Lending a pinching hand
This guy will be very happy today: So will Julie Bishop. With a big emphasis on disability and 50 skin shades of same or different sex multiracial couples holding hands, …
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The 24 hour media rule
The mainstream media – and the social media – are so good at generating instant outrages that I now have an informal rule: try not to comment on any new …
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Am Nasty To Women International
Note: Apologies for the continuing sporadic blogging as the internet issues at The Daily Chrenk HQ sadly continue. After I came to Australia and started high school, I joined my …
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Buffy the Body Shamer
Honestly, what did the media used to do before the advent of social media? Where did they find the never-ending supply of material to use as a filler and click-bait? …
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ASMR, or I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
There is plenty of disturbing stuff going on in the world – like a Saudi journalist walking into a Saudi consulate and being dismembered and carried out in pieces – …
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Social media giants aren’t even pretending anymore
Sure, they are private businesses and so they can do whatever they want with their users, but at least in the past they used to be less blatant and arbitrary about …
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Star Wars vs Troll Wars
Does a movie really suck or is it all just a big Russian conspiracy? Don’t ask me – I haven’t watched any of the new Disney “Star Wars” franchise movies …
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“A stupid slutty Tory bisexual who loves Brexit”
A 21-year old Conservative Councillor from Holme Valley Parish Council in West Yorkshire shows them how it’s done: A Tory councillor who fell victim to death threats and vile sexist …
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Is the internet making you miserable?
Kanye West seems to think so, at least in regards to the social media: “There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes,” Ye tweeted Saturday …
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No regulation out of frustration
This sounds more like trolling than a serious proposal, but nowadays you never know: President Donald Trump is considering new regulations on Google’s search engine to address his concern that …
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Big Zuck is watching you
We get to rate websites (well, pretty much everything), it’s only to be expected that they rate us back: Facebook is rating users based on how “trustworthy” it thinks they …
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From Russia without love
Facebook’s drive towards absolute transparency – of its users, of course, not of Facebook itself; don’t be silly! – continues: Anyone who manages a Facebook page that has a “large …
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