Hillary Clinton has said Russia can influence the US presidential election. Trump has actually openly welcomed the intervention of the Russian hackers, and though Putin denies any Kremlin involvement in the DNC email hacking (as he always would, in such situations; remember how he initially denied Russian involvement in Donbass), Trump has openly ( Read more... )

"Clinton is candidate for president, they're airing Tarzan in the theatres, and everyone's playing Pokemon. Welcome to 2001". That's the caption below a cartoon that's been circulating the webs lately. And all three of these statements are still valid today, in 2016. Just like 15 years ago, the Pokemons are again the latest fad - this time through ( Read more... )

And still, this can't help but feel kind of sick. Especially considering the hypocrisy behind it:

Facebook bans 'undesirable' advert of plus-sized model Tess Holliday

Facebook blocked the Cherchez la Femme group from promoting a post for its "Feminism and Fat" panel discussion, because it depicted the body in "an undesirable manner". It featured ( Read more... )

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Can't say I particularly like FB, but... The below story definitely isn't the reason.

Zuckerberg denies Facebook has anti-conservative bias

"Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied Thursday that the social network's editors suppress conservative news from its trending topics list. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said he planned to talk ( Read more... )

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Essena O'Neill quits Instagram claiming social media 'is not real life'

First reaction that came to me: she criticizes the brands who paid for her to model... but did not return any of the money she received from her employers. Nice.

Let's face it. There are thousands of girls like her on Instagram, and there will be another new crop next year. I ( Read more... )

Anonymous 'at war' with Isis, hacktivist group confirms

Frankly, I'm a bit astounded by some responses to this news that I've seen lately. Many have mocked the hacker group, saying things like, "OMG, this will show the jihadists! I bet they're scared like hell that their Facebook site could go offline for two minutes any time now!"

That's stupid. ( Read more... )

Can Someone Photoshop The Eiffel Tower Under My Finger? is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a failed attempt at forced perspective in which a man is shown pointing his finger far below the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. On April 17th, 2015, an anonymous 4chan user started a photoshop request thread on the /b/ board with a ( Read more... )

( Sometimes, things could get hilarious on Twitter... )