Projects tagged
Digital & Technology
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Mobile Game Promotes Reflection on Creation of Mobile Devices
Read more: Mobile Game Promotes Reflection on Creation of Mobile DevicesIn this mobile game, the studio Molleindustria makes commentary on the people and practices behind the creation of mobile devices. Not lost on the authors is the deep sense of irony in that the game itself relies on mobile platform.…
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Cut and Paint
Read more: Cut and PaintCut and Paint is a website with free access to a wide variety of visual designs that can be printed out, cut, and used as graffiti stencils anywhere. Access to a variety of resolutions of each design is free for…
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Reverse pay-per-view!
Read more: Reverse pay-per-view!Since summer 2011, FARM’s activists have been paying people $1 each to watch a 4-minute video depicting the inherent cruelties of raising animals for food. This tactic, known as “pay-per-view,” has led 80% of participants to reduce meat consumption, sparing…
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Green Map UAE
Read more: Green Map UAEGreen Map UAE is a place to pin, share, and quite literally, map out locations or events that are unique ecologically, culturally and considered civic resources near home or while traveling within the UAE. This portal, apart of a larger…
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Stop Rush Limbaugh
Read more: Stop Rush LimbaughBy BRIAN STELTER Some of the same activists that persuaded advertisers to boycott Glenn Beck’s television show on Fox News in 2009 are now mobilizing against Rush Limbaugh in the wake of his verbal attacks on a Georgetown University law…
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It’s OK to Say Gay
Read more: It’s OK to Say GayMissourians are fighting against legislation that would essentially make it legal to bully against LGBT students in the state’s schools. From the activists’ site (http://oktosaygay.org/): Leaders in the Missouri House are supporting “Don’t Say Gay” legislation (HB2051) to eliminate discussions…
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Sharing Is Caring
Read more: Sharing Is CaringDan Bull & Pirate Bay Attack the Music Charts With “Sharing Is Caring” This week, with support from a Promo Bay campaign on The Pirate Bay, UK rap artist Dan Bull is aiming to send a message to the mainstream…
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Can Reddit Vote Down a Congressman?
Read more: Can Reddit Vote Down a Congressman?By Tim Murphy, Mother Jones When Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act last winter, members of the online community Reddit sprang into action. They called their congressmen, spammed Twitter, and did what they do best: hatched…
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SOPA Blackout
Read more: SOPA BlackoutSOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest ‘Internet Censorship’ Jan 18, 2012, ABC News, Ned Potter Go to Wikipedia’s English home page and it will look like its regular self for a second, but then – Go to Google‘s homepage, and…
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Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In Stitches
Read more: Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In StitchesBY MIRANDA NEUBAUER | Friday, March 30 2012 Calling itself “Government Free VJJ,” a group started by three women after a conversation on Twitter is hosting an organizing initiative asking women to knit — or crochet! — a uterus for each man…