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This weekend's events:

Milehicon (Fri/Sat/Sun): https://milehicon.org/

Litquake with Richard Kadrey (Fri): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fantasy-and-dystopia-cory-doctorow-with-richard-kadrey-registration-116950677625

Toronto International Festival of Authors (Sat): https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/maureen-webb-coding-democracy/

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Student loans are dischargeable: Billions in debt can be flushed away.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/105084910560733481

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Cracking the Ghislaine Maxwell redactions: An interesting variation on an old theme.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/105085057030891817

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Bring back the CCC: Towards a Job Guarantee.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/105085178433759450

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Foxconn out-trumped Trump: And Wisconsin paid the price.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/105085378044477550

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#15yrsago Technorati indexes 20 millionth blog https://epeus.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_epeus_archive.html#113014965252163836

#5yrsago DoJ to Apple: your software is licensed, not sold, so we can force you to decrypt https://ia801501.us.archive.org/27/items/gov.uscourts.nyed.376325/gov.uscourts.nyed.376325.15.0.pdf

#5yrsago Botnets running on CCTVs and NASs https://www.imperva.com/blog/cctv-ddos-botnet-back-yard/

#5yrsago Astounding showpiece table full of hidden compartments nested in hidden compartments https://ctfinefurniture.com/

#5yrsago Investing in David v Goliath: hundreds of millions slosh into litigation finance funds https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/magazine/should-you-be-allowed-to-invest-in-a-lawsuit.html

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#5yrsago Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” is the next book you should read https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/23/ta-nehisi-coatess-between-the-world-and-me-is-the-next-book-you-should-read/

#5yrsago Antioxidants protect cancer cells, help tumors to spread https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/myths-about-antioxidant-supplements-need-to-die/

#5yrsago 70% of CEOs’ effect on company performance can be attributed to random chance https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smj.2192

#5yrsago FCC trying to stop phone companies that rip off prisoners’ families https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-22/is-this-the-end-of-sky-high-prison-phone-call-rates-

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#1yrago A visual history of Soviet anti-religious artwork https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/oct/23/down-with-god-how-the-soviet-union-took-on-religion-in-pictures

#1yrago When the HR department is a robotic phrenologist: “face-scanning algorithm” gains popularity as a job-applicant screener https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/ai-hiring-face-scanning-algorithm-increasingly-decides-whether-you-deserve-job/

#1yrago Japanese robot hotel chain ignored repeated warnings that its in-room “bed-facing” robots could be turned into spy devices https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/robot-hotel-operator-announces-modification-to-prevent-hacks-by-guests/

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