This post is not so much about Stealth as it is about stalking (and not Charles Johnson’s definition).
One of the amazing things about the internest (and social media in particular) is how so many people and things are interrelated – the whole 6 degrees of separation business. Lately I’ve found significantly fewer degrees.
While catching up on a bizarre twisted saga via Twitter (that Stacy McCain and others have been covering extensively) I found a reference to a group of internet warriors called “Rustle League.” They are apparently affiliated with the more well-known cybergroup Anonymous.
I’m not a fan of Anonymous (especially not the Barrett Brown Crypto-Anarchist faction that wants to mess with international affairs and destroy global economics) but occasionally the group does some good.
I came upon a recent story today about a 15 year old girl, bullied online and in real life, had given up hope and threatened to off herself on Twitter. Trolls showed up, but eventually Rustle League and Anonymous got word about it, too. They apparently prevented a distraught girl from killing herself by stalking her stalking trolls and kicking ass.
Other news outlets reported it, and they referenced The Daily Dot. Full story with Twittercaps here.
Oh yeah, about those degrees of separation.
1. I saw a Tweet from a guy I spoke with on the phone a few days ago.
2. It referenced a podcast that named Rustle League.
3. A Google search for RL led me to the Daily Dot story written by an online friend. Politically we hate each other, but we get along otherwise.
H/T to raincoaster (POUTINE!) on The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: Anonymous, Daily Dot, Overnight Open Thread, Rustle League, stalking, suicide, teenage, trolls, Twitter, twitterwars
Tennessee Volunteers versus the Florida Gators.
at knoxville…
@ coldwarrior:
In the library. With a lead pipe.
Bunk X wrote:
ahhhh!
well played col mustard!
@ coldwarrior:
Ahhhh yes. I remember that game well. Bob and I had box seats after we lost the WLGF contract for the third year in a row. We bought three seats, put the Wollensak reel-to-reel between us for a demo tape. We recorded some of the best play-by-play ever heard.
Then Bob showed up, tripped over the stiletto heels Ms. Muchobusta left in front of her ample seat and spilled 32 ounces of crappy bear all over the Wolly. Saved the nachos, though, so it wasn’t a complete loss.
@ Jack Asbeiter:
its a good thing you werent electrocuted in the spill. those Wollies run on 240 volts!
@ coldwarrior:
We were running on banks of D batteries that I’d soldered together, replacing them on the fly. Suki brought a backpack full.
Jack Asbeiter wrote:
suki’s tough. that had to be 150lbs of duracells.
Idiots, all of you.
150 pounds isn’t required.
Just one good EverReady will do.
Thank you very much.
@ Suki Wong:
see what i know? nothing.
real amperage comes from black cats.
@ Suki Wong:
And about that pre-game party. There’s Bob on the right showing Suki how to solder batteries in parallel as I slowly explain to Ms. Muchobusta why Woody Hayes was the greatest college football coach ever.
http://tinyurl.com/czxctg6
Jack Asbeiter wrote:
she looks enthralled.
@ coldwarrior:
She was indeed. After three Long Island Iced Teas she completely understood the concept of keeping it on the ground and not putting your balls in the air. Push it into the goal with steady force. That’s how you win the game, one down at a time.
@ Jack Asbeiter:
jeeze….did she get it about not getting in front of his right cross!
@ coldwarrior:
She is adorable.
But her necklace is out of place and askew.
Please straighten it up for her CW.
I’ll watch.
Suki Wong wrote:
she’s wearing a necklace?
@ coldwarrior:
Yes. I explained to her about cameras and what not to do, hence the photo. As far as the photos I, we took at the post-game, ah, debriefing, let’s just say that they’re kind of private. [Thanks, Suki. You're a peach.]
@ Jack Asbeiter:
he was hell on journalists and nose guards, but wow, anyone who can coach denison to an undefeated season is a god.
So you three are getting paid for this -- that’s sweet!
How do you all know what time to clock in?
Synchronize watches?
Broadcasting is a black art.
@ whosoever:
raaaaacist.
@ whosoever:
We all have circumcised watches.
Jack Asbeiter wrote:
mines smaller…its a seiko.
I got nothing left.
I’m out. Toes up.
Stay out of trouble tonight, CW and Jack.
@ coldwarrior:
I can’t see mine anymore, but I think it’s a Norelco.
@ Suki Wong:
Great. Now the cooler is locked again.
Jack Asbeiter wrote:
dammit!
night yinz
night
Being an hour ahead of the US east coast does not make for lively early morning sessions here.
Hmmm….
@ Guggi:
“Dead Cat Bounce”
Mike C. wrote:
Have yu seen the last paragraph ? Even now they can’t stop to defame Romney (it’s like in soccer when one retaliates)
Guggi wrote:
They just couldn’t resist a gratuitous swipe at Romney, could they? Nasty little people.
I can’t say I’m surprised at the story, though. I’m skeptical that California is actually experiencing an economic rebound, I rather think that we’re now about to see a lot of press designed to convince us that we’re ALL amidst an economic rebound. Obama has delivered us to the promised land, hallelujah!
@ Guggi:
Taxes are going up, so of course the economy is getting better. Raising taxes alwaysimproves the economy for the parasite class.