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#topprog … yeah, that could work

Jan 29, 2009

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in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

It still bugs me that Steve Elliot’s Get FISA Right: Last Chance To Vote Against Domestic Spying was buried by pro-surveillance diggers after I foolishly twittered it to the #tcot (Top Conservatives on Twitter) channel.Â So when I got Alan Rosenblatt’s email about a new #topprog hashtag, my immediate response was that we should think…

#MotrinMoms: From Twitter to the NY Times in 24 hours.

Nov 17, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

Katja Presnal’s Motrin Ad Makes Moms Mad Motrin’s “viral” video making fun of babywearing mothers — timed for the start of International Babywearing Week — has, much to their PR firms amazement, led to a backlash.Â As Allyson Kaplan’s Motrin’s Pain: Viral Video Disaster on Fast Company’s Radical Tech describes: The viral video worked in…

Berkman Center researcher publishes 1700 students’ Facebook data: “We did not consult w/ privacy experts on how to do this, but we did think long and hard ….”

Oct 8, 2008

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jon

in privacy, social computing

I think I’ll let others tell the story for me … September 25: In collaboration with Harvard sociology graduate students Kevin Lewis and Marco Gonzalez, and with UCLA professor Andreas Wimmer and Harvard professor Nicholas Christakis, Berkman Fellow Jason Kaufman has made available a first wave of Facebook.com data through the Dataverse Network Project. The…

Bitch magazine needs help!

Sep 16, 2008

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jon

in political

Update, September 18: $46,000 raised in 3 days!Â Bitch lives!Â See the comment for more … via Jessica on Feministing: Bitch magazine, the wonderful feminist publication, is in dire need of help. The past issue it put out may be its last if the mag doesn’t raise $40,000 by October 15. That’s a lot of…

Phyllis Schafly to get Honorary Doctorate from Wash U?

May 6, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, social sciences, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

The intro of the No honorary doctorate for anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly Facebook group: Wash. U. will honor anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly at commencement. WHAT? This is the woman who lives the hypocrisy of having a career that takes her around the country lecturing “family values” groups on how women should stay home. This is the woman…

TSA forces woman to remove nipple rings — with pliers

Mar 29, 2008

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jon

in political

Yes, really; and then defends the “thoroughness of the Officers involved”. Don’t you feel safer now? Our tax dollars at work … From AP’s coverage of Mandi Hamlin’s press conference: The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin’s chest, the Dallas-area resident said. Hamlin said she…

Insults, “mate retention behavior”, and gender violence

Dec 10, 2007

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jon

in social sciences

Continuing the theme for the day, I was looking at a couple of abstracts from Christian Jarret’s excellent BPS Research Digest: Why do some men insult their partners? concludes “men who habitually insult their wives or girlfriends do so, somewhat paradoxically, as part of a broader strategy to prevent them from leaving for someone else…

Carnival against sexual violence 36 — and What Men Can Do

Dec 10, 2007

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jon

in political

Today’s the last of the 16 days of activism against gender violence and so I wanted to highlight December’s Carnival against sexual violence, hosted by abyss2hope. Categories include legal, media watch, personal stories, raising awareness, research, and my fave solutions, which has a link off to shakesville’s excellent What Men Can Do. A few especially…

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