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 […]
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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, […]
Continue reading »VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR – I’m old enough to remember (i.e. not that old at all, at least not in this context) the panic […]
Continue reading »CORY ON UP THE STURT – The South Australian Senator appears to be having way too much fun at the moment. It all started with […]
Continue reading »LEST WE FORGET YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGHIED – Because it’s so often “out of sight, out of mind”, Yassmin Abdel-Maghied tries to remind everyone of her existence […]
Continue reading »“COLOR YOUR OWN BERNIE SANDERS HERO” AND OTHER RUSSIAN ELECTION HACKS – The US House Intelligence Committee (almost an oxymoron there) has released some of […]
Continue reading »I NEVER DO IT ON TINDER – An online hook-up almost leads to a blow job: Two terror suspects planned to carry out a bomb […]
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part IX
[Warning: adult content and language] Goodness, has it really been more than two months since the last instalment? And has there been eight already? Since […]
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Why I’m losing faith in Australian “Liberalism”, part 457
Two stories about the National Broadband Network in the media today. The one generating more outrage is the one singling out the most expensive connections […]
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Girls Gone Mild (But Funny*) On Brisbane Tinder
Tinder. It’s not all “Girls Gone Wild”, you know. Actually it’s hardly at all. Maybe 1 or 2 per cent of profiles, one in a […]
Continue reading »HOW TINDER IS CHANGING SOCIETY – A fascinating read about what seems like a fascinating study about a fascinating topic. How is Tinder changing society? […]
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