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PETITION: Tell APPLE to change Siri to provide... →
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Siri Failures, Illustrated
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The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was a part...
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Whistles →
What we used to do back in the day in college classes where male professors made sexist comments… we brought whistles to class, and every time the man said “girl” or made a demeaning “nice” comment about women, we literally blew the whistle.
In a theology class, every time the male professor used “he” as the pronoun for god, we blew our whistles. It took about a week for these men to stop...
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"Faggot" is not acceptable
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I was going to just keep my mouth shut, because who needs the drama? But then I thought that keeping quiet about something implies you’re okay with it, or that it doesn’t matter. Well, this matters and I am not okay with it, so I’m not keeping my mouth shut after all. I need to get this off my chest. Faggot is NOT an acceptable word to call anyone, joking or not. It’s a word that...
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“Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you...”
– 10 things the iPhone Siri will help you get instead of an abortion | The Raw Story (via interweber)
If true, this is extremely important. Not just because of the subject matter but because its important to understand that our access to news and INFORMATION may increasingly be funneled through large...
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With dudes like these, who needs The Patriarchy?... →
I have been the target of oppressive and patriarchal behaviors since I first entered the space of Occupy Denver. I have been pointed out and labeled as violent, though I have never even been involved in a physical confrontation with a participant or the police. I spoke out against the oppressive and aggressive behavior of one security guard/marshall and recommended that he be removed from...
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Occupy Wall Street versus the Tea Party
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Just a few stats on the two movements…
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The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit
It is said that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. In the case of the copyright industry, they have learned that they can get new monopoly benefits and rent-seeker’s benefits every time there is a new technology, if they just complain loudly enough to the legislators.
The past 100 years have seen a vast array of technical advances in broadcasting, multiplication and...
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Save the Postal Service →
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truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
Senator Bernie Sanders recently introduced a bill to save the U.S. Postal Service.
“In the midst of this terrible rececession, it makes no sense to lay off 100,000 postal workers - many of whom are veterans. While the Postal Service does face financial problems because of the decline of first class mail and the general impact of the recession, its...
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Empowering the Feminist Voice at... →
It isn’t rocket science even if every movie, ad and video game tells you this behavior is cool, it isn’t. What it is is a manifestation of the system you claim to want to change. Don’t ask us to keep pointing out your misogynist behavior, you really should be able to figure it out yourselves, take responsibility for it and stop it because you know what, you are wasting precious time and...
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amanda palmer: finally, someone explaining #occupy... →
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this is best & most on-point video about #occupy i’ve seen. after trying to put it into words for mexican journalists all day, it’s an especially welcome video to see… this is what occupy means to me: here’s the link if the embed gives you grief: youtu.be/BRtc-k6dhgs choice quotes:…
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We Are All Occupiers →
Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today the people are back. The police should know that this protest is not a battle for territory. We’re not fighting for the right to occupy a park here or there. We are fighting for justice. Justice, not just for the people of the United States, but for everybody.
What you have achieved since 17 September, when the Occupy movement began...
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The Occupy Crackdown: Feminist Open Thread →
In this time of conflict and arrests within the Occupy encampments, we must remember the people in the 99 percent who face particular risks of violence and mistreatment at the hands of police: women, trans and other LGBTQ, the undocumented, those with disabilities and protesters of color. Those on the ground, please look out for each other, and if you see someone being abused, speak up.
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