Online harassment is a serious, but tough problem to try and solve. There is a need for a new system that can ease the burden on moderators who have to comb through those reports. As someone who was once responsible for doing that for a local news station (a much smaller venue than, say, Twitter), I can sympathize with the toll seeing all those racist, abusive messages takes on your psyche. It sucks.
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Pokémon Go has been responsible for a few unseemly things since being released: armed robberies
, a murder hoax
, car crashes
, and sending people towards a nuclear disaster site
. Now it’s even ruining future generations.
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By Beth Elderkin on io9, shared by Beth Elderkin to Gizmodo
Disney has announced its first Marvel-themed theme park ride for Disney California Adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! That wasn’t me exclaiming for joy, the theme park ride literally has all caps and an exclamation point.
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“Batman isn’t paid to destroy crime corners. He is actually attracted to the crimes and also The Penguin.”
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By Cheryl Eddy on io9, shared by Beth Elderkin to Gizmodo
James Cameron put it very delicately when he admitted he didn’t like Star Wars: The Force Awakens
. But he has no such restraint when discussing the sequel to his Aliens, the polarizing Alien 3. It begins with the cruel discovery that Aliens‘ hard-fought survivors—other than Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley—have all perished.
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Think it’s hot in North America right now
? Well, you need to shut-up and stop complaining, because parts of the Middle East are getting absolutely scorched right now. Yesterday, the temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait soared to a blistering 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius). That’s a record for our planet’s Eastern hemisphere.
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By Ashley Feinberg on Gawker, shared by Katie Drummond to Gizmodo
CLEVELAND — The free market is alive and well here at the Republican National Convention. Because in addition to the official, RNC-sanctioned merchandise for sale within the arena, private vendors are making a killing selling Trump-themed refuse to freedom-loving, Hillary-hating passersby everywhere.
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