Carrie Fisher has died at age 60. The Star Wars actress had a heart attack while aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles Friday, about 15 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land. Speaking on behalf of Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd, family’s spokesman Simon Halls announced she died Tuesday. “It is with a […]
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Star Wars’ Carrie Fisher Dead at 60
Carrie Fisher has died at age 60. The Star Wars actress had a heart attack while aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles Friday, about 15 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land. Speaking on behalf of Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd, family’s spokesman Simon Halls announced she died Tuesday. “It is with a […]
Despite Media Freak-Out, Data Shows Fake News Sites Have Tiny Audience
USDespite a media blitz portraying fake news sites as having a real impact in national politics — and even capable of affecting the outcome of a presidential election — fake news sites struggle to reach any sort of real audience. Fake news site DenverGuardian.com, subject of coverage from the New York Times and the Washington […]
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Genderless Nipples exposes Instagram’s double standard on nudity
My first impression was to skip this and not raise questions about why I posted, and not have to think about it. However, I think that the point. Maybe not seeing it as a double standard IS a double standard. From TheVerge: A new Instagram account is using closeup images of nipples to test the […]
‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ trailer: Optimus Prime turns evil and slays Bumblebee
Vancouver Tax on Foreign Homebuyers Raises Costs for One Couple by Almost $113,000 Overnight
When the Canadian province of British Columbia imposed a 15% tax on foreign home buyers in Vancouver this summer, Frank Daams and Sabine Bosklopper faced an unenviable choice. The American couple could walk away from a deposit worth the equivalent of roughly $38,000 on the Vancouver home they were planning to buy and risk being […]
“Ya Done Messed Up A-A-Ron” – Substitute Teacher
This is Amazon’s grocery store of the future: no cashiers, no registers, and no lines
Amazon plans to break into physical retail in a new way. The online retail giant revealed a concept for a physical store in a video published Monday. The store, called Amazon Go, doesn’t work like a typical Walmart or supermarket — instead, it’s designed so that shoppers will use an app, also called Amazon Go, […]
What to do about #FakeNews – Twitter chat
Twitter gets a bad rap for the “noise factor” Reminds me of the “3 Stages of Twitter Acceptance” I taught when Twitter was new. It applies to all technology, but I used Twitter as an example STAGE ONE: “Why should I care?” STAGE TWO: “I need to push out a message and/or get some followers” STAGE THREE: […]