some days I just go hard as fuck at the gym, that’s why thug kitchen keeps avocados stocked. not to mention all the other bad ass health benefits you get from this tasty mother fucker, like lowering the shit out of your triglycerides and raising your HDL. not to mention the fucking carotenoid lutein that helps prevent eye sight degeneration and cataracts. how about all the fucking folates in avocados that lower the risk of stroke? this shit also inhibits cancer growth.
fuck this, I’m making a sandwich.
seriously though, mayo is fuckin nasty. ain’t nothing in there for nobody. ugh.
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Cute cat theory of digital activism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lolcat images are often shared through the same networks used by online activists.
The cute cat theory of digital activism is a theory concerning Internet activism, Web censorship, and “cute cats” (a term used for any low-value, but popular online activity) developed by Ethan Zuckerman in 2008.[1][2] It posits that most people are not interested in activism; instead, they want to use the web for mundane activities, including surfing for pornography and lolcats (“cute cats”).[3] The tools that they develop for that (such as Facebook, Flickr, Blogger, Twitter, and similar platforms) are very useful to social movement activists, who may lack resources to develop dedicated tools themselves.[3] This, in turn, makes the activists more immune to reprisals by governments than if they were using a dedicated activism platform, because shutting down a popular public platform provokes a larger public outcry than shutting down an obscure one.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 The Internet and censorship
2 Chinese model
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
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The Internet and censorship
Zuckerman states that “Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats.”[3] Zuckerman says that if a tool passes “cute cat” purposes, and is widely used for low-value purposes, it can be and likely is used for online activism, too.[3]
If the government chooses to shut down such generic tools, it will hurt people’s ability to “look at cute cats online”, spreading dissent and encouraging the activists’ cause.[2][3]
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Chinese model
According to Zuckerman, internet censorship in the People’s Republic of China, which relies on its own, self-censored, Web 2.0 sites, is able to circumvent the cute-cat problem because the government is able to provide people with access to cute-cat content on domestic, self-censored sites while blocking access to Western sites, which are less popular in China than in many other places worldwide.[3][4]
“Sufficiently usable read/write platforms will attract porn and activists. If there’s no porn, the tool doesn’t work. If there are no activists, it doesn’t work well,” Zuckerman has stated.[3]
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See also
• Arab Spring
• Twitter Revolution (disambiguation)
[edit]
References
1. ^ Shirky, Clay (2011-01-01). “The Political Power of Social Media”. Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
2. ^ a b Shapiro, Samantha (2009-01-22). “Revolution, Facebook-Style”. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h “Bright Green: The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism”. Worldchanging. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
4. ^ Zuckerman, Ethan (2007-12-03). “Cute Cat Theory: The China Corollary”. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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Cute cat theory of digital activism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lolcat images are often shared through the same networks used by online activists.
