Dyscultured

( direct link to mp3 ) 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-out...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Dan Bull on the shenanigans of Lord Finesse, via this YouTube vid . Cana-duh A great day for Canadian copyfighters. So why is this uni student so confused ? Khaki Pants Redditor turns to Twitter for amazing reconstruction of tragic shooting. Copyfight What happened, Avaaz ? You used to be cool. P.S. sign the damn petition . AppleAppleApple How embarrassing … How even more embarrassing … Goin’ Mobile Canadian Business Magazine not bullish on RIM’s survival . So much for the power of conversation . Tired Old Media This week’s example of The Streisand Effect . The Fuck…? Human cyborg physically assaulted by the staff of a Parisian McDonald’s . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews Dotcom judge steps down . Qantas ditches BlackBerry for iPhone. Someone found a hardware partner… Jolla ! Here comes Facebook voter registration . Shout-outs A summer challenge from Currie. And thanks to our retweeters . (soon ...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble My entire Second City career summed up in a sight gag . Acronym Watch Buh-bye ACTA, hello CETA . Viva Mexico ! Your OpenMedia dollars at work . Copyfight Dotcom hearing delayed . Def Leppard covers their own songs to fuck over label . Cana-duh Canadian scientists protest the death of evidence . How many “errors” can Elections Canada get away with ? We’re the UN, Bitch! Internet freedom is a basic human right , yo. We’ll totally end these patent wars with a series of kick-ass talks . Goin’ Mobile Cool idea . Needs Android hardware, though. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews San Francisco bans AppleAppleApple products . Oh, Shay-ayne … Smart headlights ? That’s kinda cool. About those new $50s & $100s … Shout-outs Holy shit, another comment ! Thanks to our retweeters , as well. Music Random search of “Canada” tag yields the very appropriate Chemical Cure by Convicted Killer Scientists. D...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Just the former CEO of that company what got the Galaxy Nexus banned talking about stealing . Interview We chat with OpenMedia.ca co-founder Steve Anderson . Acronym Watch ACTA is dead ( in EU ). Canada joins Mexico at the TPP kid’s table . NDP on TPP , FWIW. Cana-duh Things that aren’t at all what they sound like: our new binational privacy charter . Well, that’s a relief … Goin’ Mobile This. Is. Not. Cool. Firefox OS to rule the low end ? Good news for Canadians . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews Google+’s Cinderella moment . James Moore: Bieber is an example of our thriving arts scene ? So if you have a virus you won’t be able to get online as of July 9th . And the problem is…? “The U.S. is too socialist, I’m moving to Canada …” Shout-outs Holy shit, a comment ! Thanks to our retweeters , as well! Music This week we’ve got Ginger Wildheart and his free track Lover,...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Just some racial profiling at an AppleAppleApple Store in the US and A. WSBTV News, you’re doing it right! Cana-duh Harper desperately wanted in on Pacific trade pact that doesn’t include China. Senator’s social media fail . Copyfight Woz dishes on his Dotcom bromance . So BitTorrent is apparently illegal now ? Priva-see Stay classy, United Nations . OpenMedia’s first international campaign ? Khaki Pants How much data we generate every minute . Farcebook’s latest faux-pas . AppleAppleApple Genius Bar = Foxconn ? Now with bonus blowback link ! Racial profiling and now wallet profiling too? Goin’ Mobile So Google I/O started today . Mobile retail in western world to finally catch up to Japan . Thanks For The Memory Search Engine goes out in style . The NeverEnding Story Toews: So privacy at the airport is an issue, then? Trent U. says no to Access Copyright. Nvidia’s binary blobs cost it a big chip deal in Chi...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Linus Torvalds has some strong words for Nvidia, via YouTube . Copyfight How thousands of Canadians changed the copyright debate (only thousands?). Currie’s still working on converting that Share Or Die book to EPUB; here’s what he’s reading in the meantime. Cana-duh Thanks to Charest we’re now on the UN’s human rights watchlist . Charest & Harper’s response? Condemn the UN . Cana-duh invited to “prized” TPP talks . Why we won’t be saying much at Ottawa’s airport . Oh, and our government has asked Google to censor the Internet , too. Tired Old Media Netflix: “We own your viewing history, bitches …” Paramount halts TMNT reboot, cites “ script issues “. Goin’ Mobile Microsoft Surface and the Nexus Tablet are coming; does anybody care ? Finally, a use for WiMax . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! The thing about Internet memes is that they...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky owns Hollywood’s Ari Emanuel . Copyfight Copyright in Canada goes batshit insane . SOPA, Canada style ( Geist version ). Cana-duh Québec’s summer of unrest . We’ll put Toronto on lockdown lest our feelings get hurt . Tired Old Media More like Jean Pierre Bias — amirite? TV biz “ starting to collapse “. Starting to…? Goin’ Mobile Mobile Internet sharing a great idea; in practice , not so much. Some more fun stats from everyone’s favourite Nokia-hating Finn. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Smart judge is smart . Well, so much for Ultrabooks . New Ninja something something — whatever, it’s a JoBlo link . Here come the supertrees . Shout-outs Props to Jim Henshaw for the next title on my reading list . Thanks to our retweeters , as well! Check out Anth’s new Facebook project . Music From Rathole Radio 79 here’s unsigned artist Sam Pag...