Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Killing Joke is the best and most prescient Brexit soundtrack



See the sun turn green
From a penthouse window
It's different now
Because you got no shelter
Alienation
By experimentation
Enjoy yourself
This is your new age

Complication

Ransom the birth
Of a new destruction
It's different now
It's what we've always wanted
Alienation by experimentation
Self-destruct
At the count of ten

Complication

See the sun turn green
From a penthouse window
It's different now
Because you got no shelter
Alienation
by experimentation
Enjoy yourself
This is your new age

Complication

All lyrics written by Jaz Coleman, all music composed by Killing Joke

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Sunday, April 24, 2016

"Small-town smack talk" / topix / anonymity / gossip / libel

2016 Court to decide when critics on Topix can be unmasked
http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article73358407.html 

2012 Gossip Gone Wild
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Mother_says_on_line_gossip_destoying_lives_162631556.html

2012 Innocent Man's Life Destroyed by Anonymous Topix Poster
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/topix-innocent-mans-life-destroyed-anonymous-online-poster/story?id=15963310

2011: In Small Towns, Gossip Moves to the Web, and Turns Vicious
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/us/small-town-gossip-moves-to-the-web-anonymous-and-vicious.html?_r=0

2011 Small-Town Gossip Sites Are Horrifying
http://www.thewire.com/technology/2011/09/small-town-gossip-sites-are-horrifying/42680/

2011 A home for hometown gossip / Small town feuds find a home on Topix

http://www.dailydot.com/society/small-town-gossip-feuds-topix/

2010 When Attorneys General Attack
Earlier this year Topix CEO Chris Tolles got the call no one wants to get – that they were under investigation by a government entity. Two attorneys general, one of which was deep into his senate run, were leveling accusations of abuse at Topix. The company eventually settled with thirty three AGs, plus two U.S. territories. We asked Chris to tell us about his experience dealing with these people. Too often, we’ve found, the office of attorney general is used for little more than a way to advance one’s political career.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/19/when-attorneys-general-attack/