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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago DHS admits it uses Stingrays for VIPs, vows to sometimes get warrants, stop lying to judges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/dhs-now-needs-warrant-for-stingray-use-but-not-when-protecting-president/

#5yrsago Free the law of Wisconsin https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/22/the-robots-are-listening/#rogue-archivist

#5yrsago US border cruelty, powered by Google cloud https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/22/the-robots-are-listening/#poulson

#5yrsago Companies target robots in disclosures https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/22/the-robots-are-listening/#goodharts-bank

#5yrsago ENDSARS https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/22/the-robots-are-listening/#endsars

#5yrsago IDing anonymized cops with facial recognition https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/22/the-robots-are-listening/#sousveillance

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Ars Technica

DHS now needs warrant for stingray use, but not when protecting president

New DHS rules have no bearing on how stingrays are used at state, local level.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/fable-comics-anthology-of-great-comics-artists-telling-fables-from-around-the-world/

#10yrsago J Edgar Hoover fought to write ex-FBI agents out of Hitchcock’s scripts https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/oct/22/alfred-hitchcocks-fbi-file/

#10yrsago Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/canadas-new-liberal-majority-better-than-the-tories-still-terrible-for-the-internet/

#10yrsago Forced laborers sue Mississippi debtors’ prison https://theintercept.com/2015/10/22/lawsuit-challenges-mississippi-debtors-prison/

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The Intercept

Lawsuit Challenges a Mississippi Debtors Prison

The suit alleges a “pay or stay” system in which impoverished plaintiffs unable to pay court-ordered fines must work off their debts at a penal farm.
https://memex.craphound.com

Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet

MuckRock

Saboteur: FBI worked behind the scenes to remove lines from an Alfred Hitchcock script they didn't like

When the FBI found out that an upcoming episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents featured an unscrupulous former agent willing to exploit his Bureau contacts for personal gain, they were furious at the slander ... and reached out to a former agent working studio security to do something about it, by any means necessary.
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Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago Son of Dieselgate: second line of VWs may have used “defeat devices” https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/22/us-volkswagen-emissions-engines-idUSKCN0SG0US20151022/

#10yrsago Obama administration petitions judge for no mercy in student debt bankruptcy https://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/33068-obama-administration-urges-no-bankruptcy-relief-for-student-debt

#10yrsago Complexity of financial crimes makes crooks unconvictable https://web.archive.org/web/20151022014805/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-21/has-it-become-impossible-to-prosecute-white-collar-crime-

#10yrsago Half of Vanuatu’s government is going to jail https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34600561

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Bloomberg.com

Has It Become Impossible to Prosecute White-Collar Crime?

Financial crimes might be too complicated to take to trial.
BBC News

Vanuatu court sentences 14 MPs to jail for corruption

A Vanuatu court sentences 14 MPs, including several cabinet ministers, to prison on charges of corruption, sparking political turmoil in the Pacific nation.

Obama Administration Urges No Bankruptcy Relief for Student Debt

'The Obama administration moved to block a bankruptcy court from erasing federal student loan debt, saying such an allowance would jeopardize the fiscal stability of the loan program.' Amy R. Connolly, UPI
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago Son of Dieselgate: second line of VWs may have used “defeat devices” https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/22/us-volkswagen-emissions-engines-idUSKCN0SG0US20151022/

#10yrsago Obama administration petitions judge for no mercy in student debt bankruptcy https://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/33068-obama-administration-urges-no-bankruptcy-relief-for-student-debt

#10yrsago Complexity of financial crimes makes crooks unconvictable https://web.archive.org/web/20151022014805/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-21/has-it-become-impossible-to-prosecute-white-collar-crime-

#10yrsago Half of Vanuatu’s government is going to jail https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34600561

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BBC News

Vanuatu court sentences 14 MPs to jail for corruption

A Vanuatu court sentences 14 MPs, including several cabinet ministers, to prison on charges of corruption, sparking political turmoil in the Pacific nation.

