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Artist: Decoy
This Current Gallery profiles the work of Washington, D.C. Artist: Decoy http://decoyink.com, http://fizgigdc.blogspot.com
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Blogger Michelle Malkin Attacked in Denver near DNC08
Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin was beset by a horde of self-described leftist anarchists not far from the site of the Democratic National Convention earlier today. The mob was lead by well known left-wing conspiracy theory radio show host Alex Jones, who was at the protest designed to (and I’m not exaggerating at all) levitate the Denver Mint so as to shake out all the money. The mob was organized under the banner “Re-Create ‘68″, with the goal of re-igniting the riots of 1968 around the Chicago Democratic Convention. Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin was beset by a horde of self-described leftist anarchists not far from the site of the Democratic... more
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Arcigay Roma, mobilitazione dei bloggers. Cambiare i vertici di Arci Gay Roma.
Le associazioni politiche, al pari dei partiti, hanno ogni tanto dei congressi. In questi congressi si confrontano di solito almeno due progetti politici differenti, e si propongono almeno due presidenti in lizza fra loro per portare avanti il proprio progetto. Questo, nel mondo ideale. Nel mondo reale, sappiamo come spesso i congressi siano pilotati dall'interno, in modo che prima dell'apertura dell'assise si sappia già non solo quale sarà la mozione vincitrice (ammesso ce ne siano almeno due) ma anche il nome del presidente e la composizione del resto delle ... continua Le associazioni politiche, al pari dei partiti, hanno ogni tanto dei congressi. In questi congressi si confrontano di solito almeno du... more
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NSA security officer: We should just kill these people
When somebody within your own government calls you out, do you show up? How do you handle it?
Wayne Madsen, always spoiling for a fight with Bush and Cheney, or the chance to show off his undies to minimum wage airport TSA workers, has an executive level NSA staff person on record saying that significant sentiment exists within the NSA to kill troublesome bloggers and journalists.
The NSA executive staffer was, apparently, not the source of the sentiment, but this individual did pass along the context and the precise wording of the “junior G-man” working in the NSA. Prominent names listed in the NSA database of troublemakers?
1. Bill Gertz
2. James Bamford
3. Vernon Loeb
4. Jim Risen
5. Dr. John C. K. Daly
6. Wayne Madsen
7. Seymour Hersh
These were all the names Madsen published, but there are, of course, many others. Possibly you, gentle reader.
If not now, probably later.
As much as Madsen hates Daily Kos, I would think that if Kos was in the database, he would have published his name, too. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga — a name that should just roll off the Hebroid-Russian tongue of George Soros, and frequently does — is he NOT in the NSA’s database of journalists and bloggers to be put out of Cheney’s misery?
Wear nice underwear when you travel, bloggers. The TSA will soon be checking your anal orifice for that extra 3 ounces of shampoo you just can’t live without. When somebody within your own government calls you out, do you show up? How do you handle it? ... more -
Is Tavis Smiley A Hater?
LOS ANGELES - Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's Tavis Smiley talk show and public radio's The Tavis Smiley Show is on an oratorical roll about race, politics, and his fellow black, Barack Obama, the expected Democratic presidential nominee.
"There is no such thing in America as race transcendence, and Obama's going to find that out real soon," says Smiley, leaning into his words. As he sermonizes, he sheds suit jacket, tie and belt in succession, getting comfy in his spacious suite at KCET in Los Angeles after taping two installments of Tavis Smiley (12:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1:30 a.m. Saturday on UNC-TV).
Despite the peaceful vibe inside his sanctuary, with its African masks and scented candle, Smiley frowns. "There's no such thing as ‘post-racial' in America, because if you push the envelope too far, you're going to hear about it." Smiley should know. For months he has been the object of an Internet firestorm for his perceived negative comments about Obama on commercial radio's syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show.
Smiley found himself between race and a hard place when he criticized Obama on-air for choosing not to appear on Smiley's annual State of the Black Union cablecast on C-SPAN in February.
Smiley's remarks sparked a blaze of invective by black bloggers, who questioned Smiley's loyalty, motives and ego. LOS ANGELES - Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's Tavi... more -
Patry pulls plug on Copyright Blog due to state of copyright law
The popular copyright blog has been shut down by blogger William Patry because, he says, the present state of copyright law is "too depressing."
"Copyright law has abandoned its reason for being: to encourage learning and the creation of new works. Instead, its principal functions now are to preserve existing failed business models, to suppress new business models and technologies, and to obtain, if possible, enormous windfall profits from activity that not only causes no harm, but which is beneficial to copyright owners. Like Humpty-Dumpty, the copyright law we used to know can never be put back together again: multilateral and trade agreements have ensured that, and quite deliberately."
