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June 30, 2012
The Night Instagram, Netflix, And Pinterest All Went Down Together
Power outages in northern Virginia impaired some of Amazon's cloud data centers, bringing Pinterest, Netflix, and Instagram down, all at the same time. All three sites are back online, although Instagram seems to be experiencing some lingering issues. Users headed to twitter to complain, make jokes, and try to make sense of their lives.
Justice John Roberts, Internet Icon
Roberts, appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Chief by George W. Bush, was the deciding voter in the Supreme Court's decision to uphold ObamaCare. Among many liberals, Roberts immediately became the new face of heroism. Conservatives may see him as a traitor. Thankfully, the internet did us the favor of visualizing Roberts' new place in the universe: