Amazon wants to do what it does best, selling subscriptions with a competition-beating value prop. This time around, it hopes to provide a subscription music streaming service for $4 or $5 per month, with the catch being that only Amazon Echo owners would be able to use it, according to a new report from Recode. A cut-rate rival to Spotify, Apple Music et al. might be an interesting offer… Read More
By any gay measure, 2016 will forever be the year the LGBTQ movement broke the glass political ceiling. A gay man is running Hillary Clinton’s campaign. A presidential candidate marched in N.Y.C. gay pride. And Cher has joined Hillary on a mini-tour!
Deeper yet, we have The Equality Act for full federal equality topping the agenda. A bill to outlaw anti-LGBT discrimination nationwide, touted by the first female nominee as powerfully as she said “gay rights are human rights” on the world stage in 2011. We have nationwide marriage equality. And now – 50 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed — the demand from civil rights leaders is to finally add LGBT Americans to that landmark icon of human dignity.
Step back to 2008, DADT & DOMA were still the law. We were endlessly pushing a sitting democratic president to say “yes I support marriage equality” and the Supreme Court was a far afield fantasy. We were the margin of victory in 2012, and yet demanding full federal equality was a bridge too far even for our own community.
Sadly despite this tremendous progress, in 2016 we are also still the grand GOP‘s last great hate-rod. The strategy is familiar and obvious now, this time a coordinated series of bathroom bills by Republican Governors and lawsuits by Republican state Attorneys General all geared to rile up that base. That base of judgment and hatred of gay people — with a new political scapegoat: transgender Americans.
It will hopefully fail this time, but we don’t know yet. This is a huge fight: the fight over our soul as a humanity. The forces of fear and anger, primordial, survival instincts, wielded by powerful men to manipulate the masses. Like the tools of corporations that keep us trapped in their machine. Scarcity, greed, materialism, all contrived. A better world awaits. If we can control our own minds, which is exactly what this is about. Will we choose love, or follow as sheep to anger?
The great irony in all of this is that queer people are at the crux of this showdown. And the showdown is epic. It’s about good verses evil. About judgement verses love. About compassion and oneness, and spiritual brotherhood, and sisterly love. It’s about community and social justice. It’s about civil rights — human rights — the right of every human spirit to be safe, free and welcomed on Earth.
And by any measure 2016 is our turning point. Our cresting. We’ve won. We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re on top. Our equality is the expectation of the body politic, of the cultural trend, of the new generation. Our respect is on the table. Our dignity is within grasp.
As this moment unfolds, reach for the gold. Soak up the times, this advancement, this arrival. Revel in its healing. And rinse in its relief. Shed the chains of oppression. The ideas that rot the spirit and poison the mind. Any suggestion that you are less.
We are the vessel calling the ultimate question. Bringing self-righteousness to its atoning knees. Revealing the ugliness of hatred. Bearing the brunt of the pain. We carry our brother’s anger and transform it into music. We dance in the rain.
Welcome home faeries and queers, misfits and magic makers. Welcome home. We still have the world to save. Our children everywhere. So let the success empower us. As you feel welcomed and loved at long last. Our freedom is within sight. Blessed be being free.
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There are so many crappy drivers on the road. So I would suggest going back and watching all of your drives over again with the Goluk T1 Mini Car Dash Cam, and make sure you’re not contributing to the problem. Watch the footage closely and study your driving habits. Find out exactly why that guy flipped you the bird and called your mother names.
It can record in full HD with 1080p, and has a 152-degree wide angle lens to capture just about anything going on outside your windshield. This compact camera uses Wi-Fi to connect to your smartphone and you can use the app to manually control all of the camera settings. There’s also a wireless remote if you don’t want to deal with that. The camera also has a built in G-Sensor which will automatically activate the camera under hard braking or in the event of an impact.
The Goluk T1 will capture your crappy driving in stunning detail for both image and audio. Please learn from it.
