Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Formalities; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/31/burn-berne/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Formalities; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/31/burn-berne/
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Hey look at this
* Adam Conover: Big Divorce Energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVB-SUX7zgk
* Voting machines left unattended, as usual https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/10/27/voting-machines-left-unattended-as-usual/
* In China, the AI bubble has already burst https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-ai-bubble-has-already-burst-2026-10-26/
* No one loves you more than Exxon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyQXGynwsgz
* "The Bottle Imps" — new short fiction by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling https://boingboing.net/2026/10/30/the-bottle-imps-rudy-rucker-bruce-sterling.html
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#25yrsago Slushpiles v anthrax https://memex.craphound.com/2001/10/29/some-publishers-have-instituted-new/
#25yrsago Image analogies https://mrl.cs.nyu.edu/projects/image-analogies/
#25yrsago Cleaning the Fucking Kitchen for Dummies https://web.archive.org/web/20011007082222/https://www.fridgemagnet.org.uk/kitchen.html
#20yrsago Last minute changes snuck into Aussie DMCA https://web.archive.org/web/20061104133320/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004975.php
#20yrsago Creative Commons 3.0 license drafts published https://creativecommons.org/2006/10/30/version30revisedlicensedrafts/
#20yrsago Bush legalizes martial law https://politics.slashdot.org/story/06/10/28/1934208/bush-signs-bill-enabling-martial-law
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#20yrsago No blogging allowed at “consumer generated media” conference https://web.archive.org/web/20061108055635/http://gregverdino.typepad.com/greg_verdinos_blog/2006/10/social_media_fi.html
#20yrsago Li'l Sparky: miniature 9V electric chair https://www.flickr.com/photos/84221353@N00/281833134/in/pool-make/
#20yrsago New Starbucks stores to open across the street from each other https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/oct/29/starbucks-buzzes-along-with-expansion/
#15yrsago HOWTO defend yourself against tear-gas https://web.archive.org/web/20111030230740/http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/5Fe8Ye/motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/ows-flier-defending-against-tear-gas
#15yrsago How to make a computer that doesn’t lock out GNU/Linux https://web.archive.org/web/20120113141447/https://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/lf_uefi_secure_boot_open_platforms.pdf
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Formalities: When it comes to AI, the Copyright Office is restoring copyright to its proper status, as something you have to work to get.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117536184966334512
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