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Inside: No such thing as selective censorship resistance; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/16/too-many-throats-to-choke/
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Good discussion of the inherent anti-censorship benefits of decentralization.
Giving #Bluesky credit for being decentralized because of #Blacksky, when Blacksky only currently has about 2000 users out of 34 million, seems a bit generous. But heck, it's a start, right?
Good mention of the Bluesky TOS changes, but feel like it would more accurate to say AT Protocol is potentially decentralizable, rather than currently decentralized, until mass credible exit is actually a reality.
#Ithaca and #NYC! I'm heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11-17. Here's a list of open-to-all #Cornell activities including two major keynotes and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC:
https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/visits/cory-doctorow/
I'll also be at the #Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21:
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No such thing as selective censorship resistance: Age verification, or getting rid of Big Tech (pick one).
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115214741810451619
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Hey look at this
* Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/ (h/t Nelson Minar)
* A Tale of Two Countries https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-countries
* Apple's Assault on Standards https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/ (h/t Dan Gillmor)
* Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Lamp and air humidifier with up to 4 light modes https://www.squattingslavs.org/products/chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant (h/t Bruce Sterling)
* Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOoIzjokRpx/ (h/t Alice)
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d to more programming https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/16/tivos-accidental-no-save-locks-applied-to-more-programming/
#20yrsago Finnish Culture Minister: citizens concerned about copyright are “terrorists” https://hietanen.typepad.com/copyfraud/2005/09/the_story_of_fi.html
#20yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson on eco-disasters on Earth and Mars https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown
#20yrsago WIPO wants to give webcasters the right to steal from public domain, Creative Commons and GPL http://www.cptech.org/wipo/15sep05letter2usptoloc.html
#15yrsago Astronauts’ fingernails fall off https://web.archive.org/web/20100916000752/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100913-science-space-astronauts-gloves-fingernails-injury/
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d to more programming https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/16/tivos-accidental-no-save-locks-applied-to-more-programming/
#20yrsago Finnish Culture Minister: citizens concerned about copyright are “terrorists” https://hietanen.typepad.com/copyfraud/2005/09/the_story_of_fi.html
#20yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson on eco-disasters on Earth and Mars https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown
#20yrsago WIPO wants to give webcasters the right to steal from public domain, Creative Commons and GPL http://www.cptech.org/wipo/15sep05letter2usptoloc.html
#15yrsago Astronauts’ fingernails fall off https://web.archive.org/web/20100916000752/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100913-science-space-astronauts-gloves-fingernails-injury/
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