A sousaphonist added the most fitting soundtrack to this Ku Klux Klan rally.
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Jul 21, 2015
Sousaphone turns KKK rally into party
Racist professor fired
British historian David Starkey was fired today from one appointment and resigned from several others after remarking that the existence of “so many damn Blacks” showed that slavery was not a form of genocide. Canterbury Christ Church University immediately gave him the sack, while Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge said it “accepted the resignation of historian […]
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Some organizations to retire non-inclusive tech terms like "master drive" and "slave drive"
Twitter, JPMorgan, and other organizations have announced they will stop using racially-charged coding and hardware terms like master, slave, blacklist, whitelist, and others as part of a thorough review of best practices around value-neutral terminology in programming and technology.
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As Texas's Lt. Governor rants about Dr. Fauci, Fox News plays montage of minorities in face masks
Watch the b-roll in this Fox News clip and note who they show wearing masks.pic.twitter.com/f9Cr9xhkDS — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 1, 2020 Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is prominent among Republicans angry about people wearing face masks to prevent the transmission of coronavirus during the Covid-19 pandemic. He dislikes it almost as much as he […]
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No programming skills? No design experience? GameGuru can still help create some bonkers video games
When you sit down to play a new AAA video game like The Last of Us 2, you probably assume it was created by gaming experts with insane levels of artistic and technical talent. And…you’d be right. Top developers are craftsmen of the highest order, pouring literally thousands of man-hours into creating the greatest gaming […]
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Python is fueling some of tech’s coolest innovations and these videos and ebooks can get you up to speed
Earlier this year, we learned that Python had finally accomplished a feat other programming languages had failed for decades, to surpass Java as the second most-used coding language in the world. For its versatility and ease of use alone, its ascent among programmers isn’t hugely surprising. Then when you factor in its key role in […]
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Who knew a Power Bagel might be the answer to all your plug-in electricity needs?
What’s your biggest gripe about power strips? Since most power servers like that are pretty standard these days, your beef probably isn’t about performance or connectivity. No, the biggest rap on trying to use many power strips is the curious engineering decision that often leaves multiple oddly shaped plugs and charging units unable to all […]
