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2026-10-31 11:05:58
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: Formalities; and more!
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/31/burn-berne/
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A humanoid robot with blue skin pocked with transparent patches that show circuit boards beneath. Its eyes are yellow copyright symbols. It is admiring its reflection in a mirror supported by a gold robot. The reflection of the robot has red x's in its eyes instead of copyright symbols.
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2026-10-31 11:07:27
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Cory Doctorow
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Formalities: When it comes to AI, the Copyright Office is restoring copyright to its proper status, as something you have to work to get.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117536184966334512
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2026-10-31 11:07:37
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Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Adam Conover: Big Divorce Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVB-SUX7zgk
* Voting machines left unattended, as usual
https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/10/27/voting-machines-left-unattended-as-usual/
* In China, the AI bubble has already burst
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-ai-bubble-has-already-burst-2026-10-26/
* No one loves you more than Exxon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyQXGynwsgz
* "The Bottle Imps" — new short fiction by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling
https://boingboing.net/2026/10/30/the-bottle-imps-rudy-rucker-bruce-sterling.html
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2026-10-31 11:07:51
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#25yrsago
Slushpiles v anthrax
https://memex.craphound.com/2001/10/29/some-publishers-have-instituted-new/
#25yrsago
Image analogies
https://mrl.cs.nyu.edu/projects/image-analogies/
#25yrsago
Cleaning the Fucking Kitchen for Dummies
https://web.archive.org/web/20011007082222/https://www.fridgemagnet.org.uk/kitchen.html
#20yrsago
Last minute changes snuck into Aussie DMCA
https://web.archive.org/web/20061104133320/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004975.php
#20yrsago
Creative Commons 3.0 license drafts published
https://creativecommons.org/2006/10/30/version30revisedlicensedrafts/
#20yrsago
Bush legalizes martial law
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/06/10/28/1934208/bush-signs-bill-enabling-martial-law
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