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50 years after his death, the extent of Walt Disney's services to the FBI remain secret

Walt Disney's decades-long friendship with J Edgar Hoover and the FBI began with the anti-Communist hysteria of the Hollywood blacklists, and nearly lead to children’s shows and amusement park rides normalizing law enforcement for entire generations of Dumbo-loving children.

Pope unlikely to sway top US critics on climate

The Pope's address to Congress on climate change will not sway some influential energy politicians in the US.

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Cox Accuses Rightscorp of Mass Copyright Infringement

Internet provider Cox Communications has hit back at anti-piracy company Rightscorp. While denying responsibility for the alleged copyright infringements of its subscribers, Cox turns the tables, accusing Rightscorp of sharing thousands of copyrighted works without permission.

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Pluralistic: Margaret Killjoy's "The Sapling Cage" (24 Sep 2024)

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Pluralistic: 24 Sep 2020

What shape is the internet?

According to patent drawings, it's a cloud, or a bean, or a web, or an explosion, or a highway, or maybe a weird lump.

'I cannot be that person': why the 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers' had to quit

After succumbing to intrusive demands of corporate sponsors, including putting her children in her blog Dooce, Heather Armstrong had had enough

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Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...

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New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new...

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