Partizipatorisches Panoptikum

“Wer hat denn DIESES Foto gemacht?” Ein verdrossener Klick und das Fotoalbum blättert weiter. “Das glaube ich nicht. Es wurde wirklich überall fotografiert…” Ärgern über unvorteilhafte Fotos, das gehört dazu zum Leben der Promis und Hollywood-VIPs, die tagtäglich Hunderte veröffentlichter Fanfotos entdecken. Nur zum Leben…

Today’s News Tomorrow: New York Times Hoax

New York Times readers got a jolt of “liberal utopia” yesterday as part of the latest hoax by The Yes Men, Improv Everywhere, & Co. Thousands of printed newspapers were distributed across the U.S. by volunteers, relaying mock headlines like “Iraq War Ends” and standard…

Game On: American Sporting Expressions

Anyone familiar with the American vernacular knows that Americans are big on sports. An impressive number of expressions and phrases come from the sporting world — and often from games played primarily in the United States. Baseball, American football, basketball, and even horse racing have…

Obama’s Loss Traced To Michelle Thorne

Single Nonvoter Tipped Election To McCain-Palin Ticket. Brilliant get-out-the-vote video from MoveOn.org. But no worries Uh-merica. I sent out my ballot last week! (photo evidence coming soon…as is better video support). In the meantime, some great screenshots from the mock-news: