Episode 185 - A Wild Rumpus

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Preamble

• Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian tells CNN why he’s not buying Facebook stock.

Priva-see

• FBI seeking to wiretap pretty much all social media.
• Twitter, at least, won’t comply without a fight.

Cana-duh

• Qu’elle surprise… Tory computer has robo-call stuff on it.
• Those who don’t learn from the past are — wait, where’s our past?

Copyfight

• isoHunt to Canadian Court: “Record labels a threat to open internets“.
• They can copyright people now…?

Goin’ Mobile

• SMS no longer the biggest cash cow for carriers.
• Web 2.0 is dead. All hail the age of the mobile app.

Thanks For The Memory

• RIP Maurice Sendak.
• Peace out MCA.

It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews!

• ACTA is “effectively dead“.
• TPP effectively on the ropes.
• Self-driving cars effectively here.
• London, 2012 effectively Berlin, 1936.

Shout-outs

• No idea what this means (I’ve been away), but comments are always welcome.
• Thanks to our retweeters, as well!

Music

• Fuck Viacom. We’ve got The Beastie Boys on The Chappelle Show — the audio, at least.

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