Do you agree that copyright law has gone from a measure of protection to a way to turn profit at expense of creativity and innovation? The popular copyright blog has been shut down by blogger William Patry because, he says, the present state of copyright law is "t... more -
Gore pushes environment with activist bloggers
Former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance Saturday at the Netroots Nation conference, a gathering of nearly 2,000 left-leaning bloggers and political organizers. He urged the activists to mobilize for global climate protection by amplifying his call to generate all the nation's electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal in 10 years. Former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance Saturday at the Netroots Nation conference, a gathering of nearly 2,000 left-... more
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Ms. Olive Riley: The World’s Oldest Blogger Dies at 108
Ms. Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, died over the weekend in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 108. Born in Broken Hill in 1899, Olive Riley returned in 2004 for the filming of a documentary about her life.
Since early last year, she had written over 70 entries about her life experiences and posted them to her blog, The Life of Riley. Ms. Olive's blog was was keenly followed by readers from all over the world.
In her final post, which was dated June 26th, an increasingly frail Ms. Olive noted that she couldn’t “shake off that bad cough.” She also wrote, “I read a whole swag of email messages and comments from my internet friends today, and I was so pleased to hear from you. Thank you, one and all.”
This detailed article includes a number of very touching photographs of Ms. Olive, an audio interview with her blogging assistant about Ms. Riley's death, and two videos (one of her 108th birthday celebration, the other is from the documentary about her life). Ms. Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, died over the weekend in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales, Aus... more -
The Fifty Most Influential Female Bloggers
As it is often the case with technology, blogging can seem like a boys’ club to many, but the average blogger is no longer (if they ever were) a geeky, twenty-something man from the US. Strong, interesting women are taking over the blogging world. They have the passion, they have the skills, and they are here to stay. Today, we’re listing fifty most influential female bloggers at the moment.
If you want to know who the blogging world is talking about, these are the names and faces to keep in mind. As it is often the case with technology, blogging can seem like a boys’ club to many, but the average blogger is no longer (if they ev... more -
Twitter saga ends in jailed translator going free
A one-word blog post from a cell phone helped to free an American student from an Egyptian jail, but it took the signatures and support of thousands of activists to get his translator out.
When detained in April, graduate student James Karl Buck turned to his cell phone and typed the message, "Arrested," alerting all his friends on the microblog service Twitter site.
Upon his release shortly afterward, the first thing Buck did was send another message, "Free."
On Tuesday, nearly three months after the American and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested, Buck turned to Twitter again -- this time to tell everyone that Maree was safe at home.
The post: "Mohammed is free, Mohammed is free!"
Twitter, a social-networking blog site, allows users to send status updates, or "tweets," from cell phones, instant messaging services and Facebook in 140 characters or less.
Buck spent much of the time after his release working to free his friend. But it was not until shortly after Maree's release that Buck and his translator were finally able to speak -- through instant messenger.
"He was totally in good spirits; he joked with me," Buck said. "I told him he was a hero, and that because of his case and what he suffered, he's brought a lot of attention to the government's behavior in Egypt."
Immediately, Buck said he apologized to the translator because he felt guilty about his detention.
Buck, 29, a graduate student from the University of California, Berkeley, working on a photography project for his master's thesis, met Maree, a 23-year-old Egyptian veterinary student, in Mahalla. Maree offered to help Buck as he photographed anti-government protests over low wages and rising food prices in April. See Buck describe what he saw and captured on film during the protests »
During one of the demonstrations, Buck and Maree were detained. En route to the police station, Buck sent a message via Twitter, and his school hired an attorney and was able to get him released within a day. But Maree remained in jail for nearly three months.
After his release, Buck returned home and used his Twitter network, now more than 570 followers strong, to help free his translator and friend.
Fueled by the gnawing guilt of leaving Maree behind, Buck set out to enlist all the help he could in hopes of sparking a movement for the translator's release.
He began setting up a virtual online command post to demand Maree's release. He contacted U.S. and Egyptian authorities and human rights groups and used everything from Twitter updates, blog posts on his Web site to an electronic petition signed by more than 900 people.
Maree's brother, Ahmed, said it was an unbelievable feeling to have Mohammed home.
"It's like someone was dead and [brought] back to life," he said.
Maree's family was worried about when, if ever, he would be freed. After reports of alleged torture in prison, relatives feared for his life.
Rumors began swirling a week ago that there had been a development in Maree's case, but details were scarce, so Buck said he tried not to get too excited.
"Any change in the case could have been equally bad news or good news," Buck said. "And so far it had all been bad news."
Buck said he cringed each time he checked his e-mail lately about what was happening. Then he got an e-mail from Maree saying he had been released.
