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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Sphinxmumps Linkdump; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/15/disarrangement/

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On Thursday (June 20), I'll be live onstage in Los Angeles for a recording of the Go Fact Yourself podcast:
https://laist.com/events/go-fact-yourself-live-with-aida-rodriguez

On Friday (June 21), I'm doing an online reading for the @Locusmag Awards at 16hPT.

On Saturday (June 22), I'll be in Oakland, CA for a panel and a keynote at the Locus Awards:

https://locusmag.com/2024-locus-awards-weekend/

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Sphinxmumps Linkdump: My weekly declaration of link bankruptcy.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112621712220707098

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Post one of Australia’s banned links, get fined AU$11,000/day https://web.archive.org/web/20090618142709/https://www.watoday.com.au/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day-20090615-c9rv.html

Free young adult novel, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making https://web.archive.org/web/20090620053229/http://catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland/

Twitter reschedules maintenance to avoid clobbering Iranian dissidents https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/a/2009/down-time-rescheduled.html

Timberland’s new warranty conditions screw the prisoners who must buy them https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/timberland-boots-have-a-lifetime-warranty-unless-youre-in-prison/

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Ikea bullies Ikeahackers with bogus trademark claim https://memex.craphound.com/2014/06/15/ikea-bullies-ikeahackers-with-bogus-trademark-claim/

Father’s Day: A Bear for Punishment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdyOU4lQjY

FCC Chairman’s competition promise means nothing https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgak38/the-fcc-cant-help-cities-trapped-by-predatory-internet-deals-with-big-telecom</a

T-Mobile: your dead dad’s active phone will let you stay in touch https://consumerist.com/2014/06/13/t-mobile-rep-encourages-me-to-keep-dead-dads-mobile-line-open-to-hear-his-voice/

Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/#crisis-pregnancy-centers

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Yesterday's threads: Microsoft pinky swears that THIS TIME they'll make security a priority; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112616591432640378

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A frame from a Peanuts animation, depicting Lucy yanking the football away from Charlie Brown, who is somersaulting through the sky. It has been altered. Lucy's head has been replaced with Microsoft's Clippy. Charlie Brown's head has been replaced with a 19th century caricature of a grinning Uncle Sam. The sky has been replaced with a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
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    On Thursday (June 20), I'll be live onstage in Los Angeles for a recording of the Go Fact Yourself podcast:
    https://laist.com/events/go-fact-yourself-live-with-aida-rodriguez

    On Friday (June 21), I'm doing an online reading for the @Locusmag Awards at 16hPT.

    On Saturday (June 22), I'll be in Oakland, CA for a panel and a keynote at the Locus Awards:

    https://locusmag.com/2024-locus-awards-weekend/

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