what is the worth of a Facebook like?

Nothing!  Veritasium does an excellent job of explaining why you should never advertise on Facebook.

Going all NSA on your Congressperson...

Wired has an interesting write up on Countable and other apps that are enabling citizens to track how their representatives vote, and do a better job of grading them compared to your values.

Death Penalty?

Last Week Tonight is John Oliver's (formerly from the Daily Show) new news show has a good argument on what is wrong with the Death Penalty and why we should get rid of it.

hot tub tug

Got a spare $25k?  Why not get a HotTug? Its a hot tub in a boat! Roadtrippers.com has a nice right up on it.

AirHelp!

Kate Hanni did us all a favor a few years ago when she created flyersrights.org, and fought for new expanded airline passenger protections.  Well, as wired points out, there are a new bred of Ambulance Chasers out there that will go after the Airlines on your behalf and get you money back for that missed or canceled flight.  God Bless them!

Net Neutrality Explained

Victoria Hart has _again_ produced a fantastic video explaining a very complex topic.  This time it is on Net Neutrality within the US.  Not only does she explain it in a very accurate way, but also prods you into being a civic member of society by pointing out all the great things you could do to take control of this situation.  

MayOne!

  

American Superhero Lawrence Lessig is at it again.  This time he's fighting SuperPACs by creating one that he hopes will be so huge that he will be able to sway our government to reform how it accepts money.  He announced the creation of his MayOne today.  Lets toss him a couple bucks and pray to god it works.

A Smart Idea, A Dumb Society

Guns are range weapons, and dangerous in close quarter, hand to hand melees.  Armatrx has a good solution to the problem of loosing a handgun in a skirmish with their smart guns.  Unfortunately, the luddite US Gun lobby are afraid of safe guns and are fighting back.  (or at least Glock is worried that they will need to put this tech in all their guns, and it will cut in on their profits.)