Murray Hunter writes, "I'm a digital rights activist in South Africa – I've written and illustrated a silly, subversive kid's book about the Big Data industry, and a squiggly, wiggly robot sent out to track and profile all the babies. It's not an 'eat your vegetables' kind of book: all I wanted to do was tell a story that could delight young kids (ages 3-5) while also inviting them to imagine for the first time a secret and hidden world of data collection. I don't think it's been done yet, and – well, why not? I've just launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish it in hardcover and thought it might pique the interest of a few happy mutants.
Crowdfunding a picture book about resisting surveillance
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Library doesn't even want overdue copy of 1971's "Baseball's Zaniest Stars" back
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Turn long meetings into short summaries with this AI-powered recorder
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Fix your photos faster than you can say "cheese"
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