Peter Thiel raised a $32 million fund to invest in startups in... New Zealand, reports the WSJ. The reports say he "set up" or "opened a fund", but this is not technically true. As we reported more than a year ago, Thiel has been actively investing in New Zealand for many years. His New Zealand ... Read more...
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This week we're back again, under the tutelage of Tyler Perry of course...pause, and we bring you...#TheShotGame. Rules: Each curse word or derogatory statement (i.e. Nigga) will gain force you to take one shot of alcohol per infraction. Be sure to Follow Support us: @PodcastWeds @MelissaKSimmo... Read more...
Imagine Soldier Field beyond capacity, brimming with 63,879 young African-American men, ages 18 to 24 — more than U.S. losses in the entire Vietnam conflict. Imagine the University of Michigan’s football stadium — the largest in the U.S. — filled to its limit of 109,901 with black men, age... Read more...
Normally you'd call BS immediately on something like this. Except that this was allegedly said by Mel Gibson, whose confirmed quote gallery includes 'Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,' among other problematic utterings. Which brings us to these pronouncements about John Lennon... Read more...
It never saw the light of day, for obvious reasons. But the beta-stage MegaBox is now part of a growing conspiracy theory over why MegaUpload was so abruptly shut down. And it's getting fueled by a deeply suspicious public, one struggling to understand exactly how US-based agencies like the FB... Read more...
On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog but they might know your race. The search is on for racial signals - thanks to the US government. Dana Oshiro, publishing analyst at advertising network NetShelter, poses an interesting question: “How do you determine race and ethnicity online? “ ... Read more...
A few weeks ago, the non-profit Invisible Children posted “012” on youtube and vimeo. Slickly produced and superficially moving, the video purports to raise awareness about the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, and kicks off a campaign to #stopkony. Asking people to donate a... Read more...
A high school in Central China’s Henan province recently set a code of behavior for students to become “macho boys” and “cute and clever girls”, which has become a hot topic among local teachers and students. Zhengzhou No 18 High School, which specializes in art education, granted the... Read more...
Astronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun. In the distant past they may have been able to support life and one of them may have had conditions similar to our own planet - a so-called Earth-twin - according to the research team. They... Read more...