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2026-10-19 00:53:02
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: The technopolitics of ad-tech; and more!
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/19/spying-v-context/
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A halftoned, yellowing scan of a 1940s page of newspaper ads. Emerging from the ads is a halftoned fist clad in spiked brass kuckles.
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2026-10-19 00:53:44
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The technopolitics of ad-tech: Spying is good for tech, context is good for publishers.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117466398959130071
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2026-10-19 00:54:37
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Hey look at this
* Trump DOJ Launches Bogus TV News Antitrust Probe
* US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers “ownership,” not “a license”
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/us-rep-proposes-bill-to-give-video-game-buyers-ownership-not-a-license/
* Saviour or Scoundrel?
https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/14308c3b-4f2a-4f39-a365-192c0206f886
* Tiny Little Office
https://tinylittleoffice.com/
* Future? No Thanks! - an ecosocialist game
https://futurenothanks.com/
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2026-10-19 00:55:57
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#25yrsago
Patrick Nielsen Hayden interviews Mike Ford
https://user.well.com/engaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=126
#20yrsago
Singapore bans Far East Economic Review
https://web.archive.org/web/20061010002951/https://www.feer.com/articles1/2006/0610/free/p006.html
#20yrsago
Publishing isn’t bestseller-driven
https://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/conventional_un/
#20yrsago
Why architecture and security don’t mix
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/10/architecture_an.html
#20yrsago
Vista licence: Microsoft’s abusive relationship with you
https://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/19/forbidding_vistas_windows_licensing_disserves_the_user.html
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#1yrago
The mad king's digital killswitch
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
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2026-10-19 00:56:45
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#20yrsago
Boy Scouts of America Concerned About Copyright
https://web.archive.org/web/20061110065012/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ffile%3D/news/archive/2006/10/20/entertainment/e110452D84.DTL
#15yrsago
Canadian Tories admit that Canadians don’t want DRM rules, push for them anyway
https://web.archive.org/web/20111022210131/http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6071/125
#15yrsago
Visualizing Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich
https://web.archive.org/web/20111021103517/http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/9-9-9-in-one-really-long-graph/
#15yrsago
Free Bieber: campaign to kill proposed law that would send you to prison for 5 years for singing copyrighted music on YouTube
https://web.archive.org/web/20111020145336/http://freebieber.org/
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