Russian-Owned LiveJournal Bans Political Talk, Adds Risk of Spying

This will be my final LJ post. Once I've exported my LJ entries out to xml or whatever (assuming I even end up bothering with that) Already exported all my entries to XML, and while it was tedious as all hell, it was nowhere near as difficult or time consuming as I thought it ( Read more... )

Latest addition: April 5, episodes 55 and 56.

All previous episodes can be found in this tag.

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There are two different cons that have been pulled on the conservative/Republican rank and file, and even on more than a few liberals/Democrats and independents and such.

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Latest addition: March 23, episode 50.

All previous episodes can be found in this tag.

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"Trump’s younger supporters know he’s an incompetent joke; in fact, that’s why they support him."This article was far more interesting than I initially thought it would be before I started reading it. Despite the headline, Trump isn't the main subject of the article. It's mostly about the history of 4chan and how it gave rise to Gamergate, which ( Read more... )

While I'm not a fan of gangsta rap, generally speaking, I will make an exception for this song.

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Full headline, because it won't fit in LJ's subject line text box: "FBI's 'Gamergate' file says prosecutors declined to charge men believed to have sent death threats - even when they confessed on video"

Well crap, I thought I was done posting about goddamn GamerGate, but I guess I was wrong.

(Via tokoz via Facebook.)

(For reference, this is the thing that was on TV as I was writing the below.)

Journal entry date/time, Feb 16, 2017, 10:05am:

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Don't just dismiss this as John Oliver merely being funny in a video. I mean, yeah, for the most part it's funny, sure, but it's also terrifying as fuck when he relates the not-so-funny bits. Then he makes a joke about them and it's funny again ( Read more... )