There was little information surrounding Maree's detention. Speculation about Maree's whereabouts was fueled by confusion about what initially happened to the translator. Government officials in Egypt said they could neither confirm nor deny Maree's detention during the past three months as well as his recent release despite repeated requests for comment. A one-word blog post from a cell phone helped to free an American student from an Egyptian jail, but it took the signatures and suppor... more -
Chinese Bloggers Score a Victory Against the Government
Four Communist party, local government, and security officials were arrested for allegedly covering up a murder. Apparently, Chinese bloggers helped uncover the true cause of a high-school student's death, which officials originally tried to cover up as a drowning. Protests of over 30,000 people have taken place in Weng'an county due to the incident. Four Communist party, local government, and security officials were arrested for allegedly covering up a murder. Apparently, Chinese ... more
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Tagazee: il web 2.0 si fa anche in Italia
Se vi sembra che nel mondo del 2.0 le novità arrivino tutte dall'estero forse Tagazee.com potrebbe darvi una piacevole sorpresa. E' un piccolo tentativo made in Italy di ritagliarsi un ruolo nel mondo vasto dei blog aggregators. Tagazee mixa una serie di contenuti tematici suddivisi per categorie, ad una piattaforma di discussioni legate ai contenuti.
Per adesso è disponibile solo in lingua inglese, ma anche grazie al vostro feedback, si potrebbe mettere in cantiere una versione in italiano. Se vi sembra che nel mondo del 2.0 le novità arrivino tutte dall'estero forse Tagazee.com potrebbe darvi una piacevole sorpresa. ... more -
Are the BBC screwing bloggers again?
Ashley from Shiny Media outlines his claims that the BBC's recent Panorama programme yet again takes blogger's work and fails to acknowledge their contribution. Ashley from Shiny Media outlines his claims that the BBC's recent Panorama programme yet again takes blogger's work and fail... more
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Bloggers learn to avoid lawsuits
Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.
In Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, commodities trader Gary Millitte registered the Internet domain name LakeGenevaNews.com eight years ago, but is so worried about the legal boundaries of writing online that he still hasn't started the ultra-local news site.
Non-journalists entering the world of blogs, online feedback forums, online videos and news Web sites provide information that newspapers and other media can't or don't.
But many are now turning to professional journalists for help with dilemmas they're facing: When is something libelous? What's the difference between opinion and news? And how do you find public documents?- CNN
* Citizen journalists blog, run online feedback forums and write news Web sites
* Society of Professional Journalists offers courses on journalism basics
* Many worry about the legal boundaries of writing online
* 100 judgments valued at $17 million have been handed down against bloggers.
This kinda seems like when you are in a communist country where you have to be careful what you say or you can end up in jail. But the only difference is that, this one you get a lawsuit.
What do you think about this? Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 mill... more -
Metallica Retracts: Blames Managers, Issues Pushups, Denies Linklove
Sure, they didn't know. It's easy to retract this sort of thing and point the finger at an overzealous management firm. Please.
The bottom line: several bloggers' livelihood was threatened, word got out about the new Metallica album, and they've consolidated the "good reviews" on their (ahem) Metallica.com site...how convenient.
Control doesn't scale guys. They way to handle this was to reach back out to the bloggers and ask them to repost. It's not like they wouldn't have complied.
Photo by: www.fernandovega.com.mx http://flickr.com/photos/fernandovega/127317016/in/phot... Sure, they didn't know. It's easy to retract this sort of thing and point the finger at an overzealous management firm. Plea... more -
The Wide World of Blogs: The Blogopticon
The Blogopticon is a very handy gadget, a grid of some of the world's major blogs, which are arranged by blog content: "news reporting" (the Y-axis) and "opinion" and juicy gossip (the X-axis). The chart has extremely useful clickable icons, which link directly to the featured sites.
Just a bit geeky, but very useful!! The Blogopticon is a very handy gadget, a grid of some of the world's major blogs, which are arranged by blog content: "news... more -
Metallica to bloggers -- Shut the f*ck up!
Once again, Metallica steps all over teh Internets...no doubt Lars has something to do with this.
The short story, bloggers were brought in to listen to some tracks off of their upcoming album. Then bloggers did what they do best...blogged about the experience. Lo and behold, Metallica issued cease and desist orders claiming that the songs were in a rough and unfinished state and thus shouldn't be reviewed in blog posts. The order accompanied an underlying threat to tarnish each bloggers potential career going forward. Scratch my back and I'll kick you in the nuts, sort of the music equivalent of "You'll never work in this town again!" I suppose.
Wired Listening Post blogger Eliot Van Buskirk notes that if they didn't want the bloggers to write about what they heard, they should've had them sign NDA's (duh!), and aside from that, who invites people who write about music for a living to a listening party and expects them to stay tight lipped? Isn't that the whole point? Once again, Metallica steps all over teh Internets...no doubt Lars has something to do with this. ... more -
HoneyDewThis.com (a blog about men and women) Pretty Funny
Hey check out this new blog. Pretty funny and seems to have some promise.
