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Month: January 2012

how much coverage of SOPA have you seen in the mainstream American media?

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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The corporations whose lobbyists are responsible for SOPA and PROTECT IP are the same corporations who run the mainstream news media. It is not in their best interest to tell you about all the things happening that will affect you.

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the MPAA doesn’t like SOPA strikers, wah wah

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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They’re afraid…

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what Google looks like from a U.S. IP address today

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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For the benefit of my non-U.S. readers on this day of Web strikes by American sites to protest SOPA/PROTECT IP…

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watch it: Charlie Chaplin’s Great Dictator has some good advice for us today

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress…”

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Doctor Who thing of the day: a tartan for each of the Doctors

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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My brother Ken, a graphic designer, has been working on these for more than a year, and I’ve been bugging him to please post at least some of them so that I can post them as a Thing. And finally, here they are.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (trailer)

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is all, “Hey, come on, everybody, I’ve got this secret map that’s gonna help me find my career again!”

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question of the day: Should film be taught in school the way that literature is?

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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I think it’s very urgent that children be taught media literacy, but I have to confess that it never occurred to me that we might teach children how to watch and interpret great movies in the same way that we teach them how to read and interpret great fiction.

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London photo of the day: Kimchee queue

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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Yes, the food is that good.

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American modern-day Sherlock Holmes: now officially inevitable

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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Someone make it stop, please.

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watch it: “Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel”

Tue, Jan 17, 2012
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Aired on Saturday Night Live once, in 1998, and has been edited out of reruns ever since…

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