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Katharine Trendacosta
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Katharine is the Associate Director of Policy and Activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the former managing editor of io9. She writes about technology policy and pop culture.

Did you all take the chance in the move to segregate the worst take havers from the rest of you? Read more

I know it’s been three years, but a VERY angry man just emailed me, and about 20 other people at my new job at a nonprofit, to say a) I’m an idiot and wrong and b) he could beat me in a fencing bout.
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I miss all of you! Except maybe Mike, who told me that Twitter DM was a better way of staying in touch than texting. There’s another truly terrible take of his.
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Why haven’t Mike “Mike” Ballaban’s spicy Star Trek takes been shared with the world?
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Any pictures posted by trolls won’t be visible. Only approved commenters (the ones AV Club has followed) have the ability to do that. All other images are blurred out. Read more

No. I wouldn’t want a soulmate who would be okay with it or one I couldn’t tell this story to. Also no because gross. Read more

I hope you’re not being hyperbolic, because I keep randomly tearing up in a way I’m sure Tommy would hate. Read more

I’m so sick to my stomach. I’m having trouble wrapping my mind about the actual events, but the loss of Tommy — whom I barely knew personally, but was always there for me whenever I needed him, professionally — is like being cut off at the knees. What Albert says is so dead on, Tommy was unthinking in the help he Read more

Oh thank god someone else saw this. I thought I was having a stroke and my brain was melting out my ears, and the only sign was a 1 minute montage of McDonald's signs. Read more

The comparatively high ranking of my favorite, Frosted Mini-Wheats, on an otherwise batshit insane list has made me re-evaluate everything about myself. Read more

I bread with breadcrumbs mixed with chopped macadamia nuts. Top with a mango salsa, and it's a great summer dish. Read more