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How Beats Tricks You Into Thinking It Makes a Premium Product
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Remember that time I made a Hilbert curve afghan... »
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The Confederate flag flying over South Carolina's statehouse MUST. COME. DOWN! »
Spider-Man Can't Be Gay or Black
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I'm live now, have to get to our starting position in Just Cause 2 for our walkathon »
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Real Future Fair
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Changes to “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church” Wikipedia Page, Visualized | Disruptive Library Technology Jester
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Georgia Adds Swastika, Middle Finger To State Flag - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Your move, SC: "Georgia Adds Swastika, Middle Finger To State Flag" »
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Chex Quest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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@Cabbibo
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Bob Fosse vs Michael Jackson - YouTube
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Cover Story: Charleston's "Nine" - The New Yorker
Next week's cover of the @NewYorker, by Barry Blitt: "Nine" »
Cory Doctorow | An Internet of Things That Do As They're Told - YouTube
Video of my #PDF2015 talk: An Internet of Things That Do As They're Told »
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CHICAGO: Join us on July 4th for Invisible Arcade in our theater »
Google Public Policy Blog: “Revenge porn” and Search
This is a big step. Google extends the right to be forgotten to revenge porn. »
MoveOn Petitions - Remove the Confederate Flag From All Government Places
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MailChimp's Founder on How to Get Your Business from 'Startup to Grown Up'
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The Confederate flag flying over South Carolina's statehouse MUST. COME. DOWN! »
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mikeash.com: Friday Q&A; 2015-06-19: The Best of What's New in Swift
This is my favorite new Swift feature by far. »
Yes, androids do dream of electric sheep | Technology | The Guardian
Psychedelic recursive image recognition - Google should build a public portal for this. »
Ten years ago, Apple brought podcasting to iTunes — 512 Pixels
New: Ten years ago, Apple brought podcasting to iTunes »
msnbc.com/msnbc/charleston-massacre-dylann-roof-confesses
I can’t stop thinking about this horrible detail. »
Poesy's other Lego drama - YouTube
My kid, the Lego filmmaker »
How to lose 30 pounds and earn $120 mln on Fitbit
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Clementa Pinckney's Faith Fueled His Politics | The New Republic
Read @SuzyKhimm on Rev. Clementa Pinckney. »
Cover Story: Charleston's "Nine" - The New Yorker
An early look at next week's cover, "Nine," by Barry Blitt »
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists | Informed Comment
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists - http://t.co… »
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IMAX demands Ars Technica retract article - Boing Boing
IMAX objected to being mentioned in @arstechnica's item on Valve's SteamVR. So it ordered them to take the post down. »
Charleston Church Shooting - The Daily Show - Video Clip | Comedy Central
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The new Animal Crossing game will let you choose your skin tone - Boing Boing
The new Animal Crossing game will let you choose your skin tone. »
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When tech gets its Nader moment — The Message — Medium
“The technology sector’s Ralph Nader moment is probably at least a decade overdue.” @whvholst tackles liability. »
Black Americans Are Killed At 12 Times The Rate Of People In Other Developed Countries | FiveThirtyEight
No other highly industrialized country with a homicide death rate similar to the one black Americans experience. »
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Enough about the assassin. Here are the victims of the #CharlestonShooting. »
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We Need To Talk About White Culture - The Daily Beast
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Fox News and neo-Nazi site call racist massacre an attack on Christianity - Boing Boing
“Clearest example I've seen that reveals Fox News' true agenda as a racist hate network.” »
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Rules for depicting Spiderman in film are grimly bland - Boing Boing
Rules for depicting Spiderman in film are grimly bland. »
"Empathy does not preclude accountability:" Jay Smooth on Rachel Dolezal | Fusion
I was in the middle of recording some thoughts on Dolezal when the Charleston news broke, and they are here FWIW »
Research Blog: Inceptionism: Going Deeper into Neural Networks
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Newsonomics: Could a small Google tech change mean tens of millions to news publishers? » Nieman Journalism Lab
Could a small Google tech change mean tens of millions to news publishers? Could be big. »
These are the faces of the Emanuel Church shooting | Fusion
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Launching Today: The Code Climate Platform - Code Climate Blog
The new @codeclimate Platform is a big leap forward for useful code analysis. »
Jon Stewart on Charleston massacre: "I've got nothing" - Boing Boing
Jon Stewart on Charleston massacre: "I've got nothing" »
What's in the Pope's barn-storming environmental message? - Boing Boing
What's in the Pope's barn-storming environmental message? »
Twitter Is Killing Twitter to Save Twitter | WIRED
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Charleston shooting: NRA board member blames pastor for deaths in church - POLITICO
The assholes at the @nra blame the church pastor for the Charleston domestic terror shooting. »
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New Starbucks Frappuccino flavors blindfolded taste test | Fusion
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Why the Liberal Party Defence of Its Support for Bill C-51 Falls Flat - Michael Geist
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Were the First Artists Mostly Women?
