11 month ago
Andy Baio : Clay Shirky on the failure of #amazonfail - outrage has its own momentum, even when circumstances change
Linkorama : The Failure of #amazonfail Clay Shirky - The problems they have with labeling and handling contested categories is a problem with all categorization systems since the world began. Metadata is worldview; sorting is a political act. Amazon would love to avoid those problems if they could – who n
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Linkorama : Taking on the System - How does "Kos", the founder of the vast DailyKos web-based liberal community site, think about online organizing? Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in the Digital Era is Markos Moulitsas Zuniga's manifesto, a self-concious desc
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18 month ago
Linkorama : PublicMarkup.org - PublicMarkup.org gives you the opportunity to review and comment on proposed bills before they are even introduced—or while they are pending—in Congress. (Including the bailout bill)
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19 month ago
Linkorama : ObamaTravel.org -- real grassroots democracy - ObamaTravel.org is a platform that connects volunteers who want to travel to a swing state with financial sponsors and swing state host families.
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19 month ago
Linkorama : RNC Protest Twitterer "Dispatches" from 1,800 Miles Away
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21 month ago
Linkorama : StealThisWiki - Steal This Wiki is a collaborative ground up rewrite based on Abbie Hoffman's seminal work, "Steal This Book". If you're feeling nostalgic, you can download the original book in PDF form.
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Linkorama : Lessig '08 - Change Congress. - This site hosts this video to explain the launch of two exploratory projects — first, a Change Congress movement, and second, my own decision whether to run for Congress in the California 12th.
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30 month ago
Linkorama : IHT on V-Day - V means something else in Italy. A blog organizes a mass protest of 300k people in 200 towns calling for political reform.
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34 month ago
gleuschk : Whedonesque: Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death. - Joss Whedon
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36 month ago
Linkorama : Ann Arbor’s reaction to Pfizer leaving - Wiki local activism
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37 month ago
WillPate : Blog-Swarming Net Neutrality in Canada
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40 month ago
Linkorama : Web 'fuelling crisis in politics' - Government also needed to "develop new forms of consultation and engagement that are deliberative in their form and trust citizens to get to the heart of the difficult trade-offs involved."
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43 month ago
plasticbag : Breathing Earth - I'm not normally one for large Flash visualisations, but this representation of people being born, dying and the different countries of the world expelling CO2 is quite extraordinarily beautiful and informative...
jkottke : Breathing Earth is a map of the earth that shows, in realtime, births, deaths, and carbon dioxide consumption of the world's countries - Breathing Earth is a map of the earth that shows, in realtime, births, deaths, and carbon dioxide consumption of the world's countries. Mesmerizing to watch. (via snarkmarket) [via]
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44 month ago
kellan : RiniArt.org - the beautiful line drawing "activist clipart" Rini Templeton. - Via looking for Rini Templeton [via] #
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48 month ago
Linkorama : Save the Internet - Petition: Congress must keep the Internet free and open by voting for meaningful and enforceable Network Neutrality.
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50 month ago
kellan : Future American lawyers to be proud of. - A little civil disobedience at Georgetown in the face of everyone's favorite pro-tortue AG #
deusx : insomnia: Future American lawyers to be proud of. - Holy crap - these guys give lawyers a good name! "Alberto Gonzales spoke before law students at Georgetown today ... the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him."
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52 month ago
kellan : Social Design Notes: Beware of the God - Brilliant work staking out the cultural battle ground against Oz's rising fundamentalist threat. #
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53 month ago
kellan : Rabble and Blaine - Phone Communities and Activism Showcase (O'reilly Emerging Telephony) - Congrats! At the Foocamp VOIP hacking session it became clear that Rabble and Lattice had actually done it, not just talked about it. #
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53 month ago
Linkorama : A democracy of groups - These technologies are enabling groups not only to create community but also to wield power and create rules to govern their own affairs. This paper examines the significance of decentralized groups to promote collective action in economic, civic and cult
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54 month ago
kellan : Activists admit firebombing home of Glaxosmithkline executive - It's an arms race. Criminalizing dissent, will drive dissenters to criminal acts. #
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55 month ago
Linkorama : Open Rights Group - The Open Rights Group is committed to protecting your digital rights, to fighting bad legislation both in the UK and Europe, and to fostering a grassroots community of volunteers dedicated to campaigning on digital rights issues.
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