Today's threads! (A thread).
Inside: Cool Tools, scientists predict cooperation, Don't Look for the Helpers, after the crisis, a people's bailout, judge vs unicorns, Marc Davis's Haunted Mansion, and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/21/most-dangerous-ghost/
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UK emergency science panel predicts mass altruism: Reality has a well-known collectivist bias.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861819629140711
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Don't Look for the Helpers: The text version of my essay for the new Nightvale anxiety podcast.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861823048928190
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After the crisis, a program for transformative change: Pandemic reveals the systems' failures, and what to do about them.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861826999256606
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Pandemic stimulus, realpolitik edition: Stephanie Kelton and AOC on a people's bailout.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861834517954007
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Beautiful judicial snark: "No, your unicorn trademark is not an emergency."
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861848205726301
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Marc Davis's Haunted Mansion: What if Marc Davis had sole control over the ride's design?
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/103861852044916197
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On July 14, my first-ever picture book ships: it's called POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER and it's about a little girl who'd hunt monsters with refashioned toys than go to bed. I hope you'll consider pre-ordering for the monster kid in your life.
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1228033537867014145
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#15yrsago Disney busts amateur Disneyland tour guide https://web.archive.org/web/20050323133504/http://jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1356
#10yrsago James Randi is gay http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/914-how-to-say-it.html
#5yrsago Windows 10 announcement: certified hardware can lock out competing OSes https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/windows-10-to-make-the-secure-boot-alt-os-lock-out-a-reality/
#1yrago Two arrested for hiding cameras in motel rooms and charging for access to livestreams https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asia/south-korea-hotel-spy-cam-intl/index.html
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