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This is Andy Baio's annual round-up of online movie piracy. This year: HD video makes leaked screeners irrelevant. "Already, with a month to go before the ceremony, 89% of this year’s nominated films have already leaked in high quality online, more than last year."

I had no idea that Oregon tried to keep minorities out in its early years. It's a depressing article but it's important to understand our history.

Paul Ford explains how Greg Knauss prepared for massive Web traffic. It's a great look at how Web scaling works. "Can you turn our tour bus into an airplane for a week or two?" Simple!

Reviews of (mostly) non superhero graphic novels. [via mefi podcast]

Some practical strategies for teaching empathy to kids.

Ev expands on his Instagram comment by laying out the problems with Web metrics and measuring success.

This is a big shift in the world of online payment systems.