Posts Tagged ‘Anonymous’
Four for Friday
* Adam Scott And Jon Hamm Star In The “Greatest Event In Television History.”
* Adrian Chen outs Reddit super-creep Violentacrez.
When I called Brutsch that Wednesday afternoon and told him I knew who he was, I was a little taken aback by how calm he remained during our intense but civil hour-long conversation. I had figured that a man whose hobby was saying horrible shit just to screw with people online would rise to some new horrible level when conditions on the ground actually called for it. Instead he pleaded with me in an affectless monotone not to reveal his name.
“My wife is disabled. I got a home and a mortgage, and if this hits the fan, I believe this will affect negatively on my employment,” he said. “I do my job, go home watch TV, and go on the internet. I just like riling people up in my spare time.”
* 100-pound, 20,000-LEGO brick Batcave took 800 hours to build.
* Anonymous v. Wikileaks. Whoever wins, we lose…
A Few Links from the Week
* Krugman says Obama’s big job speech was okay. I agree! If nothing else, perhaps bipartisan austerity is really done.
* But he’s still screwing up on judges in a big way.
* This is the second year in a row Binghamton has recorded a 1-in-100 year rain event. If only there were some sort of scientific theory that could explain these abnormal weather patterns.
* Just great: GOP debate audience cheers Perry’s execution record.
* TPM v. Anonymous. Weird times.
* Scientists have finally invented psychohistory.
* And from Reddit: a brief history of banking.
Monday Links
* Legend of Zelda turns 25. More here.
* Trolling the troll-watchers: The Anonymous-Westboro Baptist feud (blogged here) could be a hoax.
* Wisconsin update: Josh Marshall thinks Scott Walker isn’t winning.
* Sam Lipsyte won’t play any version of Monopoly that won’t allow people to cheat.
* And Sarkozy has finally admitted the French language is a hoax.
Gerry Canavan 
