Category Archives: Technology

“like Slavery, only with extra steps…”

Posted on December 26, 2015 by ann li-summers

a full array of Chocolate Weapons that will let you satisfy your sweet tooth, with a tastefully tactical appearance except when you want to get past airport security       By ann summers Ice cream can taste like so much Death … Continue reading →

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No Child Left Behind is Dead…

Posted on December 12, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   So the good news is that with the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act , 2002’s No Child Left Behind finally joins eraser chalk in the dustbin of History, but like whiteboards, the aroma of dry-erase markers … Continue reading →

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Are we having terror yet? Naturalizing the Cultural and Culturalizing the Natural

Posted on November 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

by ann summers “They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!” (Charlie Hebdo’s response to recent Paris attacks)                            #Daesh bullshit  www.motherjones.com/…   Terrorism is natural in the sense that … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s homeless Neoliberalism rather than the homeland for Neo of the Matrix

Posted on October 25, 2015 by ann li-summers

Work has become a means to stay alive rather than life being an opportunity to do work. Living, mere existence, has always been a necessary pre-condition for engaging in productive activity, but in capitalism it becomes the operative motive. By … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Art, Economics, Graphic Arts, information Technology, Internet, Media, Neoliberals, Silicon Valley, Technology, United States | 5 Comments

not such a good idea: HBCU of Phoenix

Posted on September 14, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Some historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are public institutions who are being encouraged to subcontract curriculum to the for-profit University of Phoenix. At a moment when the discourse is about making public education more affordable or … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week, August 4, 2015

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Gene Howington

An open letter, published by the Future of Life Institute was signed by hundreds of AI and robotics researchers and joined by high-profile persons in the science and tech world including theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Tesla CEO Elon … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bollaert, Creator of a “Revenge Porn” Website, Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last Friday, Kamala D. Harris, California’s Attorney General, announced that Kevin Christopher Bollaert, “the operator of a cyber-exploitation website which posted nude photos of individuals with personal identifying information without their consent, was sentenced to 18 years in … Continue reading →

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The Eighteenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Idaho Lawmaker Asks Doctor If a Swallowed Camera Could be Used for a Gynelogical Exam (VIDEO)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Here’s a story about an idiot politician from Idaho who is confused about female anatomy. Let me just say that Republican state representative Vito Barbieri sure ain’t an expert on “lady parts.”  Barbieri made news on Monday when he posed … Continue reading →

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Second Life

Posted on August 29, 2014 by James Knauer

By JAMES KNAUER This is the second of a three-part series dealing with life, its constituency, and some prophesy regarding its future here on Earth. You can read part one here. I am related to a plant pathologist, Dr. Skinner, … Continue reading →

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The Power Of Editing: Wikipedia

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Gene Howington

submitted by Gene Howington Excerpt from fivethirtyeight.com’s “The 100 Most-Edited Wikipedia Articles” by Mona Chalabi: “George W. Bush has been by far the most contested article among Wikipedia editors: Through September 2013, the page had been revised 45,273 times. That’s … Continue reading →

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