Funny Post:
.he_saidStudy: Women Happier With Ugly Men*
by Administrator
June 4th, 2008
HotChickUglyGuyWe guys see it everywhere, at the clubs, the gym and the grocery store and every time we witness it we think to ourselves, “How the hell did he do it?” Yup, I’m talking about another ugly dude with a hot ass girlfriend. You the one, the Lord of the Rings Frodo looking gremlin walking hand in hand with his hot Victoria’s Secret Model looking girlfriend. Like a little boy watching a magic show we all try to figure out what’s behind all the smoke and mirrors of his trick: “That dude is probably filthy rich and she’s a gold digging tramp” or maybe “They’re from the south and that’s really his sister he’s making out with” or better yet “That chick is a dude!” Actually the answer looks to be much more simple than that. According to a study found in the Journal of Family Psychology,
women look for men who can help them reproduce, while men seek out a youthful, healthy and physically attractive mate.
I guess it pays to be fertile and fugly.
Click Here For The Rest Of The Article: Women Happier With Ugly Men Hey check out this new blog. Pretty funny and seems to have some promise. Funny Post: ... more -
Student bloggers need to know their rights
Been reprimanded for your site? Are schools allowed to punish you for what is not on there website, property and has no affiliation with the at all?
Pew Internet and American Life Project's studies tell that 38 percent of online teens read a blog and 19 percent of teens, approximately four million students, keep one. A separate Pew study said 68 percent of teenagers have used the Internet at school.
Schools usually have jurisdiction over school-hosted or school-sponsored publications, such as school newspapers or school blogs. Students have more protection and can express themselves more openly on a personal blog.
Personal blogs allow students to inform others of their opinions about fellow students, teachers and school district as a whole. Although schools do not have jurisdiction on personal blogs, schools may still challenge them.
In Emmett v. Kent School District, the court ruled that the public Kent School District's officials had violated a student's First Amendment rights by punishing the student for his personal Web site. The court held that "the speech was entirely outside of the school's supervision or control."
In Flaherty v. Keystone Oaks School District, a federal court found a public school's policy, which prohibited "inappropriate, harassing, offensive or abusive" behavior, was unconstitutional because "the policy could be read by school officials to cover speech that occurs off school premises and that is not related to any school activity in an arbitrary manner."
When schools win from suing students for what they say on the Internet, it is usually because of the Tinker Test, or "material disruption."
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the "material disruption" standard says that your free-speech rights can be limited when the speech "materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of rights of others." Therefore, if you blog about how you hate a teacher, the school may claim that it is materially disrupting classwork.
If you have been punished for your personal Web site or your school has ordered students to stop blogging about school, the EFF advises that you contact them and a lawyer. The EFF says a "blanket ban" would violate your First Amendment rights.
What can you do on your personal blog? There is a lot you can do, such as write an online fiction like an anonymous person. However, it does not mean your school would be happy with it. Your First, Fourth, and Eighth amendment rights will be helpful. If you insult your school teachers and administrators, be wary of how you do it.
The common saying "think before you act" can be great advice because not only do schools visit your Web site, colleges and universities may look at it.
Here's some advice:
Do not create nor visit your site on school property, the school's Internet connection, nor during school time. Also, if you bring a copy of the site onto the school campus or event you may be permitting the school to have jurisdiction.
On your Web site, when applies, say all of the following: "This site is not affiliated with any school and/or organization." "Warning Advice: [insert Web site] is not responsible for you visiting this site. Please do not visit it at [insert your school district]. Do not permit this site to disrupt classwork and/or cause substantial disorder." Been reprimanded for your site? Are schools allowed to punish you for what is not on there website, property and has no affiliation wi... more -
Every girl online is fat, ugly and unsexy. Here's how to get over it.
Violet Blue expounds on the vitriol Internet trolls fire at women online in her SFGate column: Open Source Sex. Her point is compelling, the methods in which beauty is "standardized" by our society creates a warped double standard, and I especially like her take on trolling behavior because it applies on so many levels.
"I just write and talk about sex. But every woman on the Internet gets called slutty and ugly and fat (to put it lightly) no matter what; all we have to be is female. In dinner conversation, my friend Lori reminded me of the Oscar Wilde quote, "Give a man a mask, and he'll tell you the truth." I restated it for the Internet, replying, "Give a man a mask, and he'll slit your throat." The application here is, "Give a man (or a woman) an anonymous account, and he'll eviscerate your self-esteem.""
The link between Internet anonymity and troll behavior is nothing new, but exploring the different ways it impacts groups is interesting. Thoughts? Violet Blue expounds on the vitriol Internet trolls fire at women online in her SFGate column: Open Source Sex. Her point is compellin... more
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