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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:52:01 JST Cory Doctorow

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   Inside: Why I don't like AI art; and more!

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:51:58 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #15yrsago Secret copyright treaty will sideline the UN and replace it with private club of rich countries https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2010/03/acta-superstructure/

     #15yrsago Discarded photocopier hard drives stuffed full of corporate secrets https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192937/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/781567--high-tech-copy-machines-a-gold-mine-for-data-thieves

     #10yrsago If Indiana legalizes homophobic discrimination, Gen Con’s leaving Indianapolis https://files.gencon.com/Gen_Con_Statement_Regarding_SB101.pdf

     #10yrsago Sandwars: the mafias whose illegal sand mines make whole islands vanish https://www.wired.com/2015/03/illegal-sand-mining/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:51:59 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Hey look at this

     * Spammers are more consistent at making SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correct than are legitimate senders https://toad.social/@grumpybozo/114213600922816869

     * The Turd Reich https://mcusercontent.com/bd36014b9888db9081d204e78/files/27983e2f-9aa0-bf57-321f-53c4dbdeb252/the_turd_reich_A0_.pdf (h/t Crystaltips)

     * Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-25-merchant-of-menace-trump-and-the-jews/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:52:00 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Why I don't like AI art: I think I've figured it out.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114225413134332308

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:52:01 JST Cory Doctorow

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     I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

     Catch me in #CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:

     https://exileinbookville.com/events/44853s

     And in #BLOOMINGTON on Apr 4:

     https://morgensternbooks.com/event/2025-04-04/author-event-cory-doctorow

     More tour dates here:

     http://martinhench.com
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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:52:27 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago Social distancing and other diseases https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/badger-masks/#flu-too

     #5yrsago Record wind-power growth https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/badger-masks/#blows-blows

     #5yrsago Sanders on GOP stimulus cruelty https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/badger-masks/#unlimited-cruelty

     #5yrsago Canada nationalizes covid patents https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/badger-masks/#c13

     #5yrsago LoC plugs Little Brother https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/badger-masks/#lb-loc

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 07:52:28 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #10yrsago Woman medicated in a psychiatric ward until she said Obama didn’t follow her on Twitter https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-held-in-psychiatric-ward-after-correctly-saying-obama-follows-her-on-twitter-10132662.html

     #10yrsago As crypto wars begin, FBI silently removes sensible advice to encrypt your devices https://www.techdirt.com/2015/03/26/fbi-quietly-removes-recommendation-to-encrypt-your-phone-as-fbi-director-warns-how-encryption-will-lead-to-tears/

     #10yrsago Australia outlaws warrant canaries https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/australian-government-minister-dodge-new-data-retention-law-like-this/

     #10yrsago TPP leak: states give companies the right to repeal nations’ laws https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/its-time-act-now-congress-poised-introduce-bill-fast-track-tpp-next-week

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