What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column - The Washington Post
So many things I could say about this. WaPo's internet hoax debunker gives up. via @mathewi https… »
Men Explain Lolita to Me | Literary Hub
Please, please read this. Men Explain <em>Lolita </em>to Me via @thelithub »
ImperialViolet - Juniper: recording some Twitter conversations
Terrific piece by @agl__ summing up recent technical discussion of the Juniper VPN backdoor. »
The best new IPs of 2015
"Ensure to read @destructoid with an ad blocker for the next 1.5 hours, there are genuine reasons not to support it" »
Notion of alien megastructure blocking light from distant star bites the dust
The theory that there are alien megastructures around KIC 8462852 just bit the space dust »
Analog Devices | Lyric Labs
Had a super time at Disney Research, now pretty excited to be joining the team at Lyric Labs in January »
Of The Eight Trailers Before Star Wars, The Slowest One Got The Best Reaction
Here's that Disney sloth trailer I mentioned yesterday. Won our Star Wars crowd over after 7 (!) preceding trailers http… »
Neuromancer for Amiga (1990) - MobyGames
Cover Of The Day: Interplay's adventure adaptation of Gibson's Neuromancer (1990, Amiga): https://t.… »
Secret Code Found in Juniper's Firewalls Shows Risk of Government Backdoors | WIRED
A case study of the lunacy of deliberate backdoors in encryption »
Clippy’s Revenge — Medium
“Messaging has the potential to be the command line for normal humans.” — @saranormous https://t.… »
vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf
Alan Kay describes potential for computers to aid understanding through models/simulation. »
License Plate Tracking Has Gone Open-Source | Motherboard
complex power dynamics getting more complex as tech is open sourced klaxon »
Thirty Percent of Republican Voters Want to Bomb Aladdin's Made-Up Country, According to Poll | VICE | United States
30% of Republican voters want to bomb Aladdin's made-up country, according to poll »
Gimlet Media | » Reply All Needs Your Help On A Story
Reply All is working on a story about the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, and we need your help. »
Song Exploder | Björk
Unbelievable. @SongExploder gets @bjork! Talking about Stonemilker »
Instagram
Here's to many wonderful memories captured over the next two months. Let the sabbatical fun times… »
Cory Doctorow: The Sanders Complaint
The Sanders Complaint - lessig: There’s tons of analogical speculation being spewed about the web about... »
Netflix socks
Arduino + knitting + BoJack: @NETFLIX YOU ARE RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS »
Gorgeous Victorian early typewriter / Boing Boing
No laptop, tablet, or phone could possibly be as gorgeous as this Victorian early typewriter »
Model View Culture 2015 Digital Subscription
To read my piece in @ModelViewMedia's last quarterly of the year, get a subscription here: https://… »
Omnibus budget/spying bill is a corrupt, stupid mess / Boing Boing
Omnibus budget/spying bill is a corrupt, stupid mess »
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson secretly bought newspaper, ordered all hands to investigate judges he hated / Boing Boing
Billionaire GOP donor Sheldon Adelson secretly bought @reviewjournal, ordered investigation… »
30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, a fictional city from 'Aladdin' / Boing Boing
30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, a fictional city from 'Aladdin' »
Texas: 12-y-o Sikh kid arrested for "terrorism" over solar charger / Boing Boing
Texas: 12-y-o Sikh kid arrested for "terrorism" over solar charger »
Cops have way more rights than you do / Boing Boing
Cops have way more rights than you do »
Eight Sensible Gifts for Hanukkah Factory Workers' Week Off
Cards Against Humanity bought out Chinese factory's capacity for a week, to give workers a paid vacation. Awesome. https://t.… »
Twin Peaks | Now in Production | Coming to SHOWTIME in 2017 - YouTube
Dear Twitter Friends, There’s something to see at Happy Holidays! Your friend, David. »
Whatever you think we should do about 3D printed guns, this isn't it / Boing Boing
Whatever you think we should do about 3D printed guns, this isn't it »
Contempt Culture - The Particular Finest
This article by @aurynn is pretty damn great! Lots of this MeFi thread shows why it matters »
Saw It For You: Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens (2015) – chainsawsuit – three panels daily