Obama Administration Urges No Bankruptcy Relief for Student Debt

'The Obama administration moved to block a bankruptcy court from erasing federal student loan debt, saying such an allowance would jeopardize the fiscal stability of the loan program.' Amy R. Connolly, UPI
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/fable-comics-anthology-of-great-comics-artists-telling-fables-from-around-the-world/

#10yrsago J Edgar Hoover fought to write ex-FBI agents out of Hitchcock’s scripts https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/oct/22/alfred-hitchcocks-fbi-file/

#10yrsago Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/canadas-new-liberal-majority-better-than-the-tories-still-terrible-for-the-internet/

#10yrsago Forced laborers sue Mississippi debtors’ prison https://theintercept.com/2015/10/22/lawsuit-challenges-mississippi-debtors-prison/

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The Intercept

Lawsuit Challenges a Mississippi Debtors Prison

The suit alleges a “pay or stay” system in which impoverished plaintiffs unable to pay court-ordered fines must work off their debts at a penal farm.
https://memex.craphound.com

Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet

MuckRock

Saboteur: FBI worked behind the scenes to remove lines from an Alfred Hitchcock script they didn't like

When the FBI found out that an upcoming episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents featured an unscrupulous former agent willing to exploit his Bureau contacts for personal gain, they were furious at the slander ... and reached out to a former agent working studio security to do something about it, by any means necessary.
https://memex.craphound.com

Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago How enforcing a crappy patent bankrupted the Eskimo Pie company https://web.archive.org/web/20190309071221/https://slate.com/technology/2015/10/what-the-history-of-eskimo-pies-says-about-software-patents-today.html

#10yrsago TPP means no more domain privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/us-bypasses-icann-debates-domain-privacy-closed-room-deals-oecd-and-tpp

#10yrsago McDonald’s China debuts a cement-gray bun https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/weird-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world/

#10yrsago Terrorists torch five black Ferguson-area churches, nation yawns https://web.archive.org/web/20151020194546/http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/black-churches-burning-ferguson-area/

#10yrsago HOWTO make a trashcan Stormtrooper helmet https://scudamor.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/make-your-own-stormtrooper-helmet/

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Make your own Stormtrooper helmet

Make your own Stormtrooper helmet: One white bin, electrical tape, black paper, double sided sticky tape, sheer determination. I made this helmet for a school event.  I had a student that said that…
The Telegraph

Fancy some McSpaghetti? Weird McDonald's food around the world

Electronic Frontier Foundation

U.S. Bypasses ICANN Debates on Domain Privacy with Closed Room Deals at the OECD and TPP

Today ICANN's GNSO Privacy...
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/fable-comics-anthology-of-great-comics-artists-telling-fables-from-around-the-world/

#10yrsago J Edgar Hoover fought to write ex-FBI agents out of Hitchcock’s scripts https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/oct/22/alfred-hitchcocks-fbi-file/

#10yrsago Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/22/canadas-new-liberal-majority-better-than-the-tories-still-terrible-for-the-internet/

#10yrsago Forced laborers sue Mississippi debtors’ prison https://theintercept.com/2015/10/22/lawsuit-challenges-mississippi-debtors-prison/

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The Intercept

Lawsuit Challenges a Mississippi Debtors Prison

The suit alleges a “pay or stay” system in which impoverished plaintiffs unable to pay court-ordered fines must work off their debts at a penal farm.
https://memex.craphound.com

Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet

MuckRock

Saboteur: FBI worked behind the scenes to remove lines from an Alfred Hitchcock script they didn't like

When the FBI found out that an upcoming episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents featured an unscrupulous former agent willing to exploit his Bureau contacts for personal gain, they were furious at the slander ... and reached out to a former agent working studio security to do something about it, by any means necessary.
https://memex.craphound.com

Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago How enforcing a crappy patent bankrupted the Eskimo Pie company https://web.archive.org/web/20190309071221/https://slate.com/technology/2015/10/what-the-history-of-eskimo-pies-says-about-software-patents-today.html

#10yrsago TPP means no more domain privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/us-bypasses-icann-debates-domain-privacy-closed-room-deals-oecd-and-tpp

#10yrsago McDonald’s China debuts a cement-gray bun https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/weird-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world/

#10yrsago Terrorists torch five black Ferguson-area churches, nation yawns https://web.archive.org/web/20151020194546/http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/black-churches-burning-ferguson-area/

#10yrsago HOWTO make a trashcan Stormtrooper helmet https://scudamor.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/make-your-own-stormtrooper-helmet/

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Make your own Stormtrooper helmet

Make your own Stormtrooper helmet: One white bin, electrical tape, black paper, double sided sticky tape, sheer determination. I made this helmet for a school event.  I had a student that said that…
Slate Magazine

What the History of Eskimo Pies Tells Us About Software Patents Today

To the extent that they cross our minds at all, we generally think of patents as good things: rewards for meritorious inventors. It might seem, then,...
The Telegraph

Fancy some McSpaghetti? Weird McDonald's food around the world

Electronic Frontier Foundation

U.S. Bypasses ICANN Debates on Domain Privacy with Closed Room Deals at the OECD and TPP

Today ICANN's GNSO Privacy...
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#10yrsago How enforcing a crappy patent bankrupted the Eskimo Pie company https://web.archive.org/web/20190309071221/https://slate.com/technology/2015/10/what-the-history-of-eskimo-pies-says-about-software-patents-today.html

#10yrsago TPP means no more domain privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/us-bypasses-icann-debates-domain-privacy-closed-room-deals-oecd-and-tpp

#10yrsago McDonald’s China debuts a cement-gray bun https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/weird-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world/

#10yrsago Terrorists torch five black Ferguson-area churches, nation yawns https://web.archive.org/web/20151020194546/http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/black-churches-burning-ferguson-area/

#10yrsago HOWTO make a trashcan Stormtrooper helmet https://scudamor.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/make-your-own-stormtrooper-helmet/

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Compromises with Reality

Make your own Stormtrooper helmet

Make your own Stormtrooper helmet: One white bin, electrical tape, black paper, double sided sticky tape, sheer determination. I made this helmet for a school event.  I had a student that said that…
The Telegraph

Fancy some McSpaghetti? Weird McDonald's food around the world

Electronic Frontier Foundation

U.S. Bypasses ICANN Debates on Domain Privacy with Closed Room Deals at the OECD and TPP

Today ICANN's GNSO Privacy...
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#15yrsago T-shirt turns into a zombie https://web.archive.org/web/20101123131037/http://deezteez.com/funny-t-shirts/460/turn-into-a-zombie-t-shirt.html?SSAID=112726

#15yrsago Terrified feds try to bar Bunnie Huang from testifying at Xbox jailbreaking trial https://web.archive.org/web/20101023061952/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/xbox-modder-tria/

#15yrsago Derren Brown’s Confessions of a Conjuror: funny memoir is also a meditation on attention, theatrics and psychology https://memex.craphound.com/2010/10/21/derren-browns-confessions-of-a-conjuror-funny-memoir-is-also-a-meditation-on-attention-theatrics-and-psychology/

#10yrsago Wikileaks hosting files from CIA director John Brennan’s AOL account https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/wikileaks-publishes-e-mail-from-cia-directors-hacked-aol-account/

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Ars Technica

WikiLeaks publishes e-mail from CIA director’s hacked AOL account

Published info includes contact info for John Brennan’s family, close friends.

