Dyscultured

Episode 195 – So that was the Large Popcorn?

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Preamble

• Excerpt from a TED Talk by Malte Spitz of the German Green Party.

Blowback

• Going to the movies just got a whole lot worse.
• Studios nix info on tix — out of respect? Prix.
• As conspiracy theories go, this one’s rather interesting.

Cana-duh

• Elections Canada caught trying to game the Supreme Court.
• Robocalls lawsuit moving forward.
• Class action suit against Elections Ontario.
• So is it time for liquid democracy yet?

Khaki Pants

• Who owns your tweets?
• Worldwide study on the cost of connectivity. LOL @Cana-duh.

Goin’ Mobile

• More from Malte Spitz.
• So that’s why hotspots will be banned at the Olympics…

It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews

• Something about a la carte cable channels.
• OHAI music industry’s global anti-piracy strategy.
• Judge green-lights getting nekkid to protest the TSA.
• McDonald’s denies assault on cyborg, with no evidence to support it.
• Yeah, we totally scooped The Tronno Star.

Shout-outs

• Props to Ken Davidson for validating our subreddit.
• Not much action on Twitter. Good.

Music

• Mr. President, by Kim Dotcom. Just, wow.

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