Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The (open) web is good, actually; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/13/this-is-for-everyone/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The (open) web is good, actually; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/13/this-is-for-everyone/
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I'll be at the #StudioCity branch of the LA Public Library TONIGHT (November 13) at 1830hPT to launch my new novel, *The Lost Cause*. There'll be a reading, a talk, a surprise guest (!!) and a signing, with books on sale. Tell your friends! Come on down!
https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/author-talk-cory-doctorow
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The (open) web is good, actually: Recall has always been a power dynamic.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111405231326265162
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Hey look at this
* How is the world’s biggest boycott doing? https://doc.searls.com/2023/11/11/how-is-the-worlds-biggest-boycott-doing/
* Sorry, Billionaires. Space Won’t Be Our Climate Haven https://atmos.earth/sorry-billionaires-space-wont-be-our-climate-haven/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Remote Control Air Horn! https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-wippersnapper-summoning-horn?view=all
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#20yrsago #PearsonAirport threatens to sue websites that take its name in vain https://www.techdirt.com/2003/11/13/is-it-against-the-law-to-put-the-name-of-the-toronto-airport-on-the-web/
#15yrsago Zoe’s Tale: @scalzi's smart-ass young-adult sf thriller https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/12/zoes-tale-scalzis-smart-ass-young-adult-sf-thriller/
#10yrsago UK home secretary wants to overturn #HumanRights treaties and make terror suspects stateless https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/12/theresa-may-british-terror-suspects-stateless-passport
#10yrsago #DavidNutt wants to make non-addictive, safer synth-booze that comes with a sober-up pill https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/getting-drunk-without-the-hangover-or-health-risks-scientist-seeks-investment-for-alcohol-substitute-drug-8931946.html
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#10yrsago Irish Freedom of Information amendment will send #FOI fees to infinity https://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2013/11/10/freedom-information-fees-multiplied-new-amendment/
#10yrsago #GCHQ used fake Slashdot, LinkedIn to target employees at Internet exchanges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/uk-spies-continue-quantum-insert-attack-via-linkedin-slashdot-pages/
#10yrsago Edward Snowden is almost broke https://world.time.com/2013/11/12/edward-snowden-is-almost-broke/
#10yrsago @vihart cramming #GooglePlus into YouTube has made comments even worse, I’m leaving https://web.archive.org/web/20131114001432/http://vihart.com/google-youtube-integration-kind-of-like-twilight-except-in-this-version-when-cullen-drinks-bellatubes-blood-they-both-become-mortal-but-cullen-is-still-an-abusive-creep-also-it-is-still-bad/
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#10yrsago Tune: Still Life, new installment in romcom/alien abduction graphic novel https://memex.craphound.com/2013/11/13/tune-still-life-new-installment-in-romcom-alien-abduction-graphic-novel/
#5yrsago Trump is bailing out a Chinese owned pork producer to compensate it for retaliatory Chinese tariffs https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smithfield-china-tariffs-20181109-story.html
#5yrsago Yanis Varoufakis on capitalism’s incompatibility with democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGeevtdp1WQ
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