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The FBI operated Playpen, a child pornography site on the Dark Web, for nearly two weeks in February 2015, distributing malware to users so the bureau could track suspected pedophiles across the globe. It was a major bust, with the FBI hacking 4,000…
Nike has come out with a completely redesigned and revamped Nike+ application. It has even changed the name of this app. The new application comes with several features, enhancements as well as overall visual and stability improvements. It puts the spotlight on being able to track runs from Apple Watch which is interesting given that Apple is expected to launch a new Apple Watch in the near future.
The app is now called Nike+ Run Club and it comes with a new user interface. Users will find it quick and easy to access important information like run time, location, and distance. It also has many post-run sharing options to offer a connected fitness experience with friends and family.
Nike+ Run Club does feature integration with Apple Watch. It can currently track elevation, distance, heart rate, pace, and mile splits. However, given that the next Apple Watch is expected to feature a built-in GPS, the app will then also be able to track the location of the run by using the smartwatch’s GPS.
It also provides access to multiple personalised coaching plans which start with their goals in mind as well as their fitness level and adapts as they progress. Nike+ Run Club is live now and available as a free download from the App Store.
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McDonald’s struggles with its ill-fated activity trackers keep getting worse, as the company has now issued a recall for all of the wristbands that have made their way into the wild. Folks who are in possession of one are encouraged to take it to a nearby McDonald’s store to receive a replacement toy and either a yogurt tube or a … Continue reading
Speedo released an official statement on Monday saying that they would no longer be sponsoring olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. It was what you’d expect from a smart, responsible business.
In other words, it was boring as hell. So here’s what they could have done with that statement.
Ugh, so much possibility … squandered.
Hi, we’re Speedo.
As you know, we’ve ended our business relationship with Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after his claims of being robbed at gunpoint were proven false.
We understand he may have been trying to cover his own ass, but that’s simply not the Speedo way.
Rather than being honest from the beginning, a cocky Ryan fabricated a story and left himself dangling out there for all to see. New bits to the story popped out every day. And something didn’t smell right. When the cold, hard truth became too much, Ryan shrunk back into seclusion.
And with the video evidence released shortly thereafter, little was left to the imagination.
Now, both the U.S. and Brazil’s opinion of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, whom we once saw as the total package, has been forever tainted. And being wedged between these two giants, falling further and further into this chasm of a lie you’ve created ― that’s no day at the beach.
We’ve been put in a tight, uncomfortable spot, and in these types of situations, that leaves little room for growth. We hold our athletes to a strict criteria, which is as clearly outlined to them as a tightly packed penis in very tiny swim trunks.
We wish Ryan well.
-Speedo
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Bitfinder, the company behind the Awair air quality monitor, has today announced the close of a $4.5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Samsung Ventures. Bitfinder first launched on the scene as an R/GA accelerator (powered by TechStars) company in February of 2015. The company launched the Awair air quality monitor, which doubles as both… Read More
Citing government sources, CNN is reporting that reporters at US news outlets, including The New York Times, are being targeted by Russian hackers. The FBI is currently investigating the hacks.
While there are many different kinds of chairs out there in the market that intend to help provide you with a better seating posture not to mention relief of pressure from your back, how many of these chairs are portable enough to be carried with you wherever you go? The £49.99 SitPack Compact Seat takes on a very, very different role in your everyday life, as it has been touted to be the world’s smallest, most compact resting device you will ever bring with you — not at least until the field of nanotechnology makes huge leaps and bounds, of course.
The SitPack Compact Seat will be able to fit in easily in your bag or (large) pocket, and using it is a snap. All that you need to do is to pop, drop and lock it to make use of it, allowing you to grab some rest whenever and wherever you desire. Not only sit back, but SitPack and relax — get it? The benefits of using SitPack include optimized breathing and circulation, being able to maintain the bones and joints in the correct alignment, helps reduce or prevent the abnormal wearing of joint surfaces that could result in degenerative diseases, such as arthritis, among others. It is capable of supporting up to 130 kg and is made from a bullet-proof material.
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