What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column - The Washington Post
Fact-checking columnist gives up because people who share hoaxes don't care whether they are true or not »
Fact-checking columnist gives up because people who share hoaxes don't care whether they are true or not »
ImperialViolet - Juniper: recording some Twitter conversations
Terrific piece by @agl__ summing up recent technical discussion of the Juniper VPN backdoor. »
Terrific piece by @agl__ summing up recent technical discussion of the Juniper VPN backdoor. »
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 »
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 »
Had a super time at Disney Research, now pretty excited to be joining the team at Lyric Labs in January »
12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested in Dallas After Bully Accusation
12-year-old Sikh boy jailed for 3 days after classmates accused him of carrying a bomb, no one called his parents https:/… »
12-year-old Sikh boy jailed for 3 days after classmates accused him of carrying a bomb, no one called his parents https:/… »
Watch Jim Dalrymple II's Vine "Hillary comes back late from a commercial. Via ABC."
when you walk into work 40 minutes late with Starbucks »
when you walk into work 40 minutes late with Starbucks »
Corporate America May Like Hillary, But They Won't Like Me
CEO's of large multinationals may like @HillaryClinton, but they ain't gonna like me. #DemDebate »
CEO's of large multinationals may like @HillaryClinton, but they ain't gonna like me. #DemDebate »
Jeremy | Clancy's Christmas Trees
Tree buyin'... Like a boss w/@mary_grace (@ Clancy's Christmas Trees in San Francisco, CA) »
Tree buyin'... Like a boss w/@mary_grace (@ Clancy's Christmas Trees in San Francisco, CA) »
A Year in Books — Medium
I wrote a post about my favorite reads from my 50 Books in 2015 challenge! Here it is »
I wrote a post about my favorite reads from my 50 Books in 2015 challenge! Here it is »
The Incomparable | Stormtroopers Are People (Episode 277)
"The Force Awakens" runs 136 minutes. @settern @siracusa @dmoren and @jsnell? 200 minutes, of course. »
"The Force Awakens" runs 136 minutes. @settern @siracusa @dmoren and @jsnell? 200 minutes, of course. »
Neuromancer for Amiga (1990) - MobyGames
Cover Of The Day: Interplay's adventure adaptation of Gibson's Neuromancer (1990, Amiga): https://t.… »
Cover Of The Day: Interplay's adventure adaptation of Gibson's Neuromancer (1990, Amiga): https://t.… »
Omnibus budget/spying bill is a corrupt, stupid mess / Boing Boing
Omnibus Budget and Spying Bill is a corrupt, stupid mess »
Omnibus Budget and Spying Bill is a corrupt, stupid mess »
Clippy’s Revenge — Medium
“Messaging has the potential to be the command line for normal humans.” — @saranormous https://t.… »
“Messaging has the potential to be the command line for normal humans.” — @saranormous https://t.… »
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 »
Texas: 12-y-o Sikh kid arrested for "terrorism" over solar charger »
vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf
Alan Kay describes potential for computers to aid understanding through models/simulation. »
Alan Kay describes potential for computers to aid understanding through models/simulation. »
year in review
zach saw me playing this game and he wanted to play. he did very well. also play the game »
zach saw me playing this game and he wanted to play. he did very well. also play the game »
License Plate Tracking Has Gone Open-Source | Motherboard
complex power dynamics getting more complex as tech is open sourced klaxon »
complex power dynamics getting more complex as tech is open sourced klaxon »
Secret Code Found in Juniper's Firewalls Shows Risk of Government Backdoors | WIRED
A case study of the lunacy of deliberate backdoors in encryption »
A case study of the lunacy of deliberate backdoors in encryption »
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" »
"Ensure to read @destructoid with an ad blocker for the next 1.5 hours, there are genuine reasons not to support it" »
Your Family: Past, Present, and Future - Wait But Why
The "Ancestor Cone," and many other mind-bending things about ancestry. via @Adampasick https://t… »
The "Ancestor Cone," and many other mind-bending things about ancestry. via @Adampasick https://t… »
Bernie Sanders Refuses Flashy ABC Podium In Favor Of Own Humble, Homemade Lectern - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Bernie Sanders Refuses Flashy ABC Podium In Favor Of Own Humble, Homemade Lectern »
Bernie Sanders Refuses Flashy ABC Podium In Favor Of Own Humble, Homemade Lectern »
Los Angeles Deputy Shoots Partner, Blames Suspect; Both Kill Suspect in Retaliation (Updated) - PINAC News
[TW] LA Sheriff shoots other sheriff, both fatally shoot #NoelAguilar in retaliation »
[TW] LA Sheriff shoots other sheriff, both fatally shoot #NoelAguilar in retaliation »
Shield: The World`s First Signal Proof Headwear by Shield Apparel —
Kickstarter
So actual hipstered-up tinfoil hats look like they’ll be a thing. HT @gar… »
So actual hipstered-up tinfoil hats look like they’ll be a thing. HT @gar… »
How the Mast Brothers fooled the world into paying $10 a bar for crappy hipster chocolate - Quartz
"chocolate from bean to bar" - I love that phrase so much. »
"chocolate from bean to bar" - I love that phrase so much. »
Instagram
Here's to many wonderful memories captured over the next two months. Let the sabbatical fun times… »
Here's to many wonderful memories captured over the next two months. Let the sabbatical fun times… »
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. »
Reply All is working on a story about the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, and we need your help. »
Cory Doctorow: The Sanders Complaint
The Sanders Complaint - lessig: There’s tons of analogical speculation being spewed about the web about... »
