: And “Eve Smith” […]
Continue reading »NOT AS SIMPLE AS ABC – The empire expands: ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie wants its online streaming service, ABC iView to become a global […]
Continue reading »WHAT TO DO AFTER APOCALYPSE POSTPONED – 1. Kiss my lowed ones. 2. Call my friends. 3. Pray thanksgiving. 4. Walk outside and hug a […]
Continue reading »THE MAP OF THE DAY – The world according to Pornhub: Via the fascinating “2017 Year in Review” report. Last year, some 68 years of […]
Continue reading »DON’T BE EVIL (I.E. DON’T BE A CONSERVATIVE) – Google might have dropped its famous corporate motto two years ago, replacing it with “Do the […]
Continue reading »THE GORILLA CHANNEL – “WE FIGHT, YOU ENJOY” – Yesterday, a satirical Twitter account Pixelated Boat published a fake excerpt from Michael Wolff’s book about […]
Continue reading »“SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS ARE WILD BEASTS DEVOURING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY” – Former journalist and editor, and one of my favourite military historians, Max Hastings, tells […]
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XI(b) – Welcome to 2018
Because you were all too busy yesterday preparing your New Year’s resolutions (“I’ll read The Daily Chrenk daily, regardless how often new ‘Girls of Tinder’ […]
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XI(a) – Farewell to 2017
Where has the year gone? Wherever it is, swipe left on 2017, though it’s a bit too late now. In any case, good riddance. This […]
Continue reading »FALSE FLAG – What the media has wrought: Facebook is getting rid of its fake news red flags because they were making fabricated media reports appear […]
Continue reading »NET NEUTRALITY – Another reminder that “net” is never neutral: Twitter began a massive purge of users on Monday the company claims violate its new […]
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Is it racist not to want to date interracially?
A few days ago, a social media lynch mob hounded into suicide a 24-year old porn actress who refused to have sex with a gay […]
Continue reading »KOW-TOWING TO CHINA’S MASTERS OF THE INTERNET – Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made his first appearance at China’s World Internet Conference, using […]
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part X
Oh my, how time flies – part 10 already! (find part 9 here) Thank you to all the girls gone wild and thank you to […]
Continue reading »SWIPE RIGHT FOR SARAYA – I’ve seen a lot on Tinder, most of it predictable, including all the spam accounts, bots pushing other apps, prostitutes, […]
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