November 2011
33 posts
BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA →
definitely one of the most insightful documentaries i have ever had the pleasure of watching.
Siri Failures, Illustrated →
amaditalks:
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was…
dear siri, let’s not get off to a bad start, okay?
pre-occupied. →
so far, this is the most straight-forward and informative article about the start of the occupy movement that i’ve seen yet.
Watchthedailywhat:
Caught On Camera of the Day: Last week we learned that Scott Olsen was not the only Iraq war veteran severely injured at the Occupy Oakland raid on October 25th.
32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi suffered a lacerated spleen after being beaten by Oakland PD officers near the protesters’ encampment in Frank Ogawa Plaza. He was taken to jail and reportedly denied medical attention for 18...
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
