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2026-10-27 02:25:08
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: History is something you do; and more!
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/27/tied-to-the-tracks/
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A closeup of a roulette wheel at rest. The ball has been replaced with the planet Earth. A flying fist is jetting through the air at it and is about to knock it. Image: Ralf Roletschek (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13-02-27-spielbank-wiesbaden-by-RalfR-093.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
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2026-10-27 02:25:48
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Cory Doctorow
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History is something you do: Not something that happens to you.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117512103896408257
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2026-10-27 02:26:07
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Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* There's No Such Thing as Society in the Objective Function
https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/theres-no-such-thing-as-society-in
* The Real Reason AI Is Able to Hack Everything on the Internet
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-real-reason
* Halloween 1960-1964 – Quivers Down The Backbone
https://centuriesofsound.com/2026/10/25/halloween-1960-1964-quivers-down-the-backbone/
* Still On Its Way to Cleveland
https://longreads.com/2026/09/22/family-road-trip-early-internet-90s/
* slurptop
https://slurpburgers.com/slurpbuilds/the-slurptop/
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2026-10-27 02:26:13
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#15yrsago
Canon of St Paul’s resigns over plans to evict Occupy London
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/27/giles-fraser-st-pauls-profile
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Orange County city council unanimous: Occupy tents are a form of speech
https://web.archive.org/web/20111029021151/http://www.occupy-oc.org/tears-stream-as-city-council-unanimously-agrees-occupy-tents-are-a-form-of-speech/
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Edible Venn diagram: the piagram
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/g8nxo/i_realize_its_a_bit_late_for_pi_day_but_heres_my/
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SOPA: US House of Reps copyright bill proposes national censorship, attacks on hosting services, Twitter, YouTube
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/disastrous-ip-legislation-back-–-and-it’s-worse-ever
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2026-10-27 02:26:29
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#15yrsago
Google rejects JWZ’s 2-step plan to end the nym wars
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/10/google-nymwars-redux/
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Toronto mayor confronted by comedy interviewer calls 911, reportedly shouts “You bitches! Don’t you fucking know? I’m Rob fucking Ford, the mayor of this city!
https://www.joeydevilla.com/2011/10/27/im-rob-fucking-ford-or-the-mayor-the-ambush-and-the-911-call/
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Canadian Tory MP: Don’t worry about violating our stupid new copyright law, because we probably won’t catch you if you do
https://web.archive.org/web/20111029155739/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6089/125/
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