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Clay Shirky on the failure of #amazonfail

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

Tags : clayshirky twitter activism amazon classification amazonfail

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Taking on the System

17 month ago

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

Tags : politics activism

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PublicMarkup.org

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)

Tags : politics transparency activism government markup sunlight congress wiki

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ObamaTravel.org -- real grassroots democracy

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.

Tags : obama campaign activism

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RNC Protest Twitterer "Dispatches" from 1,800 Miles Away

19 month ago

Linkorama : RNC Protest Twitterer "Dispatches" from 1,800 Miles Away

Tags : activism protest socialmedia twitter

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StealThisWiki

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.

Tags : activism anarchy book copyright freedom politics protest wiki

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Lessig '08 - Change Congress.

25 month ago

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.

Tags : activism campaign lessig politics

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US CAMPAIGN FOR BURMA

30 month ago

Linkorama : US CAMPAIGN FOR BURMA

Tags : Myanmar activism democracy politics

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Cbox Burma News

30 month ago

Linkorama : Cbox Burma News

Tags : Myanmar activism blogs democracy politics protest revolution

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IHT on V-Day

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.

Tags : activism blogging politics

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Whedonesque: Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death.

34 month ago

gleuschk : Whedonesque: Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death. - Joss Whedon

Tags : activism culture feminism josswhedon sexism via:del/kfan women

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Ann Arbor’s reaction to Pfizer leaving

36 month ago

Linkorama : Ann Arbor’s reaction to Pfizer leaving - Wiki local activism

Tags : activism local pfizer socialtext wiki

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10 Online Ways to Save The World

36 month ago

WillPate : 10 Online Ways to Save The World

Tags : activism charity community culture environment health internet networking politics society

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Blog-Swarming Net Neutrality in Canada

37 month ago

WillPate : Blog-Swarming Net Neutrality in Canada

Tags : activism bell blog business canada government netneutrality regulation rogers telus

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I Hate Cilantro

38 month ago

Linkorama : I Hate Cilantro - an anti cilantro community

Tags : activism food funny

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Web 'fuelling crisis in politics'

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."

Tags : activism blogs deliberation government participation politics

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Breathing Earth

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]

Tags : activism breathingearth climatechange earth ecology geo geography graph green infographics map statistics stats world

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RiniArt.org - the beautiful line drawing "activist clipart" Rini Templeton.

44 month ago

kellan : RiniArt.org - the beautiful line drawing "activist clipart" Rini Templeton. - Via looking for Rini Templeton [via#

Tags : activism art clipart linedrawing copyleft rini.templeton

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Save the Internet

48 month ago

Linkorama : Save the Internet - Petition: Congress must keep the Internet free and open by voting for meaningful and enforceable Network Neutrality.

Tags : activism freedom netneutrality politics

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Future American lawyers to be proud of.

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."

Tags : activism politics law torture dc gonzales georgetown lawyers

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Social Design Notes: Beware of the God

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. #

Tags : culture activism politics art australia fundamentalism

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Rabble and Blaine - Phone Communities and Activism Showcase (O'reilly Emerging Telephony)

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. #

Tags : lattice rabble conference sf etel oreilly activism voip

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A democracy of groups

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

Tags : activism deliberation democracy groupforming groups mobile power visualization

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Activists admit firebombing home of Glaxosmithkline executive

54 month ago

kellan : Activists admit firebombing home of Glaxosmithkline executive - It's an arms race. Criminalizing dissent, will drive dissenters to criminal acts. #

Tags : animal-rights activism terrorism shac alf glaxosmithkline hls

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Open Rights Group

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.

Tags : activism blog blogs europe freedom politics

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