there is something fundamentally nuts about a media-sphere in which SOPA etc gets vastly more play & protest than eternal imperial war. This is not to say you can’t care about both.
Also strange is the way in which tumblr Google etc are mobilizing protest. You gotta ask, why? In other words: cui bono? I’d wager they aren’t doing it for our sake.
In all seriousness, when your Senator is Chuck Shumer, what is even the fucking point except to (pathetically, I think) make yourself feel better?
so Rupert Murdoch understands the internet about as well as your grandma does…
his Twitter account in general reads like a farce account. I’m still not convinced it’s truly “verified”. It’s like a grumpier, dumber, Right Wing Andy Rooney.
Everyone made a big stink over GoDaddy supporting (and helping write?) the hideous SOPA. At the very least, though, GoDaddy has a hand in the internet and we shouldn’t be all that surprised that a shitty organization that tends to make shitty (by way of disgustingly sexist) commercials (among other sins) wanted to pull some shady shit in exchange for extra cash and influence on the frontier that they’re already in. People feel like their new boycott of GoDaddy has been effective. I’d debate that point… Have you seen the list of assholes throwing support behind the bill though? Especially monetarily? Check it out. Some highlights:
