The Challenge: Free Agents Recap S25, Ep. 4

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The episode begins with a POOOOL PARTY! Maybe it’s just gray and cold in Chicago, but this looks like an incredible idea even if it means getting gonorrhea from the water.They are mixing fruity drinks and I’m sobbing into the fleece I’m wearing. Obligatory Jasmine twerk! Though it’s not on a pole, make yourself a Mai Tai and DRINK. Continue reading →

Facebook’s New Organic Reach is Screwing Nonprofits, What are the Options for Digital Activists?

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Recently Facebook has radically altered the way that organization pages reach their followers. This is big trouble for nonprofits and activist groups that rely on the platform to reach supporters and organize action campaigns.

This isn’t news for folks who run activist or nonprofit pages, the changes have been rolling out for a while. However, in the last few weeks post reach has been reduced dramatically, creating a crisis for many organizations that have spent a lot of time, effort, and yes, money, building big communities on Facebook. What the hell is going on? Continue reading →

Movie Review: The Other Woman

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In this edition of “I saw it so you don’t have to” I saw The Other Woman this weekend. This movie was touted as the best female comedy since Bridesmaids. I haven’t been to many movies recently, but when a trainer at my gym asked people if anyone was interested in seeing this this weekend, I said sure, why not? I need more social outings with more than just my regular group of friends and I like Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann. I started to read the Grantland review on Friday, but had to stop because things didn’t look good. Continue reading →

Would Snack-Shaming Make You Stop Eating Snacks in Public?

Snack-Shaming. It’s now a thing. How would you feel if whenever you went to your company vending machine and made a purchase the vending machine, yes, the vending machine, launched a tweet from its own Twitter account to all your co-workers that said, “Todd just bought a Snickers from the vending machine.”

Would you be angry? Continue reading →

Podcast Catch-Up

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Welcome podcast-obsessed denizens of the interwebs. This is Podcast Catch-Up, a monthly series for those of us who love podcasts and frequently finish episodes and want some place to shout our happiness or horror. Continue reading →