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Recycling in Antarctica

When I recycle, I have to separate out metal, plastic, chipboard, glass, plain paper, glossy paper, and newsprint. That sounds like a lot of separating, until you compare it to the recycling protocol...

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Occupy Lulz

Everything becomes a meme, eventually: Occupy Lulz. Here's a direct link to the photo collection. More "greatest hits" below. (more…)

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An open letter to Minnesota state senator Amy Koch

It doesn't appear to count toward the tally at GayHomophobe.com (where it's now been 6 days since the last time a homophobic public figure turned out to be queer), but Minnesota state senator Amy Koch...

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Conclusion to "Existential Dread" - a history of Anonymous's activities in 2011

Quinn Norton has completed her triumphant history of Anonymous's actions in 2011 for Wired and this installment is amazing, containing real insight into how the world sees Anon, how Anon sees itself,...

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Pronunciation Guide: extremely funny videos on how to pronounce things

[Video Link], via Sean Bonner. I LOL'd, then cried, then hit play again and LOL'd some more. CONTAINS HELVETICA.

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National Review: supreme court "pretended" mandate was constitutional

As a Brit in the US, I landed on a left-leaning limb of the tree. This is not unusual—our conservatives are often more liberal than your liberals, after all. That said, I often found myself enjoying...

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Bob Dylan’s “Titanic” by Tim Heidecker (music video)

[Video Link] Comic genius Tim Heidecker, who is roughly 50% of Tim and Eric (also behind "Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie," and "Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule"), has yet again created...

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Outstanding accounts

Phil Plait — who writes the Bad Astronomy blog — still has not been paid for his contributions to the Great Global Warming Conspiracy. For such an organized cabal, you think they would have a better...

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Video: As The Pope Tweets

The His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sends his very first tweet, on an iPad. He accidentally deleted his first actual tweet, but I screengrabbed it.  Pope blesses social networks: "Who is my neighbour...

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This simple comic strip concisely explains the complexities of Twitter drama

Apologies to all who think Twitter is srs bzns. Jokestress out! (more…)

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"The Ambivalent Internet": A scholar of trolling's new book about politics in...

Whitney Phillips is about to publish her second book on internet trolls: The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online, co-written with Ryan M. Milner during the 2016 election...

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