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2026-10-20 10:34:49
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: The death of history's most successful publisher; and more!
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/20/main-character-syndrome/
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A haunted burial ground by a lake, with a bat flying overhead. A haint in a shroud floats over the scene, its face is the Google Android droid. The sole, listing tombstone reads 'I'm feeling lucky.'
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2026-10-20 10:35:32
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Cory Doctorow
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The death of history's most successful publisher: Google has a scorching case of "main character syndrome."
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117474406290602736
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2026-10-20 10:35:50
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Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Trump says Google kisses his ass
https://www.theverge.com/policy/1013485/trump-google-kiss-my-ass
* Tell Doug Ford: Say NO to Waymo
https://techfordemocracy.ca/2026/04/29/say-no-to-waymo/
* Bizarre Blanets and Weird Worlds
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/10/bizarre-blanets-and-other-weir.html
* The Showrunners Network
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacecommand/the-showrunners-network?ref=8rypb4
* Christian Conman Jim Bakker is Dead
https://skepchick.org/2026/10/christian-conman-jim-bakker-is-dead/
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2026-10-20 10:36:38
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#25yrsago
Reenacting the Civil War with 44,000 ceramic cats in handmade uniforms
https://web.archive.org/web/20011021022729/http://www.phillyburbs.com/intelligencerrecord/news/news_intell/1332513.htm
#20yrsago
More on publishing and “okaysellers”
https://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/bestsellers_oka/#008116
#15yrsago
HOWTO make a Frankenstein hat
https://web.archive.org/web/20111022194802/http://deliacreates.blogspot.com/2011/10/hey-frankie.html
#15yrsago
Copyright policy in the UK: an evidence-free zone
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/cant-look-now-finding-film-online/
#15yrsago
Clockwork Fagin on Escape Pod
https://delivery-edge.libsyn.com/shows/18601/items/1737698/EP315_ClockworkFagin.mp3
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2026-10-20 10:36:47
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#10yrsago
At long last, America’s racist, crazy tough-on-crime prosecutors are losing elections
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2828803
#5yrsago
Imperfections in your Bluetooth beacons allow for unstoppable tracking
https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/21/sidechannels/#ble-eding
#1yrago
Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach'
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/21/florida-duh/#strokerz-for-liberty
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