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The Jig (Digg) Is Up

A not-so shocking revelation this morning about the sinking Titanic that is Digg. Not only have they abandoned their core users, not only are the walls crumbling down, but a brand new investigative report revealed that they actually created dozens of fake user accounts to increase traffic to their publishing partners.

Umpteenth user backlash incoming. And hey, did we call it, or did we call it?

Quintessential WTF

Fair warning: I don’t know what the hell this video is. More importantly, I don’t know why it is. Suffice to say, I found it; none of you have seen it, and now you’re about to watch it.

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So It Went

Last night I frequented a local theater production of Slaughterhouse Five featuring the surprisingly versatile Lily Vonnegut.

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The Death of the Liberal Class

Here’s Pullitzer Prize winner, Chris Hedges talking about his recently released book, titled above.

So You Want to Go to Law School

An absolutely masterful use of xtranormal, a website that allows you to make crudely animated videos with built in settings and robotic VO…

Rent is Too Damn Up

New York’s zany seventeenth party, The Rent is Too Damn High Party, has officially become an internet meme.

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How Schools ARE Failing

I’ve become a huge fan of RSA’s videos lately, and the latest one I’ve seen is no exception:

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Swiss Herald New Tunnel Record with Star Wars Theme

This is a cute thing. It’s as if the Swiss are a Rebel Alliance in rebellion against an evil Alp Empire. Quite a way to celebrate building the longest tunnel ever built.

How Corporate America Faked a Grassroots Revolution

As I’ve said before, the Tea Party is largely a Corporatist attempt to harness and steer the sort of populist rage movements that crop up during times of severe recession. It is being steered away from blaming banking cartels and Wall Street for its woes (primarily by Fox News and friends) and steered towards protesting government regulation. As such it is nothing more than a pitchfork-wielding arm of the Corporate Lobbyists..

And frankly, the Dems and more traditional Republicans are both solidly on that team as well, if in a less screamy fashion.

Fight the Power for Profit

Apparently the 1968 gold medalist, Tommie Smith, is selling his 1968 gold medal which he protested as pictured above.

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