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Without strong net neutrality rules, an ISP can interfere with a user’s access to content online – that could mean, for example, blocking controversial content or discriminating against a competitor’s site. We’ve seen it happen before. In 2007, Verizon Wireless blocked text messages from the reproductive rights group NARAL. That same year, Comcast was caught…
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“Blogs are free,” explains Gabby Bess, founder of Illuminati Girl Gang. “Websites are like, $10. Illuminati Girl Gang started out as a Tumblr blog, and if no one had followed it or cared about it, it would have been no loss to me. The internet just provides more in-roads for people that don’t have access…
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karaj: technology is woman’s friend
karaj: technology is woman’s friend lazz: undergrads’ responses to a prompt on the kinds of cultural anxieties re: machines/animals/technology we see reflected in S/F, based on gender: 1. male 2. female 3. female “i can be reasonably sure that I am not a machine or a cyborg, as there is substantial evidence to…
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The only thing that is lacking from this almost free solution is what the higher education system has a monopoly on. A credential. An unbundled educational credential that people could use to get a better job would turn low or no cost higher ed into a reality nearly overnight and save us trillions in economic…
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The Day The Laughter Stopped
masterworksinteractive: busylittleb: A game developed for Ludum Dare #28 that holds a pretty heavy and powerful message. Simple design and mechanics speak volumes in this Indie game. **TRIGGER WARNING** Without giving away what happens, I will say that it is based on a very heavy subject material. There is a trigger warning on the game…