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Teens organize SL Maze to educate about child sex trafficking

Posted on August 9, 2006 by

Those cool folks at Global Kids in the Teen Grid of Second Life organized a virtual sit-in and interactive maze to educate teens about the important issue of child sex trafficking. Part of the event was a fundraiser for the anti-slavery non-profit the Polaris Project, which has launched a viral activist initiative called "Slavery Still…

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Jump blues ditty asks “Have you had enough” of Bush (free MP3!)

Posted on August 8, 2006 by

Former members of the jump blues band the Squirrel Nut Zippers, now reconstituted as Maxwell/Mosher, have teamed up with Rickie Lee Jones to produce a swingin’ call to action against the current administration called "Have You Had Enough?" Down with Tyranny blogs about how it all came together. Whatever your politics, you have to admit,…

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Internet Celebrities united to defend Net Neutrality

Posted on August 2, 2006 by

We Are the Web is a delightfully wacky site that brings together a number of "internet celebrities" united to defend the principle of Net Neutrality. Starring "the Tron Guy" (my personal favorite), the somewhat alarming Peter Pan, and trashy diva Leslie Hall of Gemsweater.com, the site features a surprisingly slick and silly music video promoting…

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Public Access pitted against You Tube in Florida

Posted on July 24, 2006 by

Steven Clift linked me to an article in the Gainesville Sun out of Florida on a community’s failed attempts to get a public access channel on their local TV.  The paper reported that Alachua County commissioners in June joined the Gainesville City Commission in declining to create a public station.  What is interesting / dangerous…

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Chinese hyper-nationalism in virtual worlds

Posted on July 10, 2006 by

Global Voices Online highlighted today a fascinating controversy in China that arose out of the image of a rising sun appearing in the Chinese multi-player online game “The Fantasy of the Journey West”.  Appearing in the Blog East South North West, the blogger reports that there was a mob scene of cursing players at the…

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SL residents protest new reg policies – film at 11

Posted on June 23, 2006 by

Not a great showing for Second Life on their 3rd anniversary today — what with Snapzilla being closed, “database problems” causing people to not be able to log-in or getting knocked off repeatedly, and in-world protestors complaining about the new registration policies. 3pointD.com pointed me to a cool video done by SL machinima filmmaker Pierce…

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Snapzilla protests SL reg policies

Posted on June 23, 2006 by

My man Hamlet served up some juicy political drama this morning on New World Notes. Cristiano Midnight, the owner of the Second Life photo hosting service "Snapzilla" as well as its parent site SL Universe, has just taken down his websites in protest of Linden Lab‘s new registration procedures that he says opens the floodgates…

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Browncoats + feminists = Whedonesque Heaven

Posted on June 21, 2006 by

What do you get when you cross feminist activism and scifi nerdom? Apparently the perfect Friday night entertainment. The fan club the “Browncoats of NYC” have put together a benefit showing of the brilliant 2005 scifi flick “Serenity” at the Cinema Village theater in the East Village this Friday night. But this isn’t just pure…

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