Day: October 15, 2020

  • 5:55 on October 15: Twitter is down amidst Biden controversy

    5:55 on October 15: Twitter is down amidst Biden controversy

    The outage appears massive and global.

    Searches and feeds out without reaults

    This as controversy brews over twitter censorship of the New York POST article on Joe and Hunter Biden

  • 35 years ago: Back to the Future almost didn’t have Michael J Fox

    35 years ago: Back to the Future almost didn’t have Michael J Fox

    Eric Stolz was originally cast as Marty McFly when first choice Michael J. Fox was unavailable due to his shooting schedule on Family Ties. But on Jan. 10, 1985, after about six weeks of filming, the actor was fired due to his style being deemed too intense and not comedic nor manic enough. An arrangement was then made to bring Fox aboard even as he continued to film Family Ties.

    Ew

    The movie would not have been the same without Fox..

    It’s magic was the stars and how they interacted ..

    EW has a story on the 35th anniversary here

  • Political stories to share in the dark

    Political stories to share in the dark

    Facebook and Twitter have both been accused of violating the first amendment rights of the New York Post by censoring an article that the post published referencing emails found about Hunter Biden.

    I would say you can go to Twitter or Facebook to find the article but you cannot. The article has been banned from being published, and the algorithms are even stopping private messaging from sharing the link to the New York Post.

    Instead you have to go about it the old-fashioned way and go directly to the post website itself.

    Meanwhile the potential issue of censorship has become a hot topic on Facebook, and Twitter. Users of both social media platforms are actively sharing the screenshots of the New York post main page about the boat and emails and protesting their right to share the link.

    Here is a great video to explain the background and aftermath

    Major media stars and also the president have weighed in on this on Facebook, and today Ted Cruz announced that subpoenas will be issued for Jack Dorsey a Twitter for him to appear next Friday under oath before the Senate Judiciary committee.

    In the meantime, CEO Jack opined on Twitter that the communication regarding the banning of the link was not handled very well.

  • Did you sign up for the big John Carpenter giveaway on Storm King?

    Did you sign up for the big John Carpenter giveaway on Storm King?

    A lot of her fans are pretty excited about the big John Carpenter giveaway! You can win some autographed materials including a record and poster from the Halloween films.

    But you also have to download an app and enter to win, the chances of downloading it today and winning are pretty slim since he would have to get into the app daily and do certain activity to earn points.

    The app is called Storm King, it’s most likely now on your phone too. Although it may be too late to win this John Carpenter autographed record, other prizes are sure to come with the next few months that could be equally cool.

    John Carpenter using the term “big giveaway“ is also cool. Halloween 3 is the most underrated film, as most people were waiting for the Michael Myers sequel instead of the standalone.

    This movie has been claimed by people in the modern era now much more than it was then.