Archive for the 'Media' Category
Golden Globe Flu Shot Gag
January 8th, 2019Desperation? Via: YouTube:
Dutch Boyband Hopes to Reverse Brexit Through the Power of Music
December 30th, 2018I’m considering a new category on Cryptogon: Cringe Inducing. Based on the lyrics alone, you might wonder: Is this Engrish? In any event, prepare to squint at your display and grind your teeth. Your choice turns my spine grey. *snort* Via: Register: I cannot believe this is the end (oh no). I still feel your […]
Der Spiegel Journalist ‘Faked Stories’ for Years
December 30th, 2018“CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014” Via: RTE: Germany’s respected news weekly Der Spiegel has stunned the media world by revealing that one of its award-winning reporters had for years falsified stories. Claas Relotius “made up stories and invented protagonists” in at least 14 out of 60 articles that appeared in the magazine’s print […]
Malware Attack Disrupts Delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune Papers Across the U.S.
December 30th, 2018Via: Los Angeles Times: What first arose as a server outage was identified Saturday as a malware attack, which appears to have originated from outside the United States and hobbled computer systems and delayed weekend deliveries of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers across the country. Technology teams worked feverishly to quarantine the computer […]
These Portraits Were Made by AI: None of These People Exist
December 26th, 2018Via: PetaPixel: Check out these rather ordinary looking portraits. They’re all fake. Not in the sense that they were Photoshopped, but rather they were completely generated by artificial intelligence. That’s right: none of these people actually exist. NVIDIA researchers have published a new paper on easily customizing the style of realistic faces created by a […]
Drs. Wolfson: Wide Awake Seminar Free to View for Limited Time
December 17th, 2018Via: Drs. Wolfson: They told us vaccines were safe. They lied. They told us vaccines were effective. They lied. They told us vaccines were necessary. They lied. It’s time to learn the truth and see the information they don’t want you to see. Join The Drs. Wolfson for a rare full-length cinema seminar presentation regarding […]
Open Thread: Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush Dead at 94
December 1st, 2018Where does one even start? I was going to write, “Christmas comes early to the world,” and leave it at that, but when I saw what the Washington Post had up on the front page, I almost couldn’t believe it. Most people have absolutely no idea what the Bush criminal dynasty has been up to […]
Gender X [???]
November 29th, 2018Dark Journalist: X Series I don’t watch any TV. Is this what TV is like now? Via: Hedgehog:
Google Pays $1 Billion for Huge Mountain View Business Park
November 26th, 2018“All the better to see you with, my dear.” Via: The Mercury News: In a head-spinning mega-deal, Google has paid $1 billion for a huge Mountain View business park, the Bay Area’s largest real estate purchase this year. It is also the second-largest property purchase in the United States this year, eclipsed only by another […]
Inside the British Army’s Secret Information Warfare Machine
November 19th, 2018Via: Wired UK: They are soldiers, but the 77th Brigade edit videos, record podcasts and write viral posts. Welcome to the age of information warfare.