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#10yrsago Hungarian camerawoman who tripped refugee announces she will sue that refugee https://www.techdirt.com/2015/10/21/hungarian-camera-woman-filmed-tripping-refugees-plans-to-sue-facebook-refugee-she-tripped/

#10yrsago Entropy explained, beautifully, in comic-book form https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/10/03/sousanis/XOMd3JBYnEdzQCWHM6twTJ/story.html

#10yrsago How a mathematician teaches “Little Brother” to a first-year seminar https://derekbruff.org/2015/10/21/in-class-collaborative-debate-mapping-or-how-a-mathematician-teaches-a-novel/

#10yrsago UK “anti-radicalisation” law can take kids from thoughtcriming parents in secret trials https://www.techdirt.com/2015/10/21/uk-goes-full-orwell-government-to-take-children-away-parents-if-they-might-become-radicalized/

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Techdirt

UK Goes Full Orwell: Government To Take Children Away From Parents If They Might Become Radicalized

Pfd Guidance Radicalisation Cases (PDF) Pfd Guidance Radicalisation Cases (Text)
https://derekbruff.org

In-Class Collaborative Debate Mapping, or How a Mathematician Teaches a Novel

BostonGlobe.com

Against the flow - The Boston Globe

Each of us, during our brief time in the stream, has the opportunity to reflect on the forces that set this in motion.
Techdirt

Hungarian Camera Woman Filmed Tripping Refugees Plans To Sue Facebook, Refugee She Tripped

You probably recall that during the recent and ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, Petra Laszlo, a camera woman for Hungarian news outlet N1, was recorded tripping refugees and kicking their children as…
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#20yrsago Ham operator corrects Morse code on the Disneyland Railroad https://web.archive.org/web/20050905155040/http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Disneyland/Secrets/Square/Morse.html

#20yrsago Accused DUIs demand access to breathalyzer software source-code https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2005/10/21/breathalyzers-and-open-source/

#20yrsago How Disneyland’s Mark Twain riverboat sank https://web.archive.org/web/20051025011944/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635154764,00.html

#15yrsago Old film rejection slip: “All scenes of an unpleasant nature should be eliminated” https://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/1374666427/the-rejection-slip-the-motion-picture-studio

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Old Hollywood

The rejection slip the motion picture studio Essanay Film Manufacturing Company (1907-1925) sent screenwriters whose submissions were found wanting. Essanay is best remembered today for its series of...

Decoding the Disneyland New Orleans Square Train Station's Telegraph Message

Fun facts about Disneyland's New Orleans Square Train Station's morse code's real meaning and history. Decoding the Disneyland Telegraph.
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#15yrsago T-shirt turns into a zombie https://web.archive.org/web/20101123131037/http://deezteez.com/funny-t-shirts/460/turn-into-a-zombie-t-shirt.html?SSAID=112726

#15yrsago Terrified feds try to bar Bunnie Huang from testifying at Xbox jailbreaking trial https://web.archive.org/web/20101023061952/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/xbox-modder-tria/

#15yrsago Derren Brown’s Confessions of a Conjuror: funny memoir is also a meditation on attention, theatrics and psychology https://memex.craphound.com/2010/10/21/derren-browns-confessions-of-a-conjuror-funny-memoir-is-also-a-meditation-on-attention-theatrics-and-psychology/

#10yrsago Wikileaks hosting files from CIA director John Brennan’s AOL account https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/wikileaks-publishes-e-mail-from-cia-directors-hacked-aol-account/

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Ars Technica

WikiLeaks publishes e-mail from CIA director’s hacked AOL account

Published info includes contact info for John Brennan’s family, close friends.