The cute cat theory of digital activism is a theory concerning Internet activism, Web censorship, and “cute cats” (a term used for any low-value, but popular online activity) developed by Ethan Zuckerman in 2008.[1][2] It posits that most people are not interested in activism; instead, they want to use the web for mundane activities, including surfing for pornography and lolcats (“cute cats”).[3] The tools that they develop for that (such as Facebook, Flickr, Blogger, Twitter, and similar platforms) are very useful to social movement activists, who may lack resources to develop dedicated tools themselves.[3] This, in turn, makes the activists more immune to reprisals by governments than if they were using a dedicated activism platform, because shutting down a popular public platform provokes a larger public outcry than shutting down an obscure one.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 The Internet and censorship
2 Chinese model
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
[edit]
The Internet and censorship
Zuckerman states that “Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats.”[3] Zuckerman says that if a tool passes “cute cat” purposes, and is widely used for low-value purposes, it can be and likely is used for online activism, too.[3]
If the government chooses to shut down such generic tools, it will hurt people’s ability to “look at cute cats online”, spreading dissent and encouraging the activists’ cause.[2][3]
[edit]
Chinese model
According to Zuckerman, internet censorship in the People’s Republic of China, which relies on its own, self-censored, Web 2.0 sites, is able to circumvent the cute-cat problem because the government is able to provide people with access to cute-cat content on domestic, self-censored sites while blocking access to Western sites, which are less popular in China than in many other places worldwide.[3][4]
“Sufficiently usable read/write platforms will attract porn and activists. If there’s no porn, the tool doesn’t work. If there are no activists, it doesn’t work well,” Zuckerman has stated.[3]
[edit]
See also
• Arab Spring
• Twitter Revolution (disambiguation)
[edit]
References
1. ^ Shirky, Clay (2011-01-01). “The Political Power of Social Media”. Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
2. ^ a b Shapiro, Samantha (2009-01-22). “Revolution, Facebook-Style”. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h “Bright Green: The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism”. Worldchanging. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
4. ^ Zuckerman, Ethan (2007-12-03). “Cute Cat Theory: The China Corollary”. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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1. It is possible to know the intention and the mission of the drone by using the Russianmade “sky grabber” device to infiltrate the drone’s waves and the frequencies. The device is available in the market for $2,595 and the one who operates it should be a computer know-how.
2. Using devices that broadcast frequencies or pack of frequencies to disconnect the contacts and confuse the frequencies used to control the drone. The Mujahideen have had successful experiments using the Russian-made “Racal.”
3. Spreading the reflective pieces of glass on a car or on the roof of the building.
4. Placing a group of skilled snipers to hunt the drone, especially the reconnaissance ones because they fly low, about six kilometres or less.
5. Jamming of and confusing of electronic communication using the ordinary water-lifting dynamo fitted with a 30-metre copper pole.
6. Jamming of and confusing of electronic communication using old equipment and keeping them 24-hour running because of their strong frequencies and it is possible using simple ideas of deception of equipment to attract the electronic waves devices similar to that used by the Yugoslav army when they used the microwave (oven) in attracting and confusing the Nato missiles fitted with electromagnetic searching devices.
7. Using general confusion methods and not to use permanent headquarters.
8. Discovering the presence of a drone through well-placed reconnaissance networks and to warn all the formations to halt any movement in the area.
9. To hide from being directly or indirectly spotted, especially at night.
10. To hide under thick trees because they are the best cover against the planes.
11. To stay in places unlit by the sun such as the shadows of the buildings or the trees.
12. Maintain complete silence of all wireless contacts.
13. Disembark of vehicles and keep away from them especially when being chased or during combat.
14. To deceive the drone by entering places of multiple entrances and exits.
15. Using underground shelters because the missiles fired by these planes are usually of the fragmented anti-personnel and not anti-buildings type.
16. To avoid gathering in open areas and in urgent cases, use building of multiple doors or exits.
17. Forming anti-spies groups to look for spies and agents.
18. Formation of fake gatherings such as using dolls and statutes to be placed outside false ditches to mislead the enemy.
19. When discovering that a drone is after a car, leave the car immediately and everyone should go in different direction because the planes are unable to get after everyone.
20. Using natural barricades like forests and caves when there is an urgent need for training or gathering.
21. In frequently targeted areas, use smoke as cover by burning tires.
22. As for the leaders or those sought after, they should not use communications equipment because the enemy usually keeps a voice tag through which they can identify the speaking person and then locate him.
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“The Mexican military has recently broken up several secret telecommunications networks that were built and controlled by drug cartels so they could coordinate drug shipments, monitor their rivals and orchestrate attacks on the security forces. A network that was dismantled just last week provided cartel members with cellphone and radio communications across four northeastern states. The network had coverage along almost 500 miles of the Texas border and extended nearly another 500 miles into Mexico’s interior. Soldiers seized 167 antennas, more than 150 repeaters and thousands of cellphones and radios that operated on the system. Some of the remote antennas and relay stations were powered with solar panels.”
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