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Is the creator of @Horse_ebooks playing us for fools?
Has @Horse_ebooks become self-aware? And has it started self-promoting? Some background: It is thought that @Horse_ebooks, the funny Twitter robot that chops and screws snippets of text from ebooks...
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Mom who campaigned against porn star prom date enters politics
Internet memes are taking over our metropolises. At least that's the case in Minnesota, where Marjorie Holsten has recently thrown her name into the race for the position of chairman of Minnesota's...
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The top 10 most influential fans of 2012
As a cultural movement, 2012 was a watershed year for fandom. Everywhere, it seemed, new parts of the media, entertainment industries, and various corners of the world were discovering fandom or...
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GIF Cards: Happy holidays from Mr. GIF
The Daily Dot is proud to present a new way to spread holiday cheer: GIF cards. Each business day leading up to Christmas, we’ll be presenting two or more fun and easy-to-share GIFs to get you and your...
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Britain votes to protect its porn from government control
It’s official: The British love their cyberporn as much as they love beans on toast. Plans to universally block access to porn on the Internet has been rejected by ministers because lack of support by...
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Anonymous targets Westboro Baptist Church over Newtown shooting
Anonymous is waging war on the Westboro Baptist Church. The loosely organized hacker collective announced on Saturday via video that it was targeting the WBC. Earlier that day, the church had...
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For $45,000, this guy changed his name to Headsetsdotcom
A man in Florida will legally change his last name to Headsetsdotcom after orchestrating an eBay-style auction that allowed a person or company to buy the rights to his name for one year. Jason Sadler...
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60,000 Twitterers fall for Sandy Hook charity hoax
At least 59,120 Twitter users have a very poor understanding of how Twitter works. That’s how many have retweeted, in the wake of Friday’s tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn., a false message...
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Same-sex couple gets engaged at the White House
Sorry, but the dream proposal you’ve been waiting for just got upstaged by Matthew Phelps and Ben Schock, as the pair became the first same-sex couple to get engaged at the White House. Phelps, an...
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With just months to live, 17-year-old records a final song
A teenager who's been told he has only a few months left to live has taken to YouTube to begin saying his goodbyes. Three years ago, Zach Sobiech, 17, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone...
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JetBlue flies a child's goodbye letter to Newtown, Conn.
Noah Pozner, 6, was one of the many young lives taken Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary. JetBlue helped his family remind the world that he’ll never be forgotten. Victoria, or @VDog on Twitter, is...
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Reddit asks 4-year-old anything, and it's adorable
Today’s economy, at least in the eyes of one person, is “medium.” Almost everyone from President Obama himself to a frozen TV dinner chef has participated in a Reddit AMA—so, why not a 4-year-old? On...
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The Sandy Hook "quote" and 5 more Morgan Freeman hoaxes
Following the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., millions of people around the U.S. shared their thoughts on the shootings that claimed the lives of 26 people, including 20 children, and how the media covered...
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The Morning GIF: On Anon
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
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Rape, harassment, and misogyny in geek culture: 2012 in review
The Daily Dot has spent a considerable amount of time this year reporting incidents of sexism, misogyny, and attacks on women that have occurred throughout the gaming and comics industries this year....
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"I ain't racist," says football player who called Obama the N-word
The University of North Alabama long snapper who got kicked off his football team for posting a racist and insensitive tweet about Barack Obama's Sunday address to the victims and families at Sandy...
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GIF Cards: Send season's greetings in style
The Daily Dot is proud to present a new way to spread holiday cheer: GIF cards. Each business day leading up to Christmas, we’ll be presenting two or more fun and easy-to-share GIFs to get you and your...
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The top 10 most influential people on YouTube in 2012
It’s been said before but it’s never been more true: YouTube is indeed the new TV. Just as cable dramas like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Boardwalk Empire have pushed the boundaries of primetime...
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Gay nativity scene sparks backlash in Colombia
Perhaps the Virgin Mary was sold out: An all-male nativity scene is sparking backlash in Colombia. Andrés Vásquez and Felipe Cárdenas posted the "homosexual nativity scene"—where baby Jesus has two...
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Soccer player fined $16,000 for calling teammate "gay"
Suso needs to be a little more careful about what he tweets in future. The Liverpool player was fined £10,000 ($16,248) by the Football Association (FA) after a comment about teammate José Enrique on...
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