“The planet of Alderaan “finally having recuperated” seems inconsistent with the events of A New Hope.” »
Martin Shkreli Accused of Being Surprisingly Good at Fraud - Bloomberg View
This was the Martin Shkreli piece I wanted to read THAT GUY! »
A Year in Books | Lucy Bellwood: Comics, Illustration, Boats
A Year in Books: 8 picks from my 50 Books in 2015 challenge. »
TSA Doesn’t Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked
Read this: "TSA Doesn’t Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked” »
Dear TSA: This is Why You Shouldn’t Post Pictures of Your Keys Online | Hackaday
Mandating security flaws is dangerous, whether TSA or NSA. "Master keys" are quickly copied. https://t… »
An Unbelievable Story of Rape - ProPublica
Still a few days left in 2015 but this is the most gripping article I've read all year »
The North Carolina town that's scared of solar panels, revisited - Vox
this Vox story about this small town and their solar panels is really good. »
Tim Cook calls notion of Apple avoiding US taxes 'political crap' | Technology | The Guardian
Tim Cook calls notion of Apple avoiding US taxes 'political crap' (& continues declaring profit abroad to avoid tax) »
Twitch.tv/maxistentialist
We are streaming Secret Hitler RIGHT NOW with the cast of @MagicTavern! Boys night! »
Moishe's Blog - Lowering the bar
This from @moishel is spot on. »
More stuff, or better stuff? | Justin Jackson
Should you make multiple things, or just focus on one? »
LEAKED: The secret catalog American law enforcement orders cellphone-spying gear from / Boing Boing
Leaked: Secret catalog of gadgets police and feds can use to spy on your cellphone »
Where Math Meets Pluto | Pluto New Horizons
Squishy toothpaste nitrogen seas! Pluto gets more amazing all the time. HT @coreyspowell https://t.… »
Poll: 30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, the city from Aladdin | US news | The Guardian
Poll: 30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, the city from Aladdin »
Unevenly distributed futures: an interview with @internetofshit / Boing Boing
Sometimes, the Internet of Things feels like the @InternetofShit »
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I knew I didn’t understand money. Now I know I really REALLY don’t understand money. »
The Internet Archive Telethon! December 19-20, 2015.
The @internetarchive just began a 24hr telethon hosted by @textfiles, the Jerry Lewis of the Internet. #IATelethon »
‘The Big Short,’ Housing Bubbles and Retold Lies - The New York Times
‘The Big Short,’ Housing Bubbles and Retold Lies, via @nytimes »
Steph Curry Backs Brita -- Not Coke or Pepsi | CMO Strategy - Advertising Age
ICYMI: Steph Curry backs Brita -- not Coke or Pepsi »
“Unauthorized code” in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic | Ars Technica
““Unauthorized code” in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic” #infosec #privacy »
apple.co/Podcasts2015
Bring some magic to your podcast playlist. @MagicTavern is a US Best of #iTunes2015. https://t.… »
Sorry Startup Employee #100, Your Equity Probably Won’t Make You Rich | Hunter Walk
Sorry Startup Employee #100, Your Equity Probably Won’t Make You Rich »
The Internet Archive Telethon! December 19-20, 2015.
Starting RIGHT NOW: @internetarchive telethon,streaming live »
Crimes Against Muslim Americans and Mosques Rise Sharply - The New York Times
Hate crimes against Muslim Americans and Islamic mosques in U.S. have tripled in last month »
The False Promise of Meritocracy - The Atlantic
The paradox of meritocracy, blind performance auditions, and transparency/accountability for reducing bias »
Secret Hitler by Max Temkin — Kickstarter
Just a few more days to back Secret Hitler (@MaxTemkin's latest kickstarter). DO NOT MISS. »
How my male coworkers have been effective allies against tech industry misogyny
New post on my blog—"How my male coworkers have been effective allies against tech industry misogyny" »
patrick miller writes about videogames — Don't confuse critical thinking with dogma (or:...
this is a good article about Internet mobs and callout culture by @pattheflip this can't have been … »
The House From The Windows 95 Maze Screensaver Is... | ClickHole
The House From The Windows 95 Maze Screensaver Is Up For Sale »
towel.blinkenlights.nl
hot ascii star wars tip: `telnet still works genuinely glad this is still on the internet »