So, #cablegate. I am all for it, because I believe in freedom of information. Even if it were my country and government, because yes, I am that idealist who wishes we could just all be up-front about disliking each other, rather than being under-handed about it ( Read more... )

1. So there's been a lot of fail lately.

-Like the J2 Big Bang fic set post-Haiti Earthquake. There are so many things wrong with this, and many people have talked about this quite eloquently, so I'll refrain and just point to the above link. Though there are some posts that stand out to me.

Like why anyone could think this is an okay idea. On ( Read more... )

So I missed the Ides of March because I woke up around two. I really wish I could motivate myself to engage in forms of civil disobedience and subversion. :| (Especially since cake was had! >_>)

But the big news this time is that two anon were arrested in DeKalb, Georgia for...no good reason. Protesting without a permit is one of the charges ( Read more... )

Censorship on Digg
Censorship is something with which I am very uncomfortable, and I am especially angry when I see it on internet sites like Digg, which are seen as a way to get noteworthy items out that tend to be ignored by major media.

Mid-February, a post about youtube pulling Anoynymous's message to CoS that has nearly 1300 diggs was buried ( Read more... )

J. and I saw Paris Je T'aime and Black Book yesterday ( Read more... )

Re: Strikethrough 07/Deletegate

Wow, fandom, please stop acting like you're oppressed. You know what you remind me of? The H/Hr shippers who claimed they were all OMG!oppressed. I'm not saying that what LJ/Six Apart did was right, but fandom is not in the minority and is not oppressed. Talk to me about being oppressed when you are actually ( Read more... )