This festive seasonal carol comes to us from the fertile brain of John. A. Ninpo on Facebook, and perfectly expresses the experience of social media activism in 2016 which can, by the way, eat a bowl of dicks. Bring on… Read More ›
Conspiracy
Op/Ed: Irina Tsukerman on Spies, Lies, and Reality
We will be very surprised if this editorial, from lawyer Irina Tsukerman, does not cause kerfuffles a-plenty. Not every whistleblower is a whistleblower, and not every action which inconveniences those in power is worthy of worship. Pull up a chair,… Read More ›
Crypto-Affirmations (or Crypto-Negations) for a Very Monday Monday
if you know what we mean. Today’s Crypto-Affirmations or rather their Debbie Downer equivalent, come to us from our old friend, Professor Gabriella Coleman of McGill University in Montreal. This one has just the right mix of adorable and soul-chilling,… Read More ›
Paying the Piper: #PanamaPapers, or How Your Ghost in the Shell Returns
Semi-regular contributor AnonyOdinn has long since moved off Twitter and onto Diaspora, but he continues to publish his blog at Cyberguerilla. That is why he is here today: somebody apparently took exception to something Cyberguerilla said (which may or may… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 15
So there was the time a bunch of you really, really hated a simple post about Anonymous inspiring tee shirts and a donation to charity. And there was me, right there in that GIF, responding. But we’re getting a couple… Read More ›
We Spent 72 Hours with weev and Fled to Bosnia
As one does… Everything world’s most famous troll weev does is complicated. Even his hair is complicated (why is it two different colours?). In this episode of weev got news intrepid reporters from bizarre and extremely cool site DSSK meet him… Read More ›
Meet Jpeg James, Canada’s Most Mysterious Candidate!
In this groundbreaking article Vancouver eminence grise and literatus extraordinaire Sean Cranbury lays out a devastatingly effective campaign plan for the Conservatives’ most mysterious candidate in the upcoming federal election, Jpeg James Low, the almost-certainly-doomed Tory candidate for Vancouver East…. Read More ›
AnonUKRadio Speaks to Reddit Mod Behind r/ #Anonymous Turning Furry
It was all a plot! An actual, genuine conspiracy! The moderators of the Reddit subsite devoted to Anonymous conspired together and took action; there was no popular vote. There was no referendum. There was no due process. There was just…BOOM…. Read More ›
Numbers: All the Wrong People Dying
For Henry and Eric “Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles.” ― Wm. Shakespeare, Macbeth Look how the world is lying, All the wrong people dying All the worst people thriving. Those who once were pariahs Fight for a crown of… Read More ›
Behold: the Queen of #Anonymous
Leaderfagging: you’re doing it wrong. To be honest, kittens, this is one of the rare cases where the YouTube transcript makes more sense than the actual words in the interview. Still, we cannot pass up the opportunity to share this… Read More ›
Prison America: An Editorial by #Anonymous and #Activist Lawyer Stanley Cohen
Radical firebrand, Anonymous friend, and activist lawyer Stanley Cohen is currently a guest of the President at USP Canaan, a high security prison in rural Pennsylvania, serving 18 months behind bars for tax evasion. It is from the proud New Yorker’s… Read More ›
Numbers: Autocorrect
The Internet will never be your friend, It isn’t now and won’t be at the end. It’s not a tool of which you are the master, It’s just a way to sell a little faster. No magic kingdom, this plutocracy,… Read More ›
Aaron Swartz: A Reminder
Aaron Swartz was truly The Internet’s Own Boy. And they truly did kill him. Driven to suicide by the prospect of decades in prison for merely accessing thousands of protected academic journals in line with the “information wants to be… Read More ›
#Anonymous Wishes Matt DeHart a Happy Birthday
In prison. Former American soldier, rumoured WikiLeaks courier, and oldfag Anonymous member Matt DeHart is having a birthday today, his 31st. He won’t be going out to dinner with his parents, won’t be hitting the bars with his friends, and in… Read More ›
Beware The Invisible Acrobat Midgets: Chameleo Is Weird, In A Good Way
Sometimes my work as a book reviewer has me read things I wouldn’t necessarily pick out from a bookstore shelf. Take Chameleo: A Strange But True Story of Invisible Spies, Heroin Addiction, And Homeland Security for example. The title is curious,… Read More ›