The Sanders Complaint - lessig: There’s tons of analogical speculation being spewed about the web about... »
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. »
this Vox story about this small town and their solar panels is really good. »
i2.wp.com/money.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/all-the-worlds-money-and-markets-viz.png
I knew I didn’t understand money. Now I know I really REALLY don’t understand money. »
I knew I didn’t understand money. Now I know I really REALLY don’t understand money. »
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' »
30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, a fictional city from 'Aladdin' »
Omnibus budget/spying bill is a corrupt, stupid mess / Boing Boing
Omnibus budget/spying bill is a corrupt, stupid mess »
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
Sheldon Adelson secretly bought newspaper, ordered all hands to investigate judges he hated »
Sheldon Adelson secretly bought newspaper, ordered all hands to investigate judges he hated »
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.… »
Cards Against Humanity bought out Chinese factory's capacity for a week, to give workers a paid vacation. Awesome. https://t.… »
Model View Culture 2015 Digital Subscription
To read my piece in @ModelViewMedia's last quarterly of the year, get a subscription here: https://… »
To read my piece in @ModelViewMedia's last quarterly of the year, get a subscription here: https://… »
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. »
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 »
Whatever you think we should do about 3D printed guns, this isn't it »
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.” »
“The planet of Alderaan “finally having recuperated” seems inconsistent with the events of A New Hope.” »
A Year in Books | Lucy Bellwood: Comics, Illustration, Boats
A Year in Books: 8 picks from my 50 Books in 2015 challenge. »
A Year in Books: 8 picks from my 50 Books in 2015 challenge. »
Martin Shkreli Accused of Being Surprisingly Good at Fraud - Bloomberg View
More on the Shkreli affair, confirming that he was arrested more for his audacity than for doing anything unusual. »
More on the Shkreli affair, confirming that he was arrested more for his audacity than for doing anything unusual. »
TSA Doesnât Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked
Read this: "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… »
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 »
Still a few days left in 2015 but this is the most gripping article I've read all year »
In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs - The New York Times
This heroin question is all about race, even if race wasn't in the wording. to wit »
This heroin question is all about race, even if race wasn't in the wording. to wit »
More stuff, or better stuff? | Justin Jackson
Should you make multiple things, or just focus on one? »
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 »
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.… »
Squishy toothpaste nitrogen seas! Pluto gets more amazing all the time. HT @coreyspowell https://t.… »
Sorry Startup Employee #100, Your Equity Probably Won’t Make You Rich | Hunter Walk
This @hunterwalk on the reality of start-up ipo hauls is good »
This @hunterwalk on the reality of start-up ipo hauls is good »
F.B.I. Chief Links Scrutiny of Police With Rise in Violent Crime - The New York Times
Just FYI the Justice Department rejected James Comey's talk of a Ferguson Effect #DemDebate http… »
Just FYI the Justice Department rejected James Comey's talk of a Ferguson Effect #DemDebate http… »
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 @internetarchive just began a 24hr telethon hosted by @textfiles, the Jerry Lewis of the Internet. #IATelethon »
Presidential Candidates on Health Care - The New York Times
Where the #DemDebate candidates stand on health care »
Where the #DemDebate candidates stand on health care »
The Internet Archive Telethon! December 19-20, 2015.
Starting RIGHT NOW: @internetarchive telethon,streaming live »
Starting RIGHT NOW: @internetarchive telethon,streaming live »
Moishe's Blog - Lowering the bar
"I know for a fact that 'bars' get 'lowered' for some candidates... people have lowered the shit out of them for me" htt… »
"I know for a fact that 'bars' get 'lowered' for some candidates... people have lowered the shit out of them for me" htt… »
Steph Curry Backs Brita -- Not Coke or Pepsi | CMO Strategy - Advertising Age
ICYMI: Steph Curry backs Brita -- not Coke or Pepsi »
ICYMI: Steph Curry backs Brita -- not Coke or Pepsi »
‘The Big Short,’ Housing Bubbles and Retold Lies - The New York Times
‘The Big Short,’ Housing Bubbles and Retold Lies, via @nytimes »
‘The Big Short,’ Housing Bubbles and Retold Lies, via @nytimes »
“Unauthorized code” in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic | Ars Technica
““Unauthorized code” in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic” #infosec #privacy »
““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.… »
Bring some magic to your podcast playlist. @MagicTavern is a US Best of #iTunes2015. https://t.… »
The False Promise of Meritocracy - The Atlantic
The paradox of meritocracy, blind performance auditions, and transparency/accountability for reducing bias »
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. »
Just a few more days to back Secret Hitler (@MaxTemkin's latest kickstarter). DO NOT MISS. »
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 … »
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 »
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 »
hot ascii star wars tip: `telnet still works genuinely glad this is still on the internet »
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