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Tumblr's creepy fascination with Ohio school shooter T.J. Lane
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. James Holmes. T.J. Lane. These killers may be infamous for their crimes, but to a large subset of the Internet, they're heroes. And increasingly, it appears, that group...
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The 10 best Nintendo-inspired love songs on the Internet
Jimmy Fallon and Selena Gomez offered up a Nintendo tribute last night on his talk show, crooning a duet cover of Sam Hart's "Mario Kart Love Song." It inspired us to go on the hunt for more Mario-...
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One Direction fans don't actually want to kill this cute puppy
One Direction fans have never had any trouble finding plenty of drama, often to the consternation and bafflement of outsiders. This week, though, it's the media fanning the flames of fan drama rather...
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The Ada Initiative sounds off on the Adria Richards backlash
The technosphere is reeling over #Donglegate, the firing of an unnamed programmer after Adria Richards called him out via Twitter for uncomfortable sexualized jokes he made at a programmers'...
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Let's draw Sherlock: The best of Tumblr's fanart challenge
One of the best things about fandom on the Internet is how easy it is for ideas to take shape, catch on, spread, and mutate quickly. In the case of Sherlock fandom, in which a huge crop of artists who...
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How Complex's "40 Hottest Women in Tech" blew up the Internet
In a week where women in geek culture are getting skewered in all directions, now was probably not the ideal time for Complex to release a segment on the "40 Hottest Women in Tech." While the article...
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Wil Wheaton shares the week's biggest heartwarming tearjerker
In a week where it seems like geek culture has served as a setting for endlessfacepalming, it's nice to have a reminder that geekdom is also constantly inspiring and enriching us. This week, the...
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In defense of Adria Richards and call-out culture
As the dust settles from #donglegate, Adria Richards' tweeting of two men who made inappropriate jokes while sitting behind her at PyCon, the heated debate about her behavior and the subsequent...
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"YouTube glitch" blocks K-pop videos, enraging fans
The Internet hath no fury like a K-pop fan denied access to K-pop—or so one music distributor learned this weekend when it blocked dozens of videos from English-speaking YouTube fans. Universal Music...
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InterActs tackles the problems with DMCA
The Daily Dot is pleased to present InterActs, a series of roundtable discussions exploring digital creation, in partnership with the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC). InterActs...
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"Teen Wolf" fan hacks private photos of actor Tyler Hoechlin
Pitch Perfect actress Brittany Snow recently celebrated her 27th birthday with a photo booth for her and her friends—including her boyfriend, Teen Wolf heartthrob Tyler Hoechlin. But when a well-liked...
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Alexis Ohanian pleads with geeks to stop sexist trolling
It wasn't Reddit’s r/creepshots section. It wasn't a thread that called for rapists to share their stories. It wasn't the objectification of a 15-year-old girl on r/atheism, nor the mocking of a rape...
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Racist Kickstarter comic shuts down after offending basically everyone
When a Kickstarter project is cancelled, it’s usually because it didn’t get funded—not because the creators realize that, in retrospect, their project was a very, very bad idea. But that's what...
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Reddit's new meme is just a topless woman who agrees with you
Good Girl College Liberal, a meme that spread quickly on Reddit Tuesday, is literally just a topless, dancing young woman who encourages you to do whatever you want to her. Just a day after Reddit...
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How to tune into the InterActs round table on the DMCA
Today the Daily Dot is pleased to present the first InterActs round table. A partnership with the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC), InterActs is a series of conversations with...
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Wait till you hear what the FBI has planned for your Gmail
If you think Google's "names policy" and its penchant for demanding your phone number are invasive, then just wait till you hear what the FBI has planned for your Gmail accounts. As part of government...
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Web's largest reading community, Goodreads, bought by Amazon
"What next? Libraries?" came the astounded response of @JustBooks at the news that Amazon has acquired Goodreads, the largest community of readers and book reviewers on the Internet."Nice," commented...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRECord is making a TV show
After building an online community of artists, musicians, remixers, and curators, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is reaping the rewards: His collective artist project, HitRECord, is hitting prime time this fall...
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"Funny, frustrated, and fat": Changing the fatshion dialogue
Bad fashion style blogs can be a hilarious way to skewer the fashion industry and critique the ridiculous beauty standards that the industry typically upholds. But when the fashion being mocked is...
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This Shatner-Takei April Fools' "Star Wars" prank is devastating
It's been a long time since they were on the bridge together, but Captain Kirk and Mr. Sulu remain curiously in sync. Sure, William Shatner and George Takei may be rumored to have been on testy terms...
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