May 2011
when everyone on tumblr is talking about doctor who
and you don’t watch doctor who
I want to watch Doctor Who…..because it seems interesting, should I (or will I regret it?)?
If you want to give Doctor Who a try, do so with the latest episode, “The Doctor’s Wife.” It’s amazing and boils down everything awesome about this series into 45 minutes.
Library Porn.
Bristol.
Czech Republic.
Melk, Austria.
Mexico City.
Spain.
Switzerland.
Vancouver.
Sony's PlayStation Network still down, will remain down for a bit
- 04/20 The date that Sony’s popular PlayStation Network went down after a reported data breach — one which the company was initially mum about.
- 05/08 The date it was supposed to go back up — over a week after the company revealed that users’ financial data was likely stolen.
- ????? The date it’ll actually go up; the company promises it’ll be by the end of May, but we see how they are about keeping dates. source
Thankfully, I found a way around the forced PSN signin so I can use Netflix still.
“There really is no need to make something like my participation in a skin cancer PSA into a sexist rant about my weight and physical appearance, because I’m going to let you in on a little secret, Glenn: You are the only one who looks bad in this scenario, and at the end of the day you have helped me generate publicity for my skin cancer PSA, a cause that I feel quite passionate about.”
—Meghan McCain • Responding to Glenn Beck’s rather terrible criticism (if you can call pretending to vomit at the sight of somebody a criticism) of her involvement in a PSA about skin cancer awareness. The spot features a myriad of pseudo-celebrities posing in ways to make them seem nude, without showing anything explicit. Presumably because Meghan is a bit curvier than some of the others, Glenn Beck decided it was a ripe time to pretend to puke for a few minutes. McCain is absolutely right about this. Beck looks like the worst kind of crass antagonist, a millionaire in his middle age acting like some petulant, unfunny little boy because a younger woman doesn’t suit his ideal of beauty. It’s wholly sexist, and utterly shameful. source (via • follow)
Because we're pretty passionate about this issue, we'd like to point you guys in the direction of our post on Newseum and the frontpages Tumblr last night. Our suggestion: We'd like to see newspapers offer up their front pages under a Creative Commons license. It'd be bold and would solve the underlying problem that led to Newseum's watermarks in the first place. →
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To match our actions with our words, we also are now offering up our posts under a Creative Commons license.
