Category: words & thoughts
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It’s not OK to not to understand the internet anymore.
Every time I hear interviews with government ministers pushing ill-thought out and panicked moves towards tighter internet legislation I am reminded of this quote from Aaron Swartz Aaron Swartz made the statement, “It’s not OK not to understand the internet anymore,” in a talk he gave titled “How We Stopped SOPA“ at the F2C: Freedom…
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Censorship in Texas – Sally Mann photos seized.
It’s sometimes hard to know just what is going on in the US. For all its outward talk about free speech and standing up to censorship, increasingly this seems to be compromised by stories of books and art being removed from schools, libraries and galleries. Sally Manns pictures can be challenging in some respects, but…
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Smartphone Swatter for those irritants at gigs!
100% agree with Mr Ramone. Number of gigs I’ve been to where people are holding phones (or even iPads!!!) for minutes at a time to record the show.Don’t mind if you are getting a photo (with flash off of course), but recording whole songs or shows is just wrong.
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50 Years of Hip-Hop Samples
The ever excellent @tracklib comes up with an absolute blinder of a video. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Breaking down some of the greatest tunes sample-by-sample
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Bollock-Faced Foghorn of Ignorance
Without a shadow of a doubt, “bollock-faced foghorn of ignorance” is the quote of the day on Twitter. Well done Mrs Ess!! Because the European Union is in Europe taking the lead, you bollock-faced foghorn of ignorance. — ꧁༺Mrs Ess ༻꧂ (@hickychip) February 28, 2022 Apparently, this isn’t the first time this perfectly apt and balanced…