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Entries for week beginning April 24, 2011

April 27, 2011

Translation of General Misogyny to Uncomfortable Truth

Summary of the arguments made by entitled white men as to why all-white-men conference speaker lists are to be encouraged. “I support equal rights until the point it requires me to change my views.”

With President Obama's Birth Certificate, Klansman Trump Reminds Blacks They Will Never Be American

Several friends posted this to Facebook with the message, “Please watch this. It’s important.” They are not lying. Please watch this. It’s important.

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April 26, 2011

Are You Following a Bot?

Atlantic article on the Web Ecology Project’s ace Socialbots game, where teams of software bots “played” to influence regular Twitter users.

“There’s a lot of potential for a lot of evil here,” admits Hwang. “But there’s also a lot of potential for a lot of good.”


About This Site

This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.