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New Little Brother/Homeland edition is out today!: With an intro by Edward Snowden.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473014424334859

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There is no automation employment crisis: But there is a climate emergency.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104468745917142577

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Cyberpunk Culture: An online conference, Jul 9/10.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104467968751738324

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Or What You Will: Jo Walton's new, brilliant meta-meta-novel.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473071072796206

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#BlackOutDay2020: Pledge not to spend a dime in a store or online, except in Black-owned businesses.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473141730313726

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Right wing press duped by state-sponsored influence campaign: Deepfakes and avatars manipulated to defeat reverse image searches.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473220469646447

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Coronavirus tests are a taxable benefit: HMRC creates a perverse incentive.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473276162557419

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Big 4 accounting firms headed for breakup: When the referee cheats.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473362516932596

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Home security cameras are really insecure: Even encrypted video streams can give away sensitive info.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473513976276834

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Why covid cases are spiking but deaths aren't: Lead-time bias.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104473563412006273

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#10yrsago Basil Wolverton's CULTURE CORNER: grotesque HOWTOs from MAD Magazine's gross-out king https://boingboing.net/2010/07/07/basil-wolvertons-cul-1.html

#10yrsago Glucosamine no better than placebo for lower back pain https://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/glucosamine-cure-chronic-lower-back-pain-study/story?id=11098747&page=1

#10yrsago America's "jobless recovery" https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html

#10yrsago Finance columnist explains capitalism to children: take things without paying, then sell them https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/savage/2464546,CST-NWS-savage05.savagearticle

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#5yrsago Hacking Team leak: bogus copyright takedowns and mass DEA surveillance in Colombia https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/massive-leak-reveals-hacking-teams-most-private-moments-in-messy-detail/

#5yrsago Foo Fighters demand bullshit terms from concert photographers https://blog.natkin.net/foo-fighters/

#5yrsago RIP, Disney Imagineering great Blaine Gibson https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/blaine-gibson-designer-of-lifelike-robots-at-disney-pa-1716008151

#5yrsago Colorado achieved incredible reductions in teen pregnancy through free birth control https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html

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#1yrago Mississippi makes it a jailable offense to call plant-based or cultured-meat patties "burgers" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/3/20680731/mississippi-veggie-burgers-illegal-meatless-meat

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Yesterday's threads: New podcast; Europe's interop coalition; Scarfolk beermats; Miami cop owns illegal mansion nightclub; Video and transcript of my OII talk; Shower temperature vs handle position; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104467772334855245

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On Jul 14, my first picture book comes out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/mind-control-skepticism/#jul-11

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Today's top sources: Lars Schmeink, AngryUKStaffer (https://twitter.com/AngryUKStaffer), Naked Capitalism (https://nakedcapitalism.com/), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (https://twitter.com/pnh/),

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