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Batman: Arkham Knight review: the good fight | Polygon
"...and the end result is the best game of this console generation." »
avc.com/2015/06/feature-friday-instant-exchange
Feature Friday: Instant Exchange »
You sure do die a lot in this princess simulator game - Boing Boing
For a visual novel named 'Long Live the Queen,' you sure do die a lot. »
UX Strategist at Mozilla Foundation - The Coral Project ~ Authentic Jobs
Mozilla is trying to fix community and comments, and they're hiring a UX Strategist—work anywhere. »
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A Guide to Mass Shootings in America | Mother Jones
#Charleston was 4th mass shooting in a house of worship in the last 15 years. Also deadliest. http:… »
NRA board member blames slain reverend's gun stances for Charleston deaths | Sun Times National
NRA board member claims the #CharlestonShooting was Rev. Pinckney’s fault because he supported gun control. »
advocate.com/hate-crimes/2015/06/19/watch-ny-gay-couple-shot-holding-hands-spread-message-equality
There's probably—worldwide—about five square miles I'd feel comfortable holding hands with a boyfriend. »
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INVISIBLE ARCADE SIX IS JULY 4TH IN CHICAGO — Invisible Arcade
INVISIBLE ARCADE SIX IS JULY 4TH IN CHICAGO »
Dave Baggett's answer to How did game developers pack entire games into so little memory twenty five years ago? - Quora
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Sorry, liberals, liking free markets doesn't make someone a jerk - Vox
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Looky here. Twitter Expands Shopping Experience With Product Pages, Collections @KurtWagner8 http://t.co… »
Platform Patched - The Awl
"Upworthy was a human-powered apparatus that exploited a temporary glitch in Facebook's platform to grow" »
Hair Extensions Startup Mayvenn Raises $10 Million Series A From A16Z | TechCrunch
I was going to make fun of @a16z giving hair extensions $10 million but then I asked someone who might use it »
Databite No. 37: Aaron Straup Cope - YouTube
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Inside the Minds Behind Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ - YouTube
Inside the Minds Behind ‘Inside Out’ »
Newt Gingrich reviews the Apple Watch
So @newtgingrich reviewed the #AppleWatch for Mashable! Be sure to watch the video! »
Ink (Zack Bell)
>Ink (@ZackBellGames) >Free - Windows »
Take Down the Confederate Flag - The Atlantic
Take it down, South Carolina. »
Superhypercube brings the puzzle game into virtual reality - Boing Boing
Superhypercube brings the puzzle game into #virtualreality »
Transphobic maintainer should be removed from project · Issue #941 · opal/opal · GitHub
Today's example of disgusting, entrenched "culture is not our problem" mentality in OSS »
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White Terrorism Is as Old as America - The New York Times
if you do one thing today, read this EXCELLENT piece by @britrbennett. »
Confederate Flag designers worked to cram as much whiteness into it as they could
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Connecting the dots: Charleston shooter, Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, and the American Confederacy
Connecting the dots. Charleston shooter, Travyon, Freddie Gray, and the Confederate Flag. http://… »
NPR interviews Kim Kardashian, listeners revolt.
This is the most NPR thing to ever happen. @pescami »
The Wildly Different Ways One Senator Responds To Terrorism: Boston Versus Charleston | ThinkProgress
Lindsey Graham needs to take down that damned flag and then go live in the museum with it. »
Charleston Shooting: We Need to Talk About This
Must read in @esquire: "Charleston Shooting: Speaking the Unspeakable, Thinking the Unthinkable" »
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Wildly excited for Carrie Brownstein’s memoir Also, is the cover very Patti Smith or what? http://t… »
How a New Librarian of Congress Could Vastly Improve U.S. Copyright - The Atlantic
After 27 years, the Library of Congress will get a new leader in 2016. @yayitsrob takes on the DMCA implications »
Stephen Colbert’s Digital Nation - The New York Times
How Stephen Colbert and his Late Show team are already making late-night TV content without a show to show it on. http://t.co… »
Hiring: The First Librarian of Congress for the Internet Age - The Atlantic
"Hiring: The First Librarian of Congress for the Internet Age” — @yayitsrob interviewed me & others about LC’s future h... »
Watch Jon Stewart's Monologue About The Charleston Massacre | Complex
Watch Jon Stewart's passionate, evocative monologue about the Charleston massacre. »
Recalling Nine Spiritual Mentors, Gunned Down During Night of Devotion - The New York Times
Remembering Charleston shooting victims, who were leaders, motivators and spiritual mentors http://t.co… »
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hello, i released a chapbook of generated poetry~ [[pdf | book]] | »
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Obama is right: gun violence is much worse in the US than other advanced countries - Vox
Obama is right: gun violence is much worse in the US than other advanced countries »
29-Year-Old Patti Smith’s Poetic and Irreverent Monologue on Women and the Universe | Brain Pickings
Wildly excited for Carrie Brownstein’s memoir Also, is the cover very Patti Smith or what? http://t… »
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What's going on with Fullbright's Gone Home follow-up Tacoma? »
Take Down the Confederate Flag - The Atlantic
From @tanehisicoates to South Carolina lawmakers: "Take down the Confederate flag. Now." http://t.c… »
Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg
Thing #3 I love about @ftrain's amazing essay; no one else could have written it. His voice carries narrative power. »
meetup.com/PDX-Creative-Coders/events/222773733
Learn about @purdybot’s generative art series Intrinsic Parity, and take one home with you. htt… »
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Oh yes! @BFFdotFM hit our first goal. Studio B is happening. Thank you so much everyone that’s supported the project. »
The Counted: people killed by police in the United States in 2015 – interactive | US news | The Guardian
Impressed/depressed by @thecounted, a @guardian project to track people killed by U.S. police this year. 525 so far. »
Sponsors - CSSconf EU 2015
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App Camp For Girls 3.0 | Indiegogo
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Audiosurf 2: Ride Your Music
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Edward Gorey's illustrations for War of the Worlds »
Gay News, LGBT Rights, Politics, Entertainment | The Advocate
Trans 'Jem' Artist on Coming Out and Creating Comics | »
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