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#10yrsago Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains https://mathbabe.org/2015/10/20/guest-post-dirty-rant-about-the-human-brain-project/

#10yrsago On saying “no”: creativity, self-care, privilege, and knowing your limits https://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/120472862666

#5yrsago Solar's "miracle material" https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#perovskite

#5yrsago Cadillac perfects the murdermobile https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#caddy

#5yrsago Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#austerity

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Austin Kleon

How to graciously say no to anyone “There is no money in answering letters.”  —Groucho Marx A couple of years ago, I was getting sent this article, “Creative People Say No,” at least twice a day. The...
mathbabe

Guest post: Dirty Rant About The Human Brain Project

This is a guest post by a neuroscientist who may or may not be a graduate student somewhere in Massachusetts. You asked me about the Human Brain Project. Well, there is only one way to properly add…
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#15yrsago Scary Godmother: delightful, spooky graphic storybook for kids https://memex.craphound.com/2010/10/20/scary-godmother-delightful-spooky-graphic-storybook-for-kids/

#10yrsago The Welcome to Night Vale novel dances a tightrope between weird humor and real pathos https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/20/the-welcome-to-night-vale-novel-dances-a-tightrope-between-weird-humor-and-real-pathos/

#10yrsago How a lobbyist/doctor couple are destroying Worker’s Comp across America https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-corporate-americas-plan-to-ditch-workers-comp

#10yrsago How the market for zero-day vulnerabilities works https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/the-rise-of-the-zero-day-market/

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Ars Technica

The first rule of zero-days is no one talks about zero-days (so we’ll explain)

Just as defenders find their feet, lawmakers move to outlaw security research entirely.
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#10yrsago Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains https://mathbabe.org/2015/10/20/guest-post-dirty-rant-about-the-human-brain-project/

#10yrsago On saying “no”: creativity, self-care, privilege, and knowing your limits https://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/120472862666

#5yrsago Solar's "miracle material" https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#perovskite

#5yrsago Cadillac perfects the murdermobile https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#caddy

#5yrsago Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the-cadillac-of-murdermobiles/#austerity

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Austin Kleon

How to graciously say no to anyone “There is no money in answering letters.”  —Groucho Marx A couple of years ago, I was getting sent this article, “Creative People Say No,” at least twice a day. The...
mathbabe

Guest post: Dirty Rant About The Human Brain Project

This is a guest post by a neuroscientist who may or may not be a graduate student somewhere in Massachusetts. You asked me about the Human Brain Project. Well, there is only one way to properly add…
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#20yrsago WSJ tech writer damns DRM https://web.archive.org/web/20051027023456/http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20051020.html

#20yrsago Fundraiser: donate $500 to shut up loudmouth message-board poster https://www.metafilter.com/dios-rothkofundraiser.mefi

#20yrsago Chinese activist to Jerry Yang: You are helping to maintain an evil system https://web.archive.org/web/20051027021122/https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/gelman/archives/003388.shtml/

#15yrsago Canadian gov’t scientists protest gag order, go straight to public with own website https://web.archive.org/web/20101020142208/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/federal-scientists-go-public-in-face-of-restrictive-media-rules/article1761624/

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#15yrsago Scary Godmother: delightful, spooky graphic storybook for kids https://memex.craphound.com/2010/10/20/scary-godmother-delightful-spooky-graphic-storybook-for-kids/

#10yrsago The Welcome to Night Vale novel dances a tightrope between weird humor and real pathos https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/20/the-welcome-to-night-vale-novel-dances-a-tightrope-between-weird-humor-and-real-pathos/

#10yrsago How a lobbyist/doctor couple are destroying Worker’s Comp across America https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-corporate-americas-plan-to-ditch-workers-comp

#10yrsago How the market for zero-day vulnerabilities works https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/the-rise-of-the-zero-day-market/

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Ars Technica

The first rule of zero-days is no one talks about zero-days (so we’ll explain)

Just as defenders find their feet, lawmakers move to outlaw security research entirely.
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#10yrsago Now we know the NSA blew the black budget breaking crypto, how can you defend yourself? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH

#10yrsago 23andme & Ancestry.com aggregated the world’s DNA; the police obliged them by asking for it https://web.archive.org/web/20151023033455/https://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/

#10yrsago A chess-set you wear in a ring https://imgur.com/worlds-smallest-chess-set-ring-Hh3Jeip

#10yrsago Exploiting smartphone cables as antennae that receive silent, pwning voice commands https://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-radio-trick-silently-hacks-siri-from-16-feet-away/

