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Tales from the infrared stories:
TV
King Joffrey of Game of Thrones is dead! Jack Gleason quits.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/...
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/548567...
Comics
DC Comics next summer blockbuster. Or the death of the New 52?
http://www.newsarama.com/20838-dc-com...
Why should we care?
Since the new 52 came out, DC comics has been steadily dropping in sales on their titles. This would be a good opportunity for DC to move back into the previous version of the characters. As a longtime fan, that would be my choice. But as always, DC is very tight lipped on what the whole of the Future's End holds in store, but we do know that there are many signs pointing to some massive shake up of the DC universe. Including the fact that Future's End has talked about trying to avoid a war. Possibly a multiversal war?
What I know for sure is that this is definitely something to watch, especially since it could lead into next summer, which is the 30th anniversary of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Video Games
Sarkeesian giving undeserved award for improving gaming industry
http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/archi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gLm...
Susan Sons, Linux Journal, Girls and Software
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/g...
Technology
Goggle Glass Targeted as symbol by anti-tech crowd
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/14/tech/mo...
Why should we care?
In the MHRM, we have a saying: Always be recording. And with Google glass, this would make activism possible on a single person level, because people could record everything, and send it straight to another device. This would make on the ground activism much easier, and safety of activists a lot better. However, this also has some criticisms, due to people not wanting to be recorded. And this has led to attacks of individuals who are wearing the device. Specifically of people stealing the Google Glass right off people's faces, and in one case, smashing them.
Still, at $1500 for the thing, I am pretty sure the average person is going to have to wait to get their hands on them. Of course, my advice about any new technology is to wait at least 8-12 months before purchasing it. Let the company actually work the majority of the bugs out, and hopefully drop the price by quite a bit.
Google buys drone maker Titan Aerospace
http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/14/techn...
Drones in the hands of Google and Facebook? Why does this sound like the plot of a movie from the 80's and 90's? If you don't know what movies I am talking about, I will refer you to The Terminator and Terminator 2. And with Google also purchasing other tech companies, including Nest and Boston Dynamics, it seems rather strange that all these things might be put together in such a fashion.
Normally I wouldn't be one for any type of conspiracy theory, but it really is suspicious as to why a tech company that is so successful, would be investing so heavily in drones, robots, and self-driving cars. It really strikes me as odd, unless they are thinking of trying to do something that goes far beyond something altruistic.
Boy arrested for taping evidence of being bullied in Pennsylvania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKeos...
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IR: Women's Prison, Rapey Lady Lawyer and a Convenient Assault
With a story out of Seattle we will be talking about women in prison and the abusive men who make them do terrible things to get there.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnew...
We will also talk about a lady lawyer who could not keep her hands off the cabbie, and did not know that no meant no.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/...
Finally there is Danielle D'Entremont, the Queens University feminist who was mysteriously (and allegedly) attacked by an MRA who is nowhere to be found. Coincidentally, and we know you will not believe this, but her "assault" happened right at the same time that feminists at that university were looking for a way to de-ratify the men's issues group there.
What an amazing coincidence.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/...
Also discussed:
The Myth of Patriarchal Oppression in Iran by Ali Mehraspand:
http://www.avoiceformen.com/gynocentr...
Oppressive males deviously manipulate their helpless female prison guards by Robert Franklin:
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/...
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