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Inside: Sovereign citizens, but for news; and more!
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Sovereign citizens, but for news: By reading the LA Times, you agree...
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117507997881501164
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Hey look at this
* Dial Up Modem Sounds, from 300 bps to 56K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k
* Colonialism or Appropriation? Alphabets, Print, and Latin as New Technologies of Communication among the 16th-century Nahua https://jorgecanizaresesguerra.medium.com/colonialism-or-appropriation-488a3c0bdaee
* The Lindsey Graham Files https://www.lindseyfiles.com
* The Planning Starts Now https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/10/trump-accountability-legal-acts-impeachment-guide.html?gift_token=3lvYQO-uSRKXTV0qluiZyg
* Interoperability vs. Security: Why not both? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/interoperability-vs-security-why-not-both
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The Lindsey Graham Files
The Lindsey Graham Files
Dial Up Modem Sounds, from 300 bps to 56K
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#10yrsago Pussy Riot’s “Straight Outta Vagina”: sacrelicious Russian feminist pop anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-KeVBNz0A
#10yrsago TED talk about remixes and appropriating made by remixing and appropriating TED talks about remixing and appropriating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLlbzI5HURM
#10yrsago Warner Bros angry that someone other than the MPAA is running an illegal internal movie server https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-claims-agency-ran-its-own-pirate-movie-site-161025/
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You are the future. Embrace the remix. Go ahead make up new words for the open world.
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Pussy Riot - Straight Outta Vagina (feat. Desi Mo & Leikeli47). Official Music Video
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@pluralistic noncompete is misspelled once as "noncomplete" (spelled correctly in the following sentence).