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Fusion

Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their customers' DNA

Ask your family members about their criminal plans before spitting in that vial.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

How to Protect Yourself from NSA Attacks on 1024-bit DH

In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and VPN connections using an attack on common implementations of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange...
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

#15yrsago NYPD won’t disclose what it does with its secret military-grade X-ray vans https://web.archive.org/web/20151017212024/http://www.nyclu.org/news/nypd-unlawfully-hiding-x-ray-van-use-city-neighborhoods-nyclu-argues

#10yrsago The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo: greatly improved, but something important has been lost https://back-then.tumblr.com/post/131407456141/the-international-concatenated-order-of-hoo-hoo

#5yrsago Happy World Standards Day or not https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/18/middle-gauge-muddle/#aoc-flex

#5yrsago Amazon returns end up in landfills https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/16/lucky-ducky/#landfillers

#5yrsago UK to tax Amazon's victims https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/16/lucky-ducky/#amazon-tax

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The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo 1905 More information: http://buff.ly/1ZNu3tM

NYPD Unlawfully Hiding X-Ray Van Use in City Neighborhoods, NYCLU Argues | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

#15yrsago NYPD won’t disclose what it does with its secret military-grade X-ray vans https://web.archive.org/web/20151017212024/http://www.nyclu.org/news/nypd-unlawfully-hiding-x-ray-van-use-city-neighborhoods-nyclu-argues

#10yrsago The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo: greatly improved, but something important has been lost https://back-then.tumblr.com/post/131407456141/the-international-concatenated-order-of-hoo-hoo

#5yrsago Happy World Standards Day or not https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/18/middle-gauge-muddle/#aoc-flex

#5yrsago Amazon returns end up in landfills https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/16/lucky-ducky/#landfillers

#5yrsago UK to tax Amazon's victims https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/16/lucky-ducky/#amazon-tax

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The past is a foreign country

The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo 1905 More information: http://buff.ly/1ZNu3tM

NYPD Unlawfully Hiding X-Ray Van Use in City Neighborhoods, NYCLU Argues | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State

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#10yrsago Titanic victory for fair use: appeals court says Google’s book-scanning is legal https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/16/titanic-victory-for-fair-use-appeals-court-says-googles-book-scanning-is-legal/

#10yrsago Snowden for drones: The Intercept’s expose on US drone attacks, revealed by a new leaker https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/

#10yrsago Tweens are smarter than you think: the wonderful, true story of the ERMAHGERD meme https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/ermahgerd-girl-true-story

#10yrsago UK MPs learn that GCHQ can spy on them, too, so now we may get a debate on surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/14/gchq-monitor-communications-mps-peers-tribunal-wilson-doctrine

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the Guardian

GCHQ can monitor MPs' communications, court rules

Investigatory powers tribunal rules that so-called Wilson doctrine offers no protection for parliamentarians’ communications
Vanity Fair

Ermahgerddon: The Untold Story of the Ermahgerd Girl

Meet Maggie Goldenberger, who helplessly watched an Internet meme spawn from her awkward adolescent photo. Except, maybe the “Gershberms” girl never existed at all?
The Intercept

Squirrel Archive

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr (and 1 other) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

#10yrsago Now we know the NSA blew the black budget breaking crypto, how can you defend yourself? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH

#10yrsago 23andme & Ancestry.com aggregated the world’s DNA; the police obliged them by asking for it https://web.archive.org/web/20151023033455/https://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/

#10yrsago A chess-set you wear in a ring https://imgur.com/worlds-smallest-chess-set-ring-Hh3Jeip

#10yrsago Exploiting smartphone cables as antennae that receive silent, pwning voice commands https://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-radio-trick-silently-hacks-siri-from-16-feet-away/

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Fusion

Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their customers' DNA

Ask your family members about their criminal plans before spitting in that vial.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

