GPOY stomach flu edition
Pretty much.
Julian Assange by Cara Spoza
Some people wonder why I like fangirl sites. Read this and wonder no more.
I’m a fucking unicorn
Truth be told, I’m not really feeling the whole Unicorn Chaser phenomenon, but it’s fucking Wednesday so here you go with the kyoot kittehs and assorted adorbz shit.
Snuggie-clad ProtoGay Performs Beyonce:
Seriously, The Thuggie should give that kid some money and backup dancers from Glee and shoot their own commercial. 105,000 views in ten days isn’t scruffy.
If that wasn’t gay enough, let’s have a Kiki!
Okay, your unicorn chaser cutemeister is officially outta here.
Dandelion bailing the fuck outta here
Time to get real. IF this internet will let me (Starbucks, we’re gonna have words, I tell ya; when Wind mobile is faster, you KNOW you’ve got a problem).
So, what did your intrepid blogger do yesterday, you’re all wondering? Yes? Put your plausible faces on, audience, I like a little effort on your part.
Which reminds me it’s time to get off the internet, jam some food down my gullet, and get my workout in for today. What did I do today? Pitched four stories or five, can’t remember, wrote up the John Young interview, revised it, waited…waited…waited, went and got my other blog posts up.
Reverse Dandelion
I’m feeling somewhat blown myself, recently. Between work burnout and working out burnout, it’s been a very, very tough week. Hopefully the weekend will have this effect on me. I could use some help getting myself back together lately.
Because Monday, I have to come back 100%, and thanks to the timelines of other people, I have to do it by 4am.
Nobody. Nothing to see here. Problem, Officer?
I’ve been missing a lot of important stuff lately, including this message.
From nobody.
So I thought I’d share. Maybe someone out there who doesn’t exist yet will read it and start to.
So, here we are, at the end of TeaMp0isoN.
I just wanted to say few words before I leave, you can consider them to be motivational or
just bullshit, honestly I dont care.
So, few years ago we started this cause, fighting for freedom, activism, hacktivism etc…
We raised alarm in the government, they have seen that we can win this war, that we can take our
own freedom back, our own lives back.
They started fighting back, but we have choose to not give up, to not bow in front of them
and let them take our souls and imprison them.
But im glad to see US all united, painters, musicians, teachers, wives, kids, doctors, lawyers,
im glad that all those people are now united, and they act as one.
War in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Libya etc…
People, realise thats just start, thats not even a glimpse of whats coming,
Im not gonna talk about illuminati, about satan, about faith or religion,
Im just going to tell you that you should check your own town and see how many poor people is there.
How many people were fucked by government, how many people were fucked by banks,
how many homeless people are dyeing in the streets during winter, how many poor people are dyeing from hunger.
Im not gonna tell you that hacking or hacktivism is not illegal, and not dangerous,
im not gonna tell you I enjoyed it.
I wake up 20 times during night because im paranoid, I dont want to end in jail…
You can call me a coward, you can call me whatever you want,
but I, I was here for years, I did fight for people, I did fight for freedom,
but now time has come that I feel im not good for it anymore,
this has drained so much life out of me, and I feel I didnt get enough people to hear
what I fight for, what WE fight for.
Im just begging you one thing, not just hackers, but everyone, even politicians.
Do not be ignorant towards US who are fighting for our freedom,
dont judge us for what we do, we are not terrorists,
we are just normal humans, who are fighting for better cause, fighting for people,
fighting for better future for our kids.
Do not fight each other, there is no sense in that, you are just runing each others
lives, if you hate someone who is fighting same cause as you, dont attack him,
dont troll him, dont prank him, dont ruin his life over little things.
Think bigger, think about future, because today you are a kid, but tomorow you will
have your own kids, and then you will realise how much you could do to help them
live better, to help them not be afraid of their own government.
Dont do work on this cause because of fame, work on because its right.
I ve lost so much in this fight, like every soldier on this battlefield.
So many friends got arrested, TriCk, MLT, Phantom.
I call them heroes, I call them freedom fighters.
I know that they and I will be forgotten in few months,
but I hope this msg will remain on the internet,
and that you the people will share it amongst urselves.
So now, im telling you goodbye.
Thanks for all those supporting us, and helping us fight this war.
Thanks for all those that respected us, and didnt leave us when things went bad.
Thank you alot.
#FreeTriCk
#FreeMLT
#FreePhantom
#FreeUsAll
#Freedom
So this is the end of TeaMp0isoN, we arent coming back anymore,
whoever tells you he is TeaMp0isoN or starts using our name,
do not believe him, because this is the end of us.
root@TeaMp0isoN:$ shutdown -n
Selah.
raincoaster 
Lorraine, I really like your style, the way you write, the interviews you make are always very interesting and original…..why dont you do a “Greenwald” and move on to a better more well known venue? You’ve got plenty of talent.
Thanks, that’s really kind of you to say. I do have an assignment from the Guardian, but they didn’t like the first draft. I have to raise my game if I want to work for them regularly.
And the people at the Daily Dot are awesome. They are a great team of fun, helpful people all of whom have more pure journalism experience than I do. Much as I like to swear at editorial cuts and deadlines, they are great to work with and I’d miss them if I left.
Also: let’s just say the major news outlets are not beating down my door. Anonymous, hackers and leaks are not mainstream enough to be very marketable, and my style is quirky. But I did have an interview Friday with On the Coast, CBC’s afternoon radio show; if it works out, I’ll be on a weekly panel discussing current events. Hope I was amusing and interesting enough in the interview. Wish me luck.
Lorraine those are great news! I wish you the very best and keep us post it.
Suerte
Thanks!
Besides it’s clear you know what you’re talking about, raincoaster, and this is very rare when speaking of tech stuff/web journalism/hacking communities/Internet dynamics and related arguments.
Maybe you could try the Guardian, they are changing editorial line in these very days ;P
I’m going to put you all down as references, okay? If I ask John Young he’ll just tell me to get fucked, references are lies, resumes are fabrications, etc, etc.
I want to get my big Anon vs Pedo story out before I hit the Guardian up for that. They don’t really have anyone doing Anonymous on a regular basis except Barratt Brown and I can’t see myself knocking him aside
Indeed. RC is more knowleadgeable in these areas than many self described “experts”
Thanks! now, tell all your local and national papers, tv and radio stations.
I will, do you know Spanish?
Nope. I can count to five in Spanish, thanks to Count von Count on Sesame Street, but that’s it, alas.