January 2011
Elle Dark: Egypt .. internet .. people in glass... →
elledark:
I’ve noticed several American commentators asking with righteous incredulity how the government of Egypt could possibly have got away with imposing a 30-year long ‘state of emergency’ to justify its draconian powers. Well .. ummm .. isn’t that pretty much where America is right now with its 10…
Yeah. What she said.
I Heart Chaos: Google search auto-complete censors... →
iheartchaos:
Google’s already been censoring auto-complete functionality when it notices you’re searching for pornography, and today it started censoring auto-complete when you’re searching for “torrent” or “bit torrent”. Which really by any stretch of the imagination isn’t a big deal, but if Google’s…
3b2010:
Dear Girl Scouts,
With the price of your cookies, you might as well be the dark side.
Sincerely, not paying $7 for Thin Mints
"We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is...
cvcisme:
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URGENT: Egypt has shut off the internet →
squashed:
I just received a call from a friend in Cairo (I won’t say who it is now because he’s a prominent activist) telling me neither his DSL nor his USB internet service is working. I’ve just checked with two other friends in different parts of Cairo and their internet is not working either.
This just happened 10 minutes ago — and perhaps not uncoincidentally just after AP TV posted a...