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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:18 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Mozilla is throwing a science fiction convention in London

    Kevin from Mozilla writes, "MozFest — the annual internet festival hosted by Mozilla in London — is all about software. Right? Not so. The festival explores the future of the… Read the rest of the article: Mozilla is throwing a science fiction convention in London

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:23 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    EFF and McSweeney's collaborated on a publication: "The End of Trust"

    The End of Trust will be McSweeney's issue 54, the first-ever all-nonfiction issue of McSweeney's, with more than 30 contributions on "surveillance in the digital age."

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:09 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    A new flag for Mississippi: the Mighty Magnolia

    Chase Quarterman writes, "In early 2016, I began working on a graphic design thesis project that explored Mississippi history and symbolism, relating to a re-design of the Mississippi flag (I'm… Read the rest of the article: A new flag for Mississippi: the Mighty Magnolia

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:04 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Increasing accessibility to increase bookstore profits

    Authors Nicola Griffith (So Lucky) and Kate Ristau (Clockbreakers) and bookseller Annie Carl (The Neverending Bookshop) presented at last week's Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association on the ways that increasing accessibility… Read the rest of the article: Increasing accessibility to increase bookstore profits

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:48 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Urban Dictionary attempts to incorporate Kavanaugh's definition of "Devil's Triangle"

    A "Devil's Triangle" is a widely used term for an act of sexual congress between two men and a woman; but during his hearing, Brett Kavanaugh nonsensically insisted that this… Read the rest of the article: Urban Dictionary attempts to incorporate Kavanaugh's definition of "Devil's Triangle"

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:38 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Seattle cops announce registry for high-risk swatting targets

    The Seattle Police Department, having coped with two (thankfully) nonlethal swatting incidents since June, has announced a registry where people worried they might be swatted (previously) can sign up; the… Read the rest of the article: Seattle cops announce registry for high-risk swatting targets

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:26 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    American tech adoption has flatlined

    The Pew Center reports that there's been virtually no growth in US adoption of broadband, computers, mobile devices, or smart home devices for two years, and not just because of… Read the rest of the article: American tech adoption has flatlined

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:17 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Chinese slackers embrace "fat otaku happiness"

    Feizhai kuaile ("fat otaku happiness") is a semi-ironic term used by young Chinese people on social media to celebrate slacking off with sedentary activities and high-calorie snacks, which are given… Read the rest of the article: Chinese slackers embrace "fat otaku happiness"

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:55 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Georgia purged 10% of its voters: here's a way to check if you're one of them!

    Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp (previously) embarked on an aggressive voter suppression campaign in 2017, purging 10% of the voter roll, some 591,000 Georgian voters.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:41 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Devin Nunes's much-touted California farm secretly moved to Iowa in 2006, in a district dependent on undocumented workers

    California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes (previously) has been one of Trump's most ardent supporters, who has used his office as Head of the House Intelligence Committee to promote the evidence-free… Read the rest of the article: Devin Nunes's much-touted California farm secretly moved to Iowa in 2006, in a district dependent on undocumented workers

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:58 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    When Mickey Mouse was sent to a Nazi concentration camp

    In 1942, Horst Rosenthal was sent to the Vichy concentration camp Gurs, where he drew a comic-book that survived him: Mickey au Camp de Gurs, it tells the story of… Read the rest of the article: When Mickey Mouse was sent to a Nazi concentration camp

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:46 am Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    Amazon will raise its minimum wage for employees to $15 (what about contractors?)

    First, Disney announced that all its salaried workers would get a raise to $15/hour (with more raises to come); then Bernie Sanders announced legislation named after Jeff Bezos that would… Read the rest of the article: Amazon will raise its minimum wage for employees to $15 (what about contractors?)

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:02 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    Little Green Terracotta Army Men

    Forget Little Green Army Men in Yoga Poses; they're totally 2016; the contemporary Little Green Army Man is a mashup with the terracotta warriors: they're $41 from Hobbylink Japan. (via… Read the rest of the article: Little Green Terracotta Army Men

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  • Cory Doctorow
    4:03 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    Talking about Ron Howard's Haunted Mansion album with the Comedy on Vinyl podcast

    It's been two years since I last sat down with Jason Klamm for his Comedy on Vinyl podcast (we were discussing Allan Sherman's My Son, The Nut); we were past… Read the rest of the article: Talking about Ron Howard's Haunted Mansion album with the Comedy on Vinyl podcast

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:53 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    Depictions of Addiction: a free online photography course, starting in two days

    The amazing, award-winning photographer and photography teacher Jonathan Worth (previously) is about to launch his next course: Depictions of Addiction, from Connected Academy, with internationally renowned photographers Nina Berman, Jeffrey… Read the rest of the article: Depictions of Addiction: a free online photography course, starting in two days

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:44 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    The Big Lie: how polygraph companies convinced the US government to use pseudoscience on job applicants

    Lie detectors don't work: that's why they're not admissible as legal evidence and why it's illegal to subject private sector job-applicants to polygraph tests.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:24 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    California bans all-male corporate boards

    As of 2019, publicly traded California corporations will have to have at least one woman board-member or face fines; the minimum number of woman board members climbs to two in… Read the rest of the article: California bans all-male corporate boards

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:10 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    MC Frontalot's new album: OG nerdcore looks in horror and asks "What hath we wrought?"

    MC Frontalot (previously) is one of the OGs of nerdcore hiphop, bringing out huge crowds of fans for his music all over the world (I once caught him doing a… Read the rest of the article: MC Frontalot's new album: OG nerdcore looks in horror and asks "What hath we wrought?"

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  • Cory Doctorow
    2:45 pm Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature

    The heroic age of text adventure games was dominated by Zork and Zorkalikes, many from the games studio Infocom; the text adventures' fortunes sagged when improvements in computer graphics lowered… Read the rest of the article: The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:54 am Mon, Oct 1, 2018
    Brazilian electoral upset possible as fascist loses ground to surging leftist

    Jair Bolsonaro — Brazil's authoritarian, "sexist, racist and homophobic" presidential candidate — was supposed to have the election sewn up, with the Brazilian left in retreat.

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