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Simon Owens

Simon Owens

I'm a journalist and online media strategist. I formerly wrote for newspapers but now mostly work online. Email me: Simon.bloggasm@gmail.com
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Til this day, it's pretty cool to see a meme I originally created months ago constantly make it to the top of the front page of Reddit
CPAC is the ultimate real life trolling platform. I mean liberals go there solely to get in video-recorded arguments with conservatives
Believe it or not, but 99.999999% of people on the internet post content FOR FREE. On for-profit platforms even!
Is Jon Stewart testing out a successor? http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry...
"The boring fact of our system is that congressional math is the best predictor of a President’s success." http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
How public perception of Wikileaks changed over time http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
Should cities actively try to discourage car driving? http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
Whoa, this is straight out of House of Cards http://www.washingtonpost.com/politic...
Romenesko did a pretty thorough roundup of what it's like to deal with Fox News' PR people http://jimromenesko.com/2012...
Bathroom stall poetry at its finest http://imgur.com/PUZDTs2
It would take 76 8-hour work days for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
Why would all the king's horses be trying to put Humpty Dumpty together? With what, their hooves?
A great 1996 New York Review of Books dissection of Bob Woodward's book writing http://www.nybooks.com/article...
Breitbart's delusional conspiracy victimization mindset still lives on in his honor http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Jou...
The next time you think about eating at a McDonald's... http://www.reddit.com/r...
RT @ggreenwald: The invaluable @carwinb has transcribed Bradley Manning's full statement from yesterday, here: http://www.alexaobrien.com/seconds...
Is Facebook losing its teenage users? http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
Does anyone know how to implement this tool on Facebook? http://imgur.com/muU8XSr
A Former Lawmaker On What "House Of Cards" Gets Right — And What It Doesn't http://www.buzzfeed.com/jeffsmi... Actually pretty enlightening
How YouTube is fostering homegrown talent out of its own ecosystem http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
Why it's so hard to leave Apple http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
Is a decline in housework and cleaning responsible for a rise in obesity? http://usnews.tumblr.com/post...
RT @delrayser: "I woke up to a horse head in my bed! … Okay, it was only half an IKEA meatball left over from dinner last night." - Bob Woodward, probably
RT @AlexJamesFitz: RT @nathanlfuller: In few mins, Bradley Manning will read his 35-page statement orienting the judge about facts regarding his guilty plea.
Liam Neeson on why there won't be a Taken 3: "She can’t get taken again. That’s just bad parenting"
It's 2013 and GOP is trying to shift blame on who came up with deficit reducing budget cuts onto the Democrat. I've now seen everything
Awesome photo gallery http://www.reddit.com/r...
Apparently DC lady journos often run into the problem where they realize a source thinks they're on a date http://www.newrepublic.com/article...
I wish this article had screenshots so I could understand what it means to "OMG" or "WTF" a story http://www.adweek.com/news...
The most-downloaded social media app on the iPhone isn't Twitter or Facebook http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k...
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