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Denazification, truth and reconciliation, and the story of Germany's story: How do you confront an incomprehensible monstrosity?

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110741410829347254

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-19 15:17:08

#Germany is the "world champion in remembrance," celebrated for its post-#Holocaust policies of ensuring that every German never forgot what had been done in their names, and in holding themselves and future generations accountable for the Nazis' crimes.

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https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/19/stolpersteine/#truth-and-reconciliation

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Hey look at this

* Metadata Matters https://byta.com/blog/insights/metadata-matters-3-payments-copyright-legal-matters/

* @eff #Poker Tournament at #DEFCON31 ♠️ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/eff-poker-tournament-def-con-31

* #InterestRates, #VentureCapital, and #FinancialStability https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4513037

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Metadata Matters, Part 3: Payments, Copyright & Legal Matters (Byta & MusicBrainz)

Byta & MusicBrainz touch on why music licensing, copyright protection and artist payouts are all significantly aided by good metadata.

^Byta

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#15yrsago Shanghainese disco bunny steals UK govt official’s heart, nicks his #Blackberry https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gordon-brown-aide-a-victim-of-honeytrap-operation-by-chinese-agents-38803lj6qxn

#10yrsago #TSA screening about to get a lot worse https://memex.craphound.com/2013/07/19/tsa-screening-about-to-get-a-lot-worse/

#10yrsago #TSA orders airport valets to search parked cars https://web.archive.org/web/20130721045336/https://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3101080.shtml?cat=566

#10yrsago #MIT blocking release of #AaronSwartz’s Secret Service files https://www.wired.com/2013/07/mit-swartz-intervene/

#10yrsago MIT and Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service files: what has MIT got to hide? https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2013/07/19/mit-asks-to-intervene-in-swartz-foia-suit/

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MIT asks to intervene in Swartz FOIA suit - Freedom to Tinker

Yesterday MIT filed papers asking to intervene in journalist Kevin Poulsen's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking the Secret Service's

^{Ed Felten (Freedom to Tinker)}

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#10yrsago Hating #Millennials – the prejudice you’re allowed to boast about https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/opinion/bors-millenial-comic-strip

#5yrsago #TrademarkTroll who claims to own “Dragon Slayer” now wants exclusive rights to book covers where someone is holding a weapon https://memex.craphound.com/2018/07/19/trademark-troll-who-claims-to-own-dragon-slayer-now-wants-exclusive-rights-to-book-covers-where-someone-is-holding-a-weapon/

#5yrsago London luxury housing market bubble bursts: 39% of sales last quarter were to deep discount wholesalers making bulk buys https://app.ft.com/content/99072e92-8a6b-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543.html

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FT

The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news, comment and analysis from the Financial Times optimised for your device on app.ft.com.

^{Financial Times}

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#5yrsago #Scientology’s $5,000 E-meters are surprisingly well-engineered https://hackaday.com/2018/07/19/whats-inside-a-scientology-e-meter/

#5yrsago Would an armed leftist movement finally provoke sensible #GunLaws in America? https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/07/18/want-gun-control-arm-the-left-it-worked-before/

#5yrsago Twitterbot mines #Venmo’s public-by-default transactions and tweets presumably sarcastic drug buys and sexual services https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvmkvx/twitter-bot-venmo-buying-drugs-photo-names

#5yrsago 60 Congressional Democrats form a #MedicareForAll caucus https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3epbm/exclusive-over-60-house-democrats-are-forming-a-medicare-for-all-caucus

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Exclusive: Over 60 House Democrats are forming a Medicare for All Caucus

Single-payer healthcare is about to become a major plank in the platform of the Democratic Party.

^{Alex Thompson (VICE)}

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#5yrsago Porn blackmailers supercharge their scam with password dumps, make bank https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adult-site-blackmail-spammers-made-over-50k-in-one-week/

#5yrsago #Burberry torches £28.6m worth of unsold inventory to keep prices high https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44885983

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Burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth millions

The fashion firm destroyed £28m of unwanted stock last year in a bid to protect its brand.

^{BBC News}

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Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn"; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110736146803122332

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-18 16:58:25

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn"; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/18/urban-wildlife-interface/

#Pluralistic

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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

https://chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068

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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB

Signing with Cory Doctorow

^{Dark Delicacies}

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

* #ComicCon (#SanDiego), Jul 20-23
https://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule

* Decentralization of the Internet Research Group (#IETF-117)
https://dirk-kutscher.info/events/dinrg-ietf-117/

* Midsummeer Scream (Long Beach), Jul 30
https://midsummerscream.org/

* #Armadillocon (#Austin), Aug 4-6
https://armadillocon.org/d45/

* @defcon (#LasVegas), Aug 10-13
https://defcon.org/

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Program Schedule

Comic-Con International's complete Program Schedule will appear online about two weeks before the event.

^{Comic-Con International: San Diego}

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Recent appearances:

* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn47ptAtVH0

* The Homeless Romantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXn9wy5bHq0

* Why the internet is getting worse
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/15992083-why-the-internet-is-getting-worse

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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 with Cory Doctorow

UCL Computer Science had the pleasure of hosting the 4th edition of the annual Peter Kirstein Lecture series. The lecture took place at UCL Cruciform Lecture...

^YouTube

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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/19/stolpersteine/

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My latest Medium column is "Let the Platforms Burn: The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires"

https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980

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Let the Platforms Burn - Cory Doctorow - Medium

California needs to burn. For millennia, First Nations people oversaw controlled burns in the forests they lived, played and worked in. These burns cleared out underbrush, saw off sick trees, and…

^{Cory Doctorow (Medium)}

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