How to Protect Yourself from NSA Attacks on 1024-bit DH

In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and VPN connections using an attack on common implementations of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange...
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#10yrsago A Swedish doctor’s collection of English anatomical idioms https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/body-of-work/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.15.2015 (1)

#10yrsago Some suggestions for sad, rich people https://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/10/18/the-1-of-problems/

#10yrsago That “CIA veteran” who was always on Fox News? Arrested for lying about being in the CIA https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/fox-news-terrorism-expert-arrested-for-pretending-to-be-cia/6859576

#10yrsago Eric Holder: I didn’t prosecute bankers for reasons unrelated to my $3M/year law firm salary https://theintercept.com/2015/10/16/holder-defends-record-of-not-prosecuting-financial-fraud/

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The Intercept

Holder Defends Record of Not Prosecuting Financial Fraud

After he stepped down as attorney general, he went back to his job at a big D.C. law firm whose clients include many of the big banks he chose not to prosecute.

Fox News 'terror expert' arrested for lying about CIA career

A frequent Fox News guest analyst is charged with fraud after falsely claiming to be a former CIA agent, US prosecutors say.
Whatever

The 1% of Problems

Today’s Thing About Rich People Appalling the Internet: “Wealth therapy tackles woes of the rich: ‘It’s really isolating to have lots of money,'” an article in the Guardian …
Harvard Gazette

Body of work — Harvard Gazette

An émigré physician at Harvard Medical School has written a book about the multitude of anatomy-based English expressions.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

#10yrsago Titanic victory for fair use: appeals court says Google’s book-scanning is legal https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/16/titanic-victory-for-fair-use-appeals-court-says-googles-book-scanning-is-legal/

#10yrsago Snowden for drones: The Intercept’s expose on US drone attacks, revealed by a new leaker https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/

#10yrsago Tweens are smarter than you think: the wonderful, true story of the ERMAHGERD meme https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/ermahgerd-girl-true-story

#10yrsago UK MPs learn that GCHQ can spy on them, too, so now we may get a debate on surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/14/gchq-monitor-communications-mps-peers-tribunal-wilson-doctrine

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the Guardian

GCHQ can monitor MPs' communications, court rules

Investigatory powers tribunal rules that so-called Wilson doctrine offers no protection for parliamentarians’ communications
Vanity Fair

Ermahgerddon: The Untold Story of the Ermahgerd Girl

Meet Maggie Goldenberger, who helplessly watched an Internet meme spawn from her awkward adolescent photo. Except, maybe the “Gershberms” girl never existed at all?
The Intercept

Squirrel Archive

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#10yrsago A Swedish doctor’s collection of English anatomical idioms https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/body-of-work/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.15.2015 (1)

#10yrsago Some suggestions for sad, rich people https://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/10/18/the-1-of-problems/

#10yrsago That “CIA veteran” who was always on Fox News? Arrested for lying about being in the CIA https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/fox-news-terrorism-expert-arrested-for-pretending-to-be-cia/6859576

#10yrsago Eric Holder: I didn’t prosecute bankers for reasons unrelated to my $3M/year law firm salary https://theintercept.com/2015/10/16/holder-defends-record-of-not-prosecuting-financial-fraud/

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The Intercept

Holder Defends Record of Not Prosecuting Financial Fraud

After he stepped down as attorney general, he went back to his job at a big D.C. law firm whose clients include many of the big banks he chose not to prosecute.

Fox News 'terror expert' arrested for lying about CIA career

A frequent Fox News guest analyst is charged with fraud after falsely claiming to be a former CIA agent, US prosecutors say.
Whatever

The 1% of Problems

Today’s Thing About Rich People Appalling the Internet: “Wealth therapy tackles woes of the rich: ‘It’s really isolating to have lots of money,'” an article in the Guardian …
Harvard Gazette

Body of work — Harvard Gazette

An émigré physician at Harvard Medical School has written a book about the multitude of anatomy-based English expressions.
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