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Romney 2012 Becomes First Political Campaign to Buy a Twitter Trending Topic

In what is by all accounts a pathetic bid for social currency, Mitt Romney’s campaign has officially become the first political campaign to buy a trending topic on Twitter. There are several ways you could look at this: 1. Romney 2012 fears that, come Thursday night—which is the last night of the RNC and when…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 29

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye make the case for NASA’s future in Fight For Space

Do you miss the days of space shuttle launches? Do you want to see humans go back to the Moon, and even explore Mars, in your lifetime? Paul Hildebrandt does too. So he’s initiated a Kickstarter campaign to create Fight For Space: Exploring the Future of Manned Spaceflight, a documentary with a higher aim than…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 25

Bane Capital tweets its corporate takeover of Gotham City

After Rush Limbaugh’s bizarre question as to whether Bane, Batman’s masked foe, could somehow be an anti-Mitt Romney conspiracy, one inspired Bat-fan decided Bane Capital wasn’t a shabby idea. Bane Capital is now tweeting reports about the liberation of Gotham’s corporate persons and how his anti-Batman mission creates jobs. https://gizmodo.com/the-batman-villain-bane-is-a-conspiracy-against-mitt-ro-5926874 Lampooning Limbaugh’s connection between the…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 21

Mitt Romney Breaks Facebook Rules With Self-Promoting Cover Photo

Oh, Mitt. This feels almost too easy. First you launched that self-promoting iPhone app that misspelled America. AMERICA! The country you’re trying to convince us to let you run. I can understand a typo—but good god, double-check the important shit, man. https://gizmodo.com/mitt-romneys-new-app-misspells-america-twitter-goes-wi-5914154 And, now, you have a new Facebook cover photo (as of this afternoon)…

Social Media Molly Oswaks Jul 13

Most Americans would rather have Barack Obama in the White House during an alien invasion

American’s have finally agreed on something in politics: Obama is the guy we want to fight off alien invaders. A new poll, sponsored by the National Geographic Channel, shows that 65 percent of Americans believe that Obama would be better at fighting aliens than Mitt Romney. And since 36 percent of respondents believe in UFOs,…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs Jun 28

Mitt Romney’s New App Misspells America, Twitter Goes Wild

Mitt Romney’s new iPhone app, With Mitt, “lets you customize photos with a variety of Mitt-inspired artistic frames.” Slogans like “Believe in America,” “Obama Isn’t Working,” and “I’m a Mom for Mitt” are just a few of the Mitt-tastic phrases that can be slapped on your iPhone photos, proudly pronouncing your support of the GOP…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 29

Obama Takes Requests for Spotify Playlist; Romney to Follow Suit?

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governer Mitt Romney will go head to head in the 2012 presidential election, as you’re probably all too aware, given that this campaign already feels like it’s been going on for five years. The two contenders also doing battle as DJs on the fields of Spotify. No, we are…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm May 4

Mitt Romney Gets Screwed Santorum-Style on Google

Looks like Rick Santorum’s not the only Republican frontrunner to have a “Google” problem. Mitt Romney has one now, too. If you Google “Romney”, the third search result is SpreadingRomney.com, which provides hapless browsers with a not-so-flattering definition for the candidate’s name. Because internet. https://gizmodo.com/santorum-is-winning-caucuses-but-still-losing-google-5883316 Mitt Romney can’t be too pleased that his name, like…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 15

You are biologically wired to disagree with [insert political ideology here]

Evidence continues to mount that your political leanings are determined, to some extent, by aspects of your biology. The latest installment in this emerging area of research comes from the University of Nebraska, in a study that looks at peoples’ responses to certain forms of visual stimuli — politically themed or otherwise. Wired’s Brandon Keim…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 26

Men Who Want To Be President Are Arguing Over a Moon Colony

Last night’s presidential debate didn’t bring much unseen material forth from the GOP contenders, but new rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney butted heads over one very pertinent issue: the moon. Should we mine it for moon minerals? Let’s argue. It started, the LA Times reports, when Romney was asked to explain what sets him…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Dec 11

Mitt Romney’s favorite book has changed from Battlefield Earth to Twilight. An improvement?

Perennial GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney caused a stir in 2007 when he said he really loved L. Ron Hubbard’s notoriously awful Battlefield Earth. (The book, not the movie.) So this time around, he came up with a better choice. Talking to NBC News, Romney explained he really liked the Twilight series. As quoted by…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jun 1

Who Would Be The Most Science Fictional President?

It’s Super Tuesday! No, that doesn’t mean you’re going to get bathed in cosmic radiation and gain super-strength and diamond skin. (At least, not necessarily.) Rather, if you live in one of a bunch of states, you’ll be choosing your party’s presidential candidate. When you make that momentous choice, the most important question to ask…

io9 Charliejane Feb 5

Mac vs. PC: The Republicans

Giz is fair and balanced, so here’s Mac vs. PC, Republican-style. Huckabee’s a PC (duh); Ron Paul is PC (no Linux?); Mitt Romney somehow manages to slide in both (surprise!); and McCain is a Luddite who doesn’t touch the bizarre, blinking gizmos. [Yahoo!]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 4

Super Tuesday Tech Special: Republican Edition

Click to viewTomorrow is Super Tuesday, meaning that from among the three Republican candidates (four if you count good ol’ Ron Paul), a Republican presidential candidate should emerge. Since we’re most interested in how the candidates stand on technology matters, we’ve presented them below. Now, we’re not going to pretend that this batch is super…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 4

Romney 2012 Becomes First Political Campaign to Buy a Twitter Trending Topic

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye make the case for NASA’s future in Fight For Space

Bane Capital tweets its corporate takeover of Gotham City

Mitt Romney Breaks Facebook Rules With Self-Promoting Cover Photo

Most Americans would rather have Barack Obama in the White House during an alien invasion

Mitt Romney’s New App Misspells America, Twitter Goes Wild

Obama Takes Requests for Spotify Playlist; Romney to Follow Suit?

Mitt Romney Gets Screwed Santorum-Style on Google

You are biologically wired to disagree with [insert political ideology here]

Men Who Want To Be President Are Arguing Over a Moon Colony

Mitt Romney’s favorite book has changed from Battlefield Earth to Twilight. An improvement?

Who Would Be The Most Science Fictional President?

Mac vs. PC: The Republicans

Super Tuesday Tech Special: Republican Edition

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