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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Async mugwump linkdump; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/30/dewey-502/

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18+ energiepirat ,
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@pluralistic That's not a thread, that's a threat.

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Tomorrow (Mar 31), I'll be at Wondercon in Anaheim! Catch me at 10AM in room 207 for a panel on YA fantasy, at 11AM in the signing room, and at 2PM in room 213CD for a panel on teaching SF/F writing:

https://www.comic-con.org/wc/things-to-do/complete-schedule/

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Async mugwump linkdump: A weekend assortment.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112185994087113198

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Gates’s vision — and failure thereof https://memex.craphound.com/2004/03/30/gatess-vision-and-failure-thereof/

When it comes to the Kindle, authors are focused on the wrong risk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/31/cory-doctorow-kindle

Bank pushing 120% APR loans https://web.archive.org/web/20090403052204/https://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/03/120_apr.php

DRM should be disclosed on game-boxes https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/03/halpin/

America’s bankers are oligarchs https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/307364/

Spyware increasingly a part of domestic violence https://memex.craphound.com/2014/03/30/spyware-increasingly-a-part-of-domestic-violence/

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Chinese censor prosecuted for taking bribes to censor remarks companies and government officials disliked https://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/03/30/0216218/china-prosecuted-internet-policeman-in-paid-deletion-cases

Animated David Byrne/Big Suit enamel pin https://www.psapress.com/products/stop-making-sense-enamel-pin

Researchers find mountains of sensitive data on totalled Teslas in junkyards https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/tesla-model-3-keeps-data-like-crash-videos-location-phone-contacts.html

Facebook owns Netscape https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/03/brand-necrophilia-part-7/

We should ban TikTok('s surveillance) https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/30/tik-tok-tow/#good-politics-for-electoral-victories

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Yesterday's threads: Subprime gadgets; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112179953191209017

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/).

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Tomorrow (Mar 31), I'll be at Wondercon in Anaheim! Catch me at 10AM in room 207 for a panel on YA fantasy, at 11AM in the signing room, and at 2PM in room 213CD for a panel on teaching SF/F writing:

https://www.comic-con.org/wc/things-to-do/complete-schedule/

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