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False Flags and Forged E-mails
by Urizenus Sklar and Sara Jafary (Associate Editor, Herald Psyops Desk) Over the past several years, Hacktivists like the members of Anonymous and leakers like Chelsea Manning, with the assistance of publishers like WikiLeaks, have exposed gigabytes of secrets of the American empire. The consequences have been far-reaching, and by some accounts the revelations helped [...]
Full StoryThe Day the Barrett Brown Hotline Went Dead
Barrett Brown It seems like just today that I published a long article explaining the strange case of Barrett Brown and how a beloved Second Life alumnus was looking at 105 years in prison for sharing a link to an online document dump. Come to think of it, it *was* today! And this afternoon, I received [...]
Full StoryBarrett Brown Calls and the Herald Answers!
Barrett Brown Last week I was on the Herald Yacht, steaming towards the Herald retirement villa in the Turks and Caicos islands, when the emergency phone rang in the ready room. Helmut, my trusty cabin boy summoned me. Barrett Brown was calling. Mr. Brown, for those of you who don’t know, is currently in federal [...]
Full StoryAT&T’s Hemisphere Project: $900,000/year In Harris County, TX
How much does AT&T profit from data mining for the DEA? After reading the New York Times’ revelation that the US government pays AT&T employees to sit with DEA and local law enforcement agents and query a phone record database “that contains the records of decades of Americans’ phone calls” and and adds four billion call [...]
Full StoryFeeling SL’s pulse: The Fattest Guy in Second Life?
by Alessandra Narayan Why fat? Today I present Bobbele Boucher. Or just Bob if you prefer. He’s probably the fattest guy in SL. The question is simple: in a world where everyone can look astonishing, why did he decide to be this way? And more: there’s a whole community of fat people. Curious? Bob Boucher [...]
Full StoryDealing with Mental Illness in Second Life
by Tenshi Vielle It’s always sad when someone you love takes a turn for the worse. Even more terrible is when they turn for the worse and you don’t even know their real name. Or where they live. Or anything whatsoever about them that might be a microdium of truth The only way to [...]
Full StoryiPhone 5 Map Drives Players To Waze Traffic Sensor Game
Role playing a GPS-enabled sensor in the ARG hive mind I decided to join the Waze traffic map game on my new iPhone last week, after reading far too many stories moaning about how Apple should never have dropped Google Maps from the new version of iOS. The general tone of the Apple Map coverage [...]
Full StoryTizzers Foxchase: Rock Fresh
Exclusive interview and pictures from Fort Longcat Early this week, Linden Lab destroyed the Sandvich region of Second Life and banned Sandvich land owner Sarilia Tryce and associates from the game, presumably in response to the Justice League Unlimited gang’s favorite tactics: abuse report frenzy. The JLU and their allies were spurred into action as [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Nukes Sandvich Sim
JLU gang leader claims responsibility – thanks Michael Linden for swinging banhammer Monday, Linden Lab suddenly deleted the Sandvich sim, a popular Steam-themed region in Second Life which inspired a chaotic YouTube video tribute. The Lab’s action sparked a round of protests as banned players were stripped of their virtual assets – without any sort [...]
Full StorySL in Steam: Rod Humble’s Hail Mary Pass?
10-12% drop in player concurrency since February – daily signups swoon There is no question Linden Lab CEO and Aston Villa fan Rod Humble knows his soccer. But Rod Humble seems to be taking a classic end-game page from the American football playbook – the Hail Mary pass – as he moves to market Second [...]
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