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Second Life Can Fix Paul Ryan’s Marathon Lies!!!
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Paul Ryan’s shame and retroactive truthing with a virtual world by Pixeleen Mistral — sports desk Paul Ryan’s credibility has taken a serious beating over the last week, starting with a fact-challenged speech at the Republican convention, followed by the debunking of Ryan’s claim to have run a marathon in under 3 hours – which [...]
Full StoryShock! Griefer/Egghead/Hollywood Conspiracy Exposed!!!
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special to the Alphaville Herald – by Pat the Rat Someone pass me the Pepto Bismol, please! That is all I can think of saying after surviving the social event of the decade in the new, post-Linden, metaverse. [photo by Paparazzo Joenz] Attending this A-list event were Alphaville Herald staffers Urizenus Sklar, Pixeleen Mistral, and [...]
Full StoryBowling and Griefing Going Strong in Second Life
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by Justine Babii When I was last a Second Lifer I learned quickly that it’s important not to get too excited about the “Events” listed in the SL search, as most will be a huge disappointment. Empty sims trying to sell or rent lots, struggling clubs, and sex bed sales made up the majority of [...]
Full StoryJustine Babii – Post 6 Grrrrrl
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[I apologize for my extended absence, loyal Herald readers, but I had some offworld things to attend to. Please accept along with my apology this week's model, Justine Babii, in a special SLebrity edition of Post 6. As you can see from the pictures, Justine is amazing and a pleasure to work with. Thank you [...]
Full StoryFashion-Forward in Second Life: The Viktor-Viktoria Fashion Show
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by Justine Babii - SL supermodel/fashionista I logged into SL the other day for the first time in ages, and only one of the old gang was online. I haven’t been a regular here in years, so I guess this should be no surprise. I IM’d my friend and then ended up hanging out with her. [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Limits of Freedom of Speech: Reddit’s Child Pornography Problem
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Several weeks ago, the popular message board Reddit announced that it was making a policy change to ban all “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors.” Owned by Advanced Publications, Reddit has made a name for itself in part by its hands-off, pro-free-speech, let-the-users-decide, and self-police approach. In fact, before the policy change, the only rules [...]
Full StoryHard Alley To Be Cleaned Out March 10?
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Failing rental revenue dooms historic Second Life sex sim The notorious Hard Alley may be doomed by the faltering Second Life in-world economy – a shocking development for both militant protesters and forced urban roleplay fans who are likely to lose a formerly vital venue. Hard Rust – the owner and mastermind of the Hard [...]
Full StoryThe Great SMS Cramming Game
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“MobChance IQ Fun Facts” ganks phone bills with unauthorized charges As I prepared to expose a horrific virtual pet abuse scandal in Second Life this afternoon, a pair of SMS messages brought my iPhone to life – and put virtual pets on hold as the prospect of being scammed out of $9.99/month by phone bill [...]
Full StoryNoam Chomsky, Anonymous Speak Out on Rap News
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#Occupy2012 video documents live manifestation of Prophetseer Emeritus “Turn off your TVs for a start” Featuring a healthy dose of pepper spray – which sources on the UC Davis campus recently learned is basically a food product – the latest Rap News release from TheJuiceNews continues Robert Foster’s grand tradition of “turning bollocks-news into socio-poetic/comedic [...]
Full StoryTeleplace/QWAQ Liquidated By Financial Singularity?
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But transhumanists rejoice as open source software immortality saves Turing Church Online The assets of Teleplace are being liquidated after the business-oriented 3D virtual meeting place hit a financial singularity which prevents the venture’s continued operation, according to a mailing sent to potential creditors – including the Alphaville Herald’s own part time typist/technical advisor Mark [...]
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