Most of it centers around Geographic Information Systems (GIS), but really the general principles apply to any technology. Probably the seminal work would be the book “Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems” by John Pickles. There’s a whole bunch of interesting things in a book edited…

There’s been a LOT of academic literature about geospatial technologies being a tool of the state, particularly for suppression or mis-representation. I think we (meaning geography wonks) could do a better job of highlighting how the technology can be used for counter-authoritative purposes and actually be used to…

Jen Kirkman called out Jezebel for running this story under her name because it’s untrue...

FFS Jen Kirkman explicitly said it wasn’t Louis CK, and called out Jezebel for continuing to push this unfounded rumor. AND another comedian admitted that his behavior is probably the origin of the rumor.

Not that I’m ever in the business of trusting men in power, but i think it’s important to note that Kirkman left the following comment on Peck’s article:

I’m pretty sure Jen Kirkman explicitly denied that it was about CK, which seems like a big omission considering how pissed she was at you all for tying her to CK in the first place.

Uh. Since there’s no victim to shame or disbelieve here and Kirkman never confirmed it was actually him, do we have to involve his friends and their opinions just yet? Isn’t the continued speculation creating an assumed attitude of guilt toward him? If I’m a feminist who cares that women aren’t harassed and hear a…

Oh this dumb shit about Louis ck again? Wake me up when you actually have something on him

Is anyone else slightly disturbed that we all just decided to accept Louis CK is a sex offender based on random, unrelated stories about random, unrelated comics acting creepy?

I don’t know if it is my love for Stewart clouding my judgement, but it seriously just sounds like he admitted to never hearing those rumors before, which is believable because the only reason I know of those rumors is because of this site.

The fact that some people react that way to a brutal physical assault on a child (who hadn’t even committed a crime) is nauseating. Either some people have disturbingly selective empathy, or they’re so committed to this “Cops always good” narrative that they can’t even budge from it no matter how egregious the…

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