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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

#15yrsago History of the Disney Haunted Mansion’s stretching portraits https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2011/03/many-faces-ofthe-other-stretching.html

#15yrsago Readers Against DRM (logo) https://web.archive.org/web/20110311213843/https://readersbillofrights.info/RAD

#15yrsago Lost Souls: Audio adaptation of a classic vampire novel https://memex.craphound.com/2011/03/10/lost-souls-audio-adaptation-of-a-classic-vampire-novel/

#15yrsago Time‘s appraisal of the first WorldCon https://web.archive.org/web/20080906184034/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761661-1,00.html

#15yrsago Insipid thrift-store landscapes improved with monsters https://imgur.com/involuntary-collaborations-i-buy-other-peoples-landscape-paintings-yard-sales-goodwill-put-monsters-them-r-pics-2780-march-11-2011-Oujbl

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

#15yrsago Fight 8-track piracy with this 1976 record sleeve https://www.flickr.com/photos/supraterra/5516574440/in/pool-41894168726@N01

#15yrsago Michigan Republicans create “financial martial law”; appointees to replace elected local officials https://web.archive.org/web/20120409124750/http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2011/03/10/news/doc4d78d0d4d764d009636769.txt

#10yrsago Lawsuit reveals Obama’s DoJ sabotaged Freedom of Information Act transparency https://web.archive.org/web/20160309183758/https://news.vice.com/article/it-took-a-foia-lawsuit-to-uncover-how-the-obama-administration-killed-foia-reform

#10yrsago If the FBI can force decryption backdoors, why not backdoors to turn on your phone’s camera? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/10/apple-fbi-could-force-us-to-turn-on-iphone-cameras-microphones

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

Hey look at this

* Assassination markets are legal now but Trump doesn’t have to worry https://protos.com/assassination-markets-are-legal-now-but-trump-doesnt-have-to-worry/

* You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms https://www.usermag.co/p/you-are-being-lied-to-about-algorithms

* States’ trial against Live Nation could move forward as soon as next week https://www.theverge.com/policy/892353/live-nation-ticketmaster-doj-states-settlement

* Neuromancer / Count Zero / Mona Lisa Overdrive https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/neuromancer-count-zero-mona-lisa-overdrive (h/t Kottke)

* Judge Slams Secret DOJ-Live Nation Settlement Process as "Mind-boggling" https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/judge-slams-secret-doj-live-nation

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

#15yrsago History of the Disney Haunted Mansion’s stretching portraits https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2011/03/many-faces-ofthe-other-stretching.html

#15yrsago Readers Against DRM (logo) https://web.archive.org/web/20110311213843/https://readersbillofrights.info/RAD

#15yrsago Lost Souls: Audio adaptation of a classic vampire novel https://memex.craphound.com/2011/03/10/lost-souls-audio-adaptation-of-a-classic-vampire-novel/

#15yrsago Time‘s appraisal of the first WorldCon https://web.archive.org/web/20080906184034/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761661-1,00.html

#15yrsago Insipid thrift-store landscapes improved with monsters https://imgur.com/involuntary-collaborations-i-buy-other-peoples-landscape-paintings-yard-sales-goodwill-put-monsters-them-r-pics-2780-march-11-2011-Oujbl

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#20yrsago Toronto transit fans to Commission: withdraw anagram map lawsuit threat https://web.archive.org/web/20060407230329/http://www.ttcrider.ca/anagram.php

#15yrsago BBC newsteam kidnapped, hooded and beaten by Gadaffi’s forces https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12695077

#15yrsago Activists seize Saif Gadaffi’s London mansion https://web.archive.org/web/20110310091023/https://london.indymedia.org/articles/7766

#10yrsago Spacefaring and contractual obligations: who’s with me? https://memex.craphound.com/2016/03/09/spacefaring-and-contractual-obligations-whos-with-me/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#15yrsago Extinct invertebrates caught in a 40 million year old sex act https://web.archive.org/web/20110303234001/http://news.discovery.com/animals/40-million-year-old-sex-act-captured-in-amber.html

#15yrsago Improvised toilets of earthquake-struck Christchurch https://web.archive.org/web/20110310044912/https://www.showusyourlongdrop.co.nz/

#15yrsago Canadian MP who shills for the record industry is an enthusiastic pirate https://web.archive.org/web/20110310163136/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5673/125/

#15yrsago The Monster: the fraud and depraved indifference that caused the subprime meltdown https://memex.craphound.com/2011/03/07/the-monster-the-fraud-and-depraved-indifference-that-caused-the-subprime-meltdown/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#15yrsago Self-destructing ebooks: paper’s fragility is a bug, not a feature https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/08/ebooks-harpercollins-26-times

#10yrsago Senior U.S. immigration judge says 3 and 4 year old children can represent themselves in court https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201631/http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/03/04/us-judge-says-3-and-4-year-olds-can-represent-themselves-in-immigration-court.html

#10yrsago Crimefighting for fun and profit: data-mining Medicare fraud and likely whistleblowers https://www.wired.com/2016/03/john-mininno-medicare/

#10yrsago Extensive list of space opera cliches https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/03/towards-a-taxonomy-of-cliches-.html

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#20yrsago Indie label uses heartfelt note instead of copy-restriction http://blog.resonancefm.com/archives/48

#20yrsago Clay Shirky’s ETECH presentation on the politics of social software https://craphound.com/youshutupetech2006.txt

#20yrsago Judge quotes Adam Sandler movie in decision blasting defendant https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/motion-denied-because-youre-idiot

#15yrsago Video game in your browser’s location bar web.archive.org/web/20110309212313/http://probablyinteractive.com/url-hunter

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#15yrsago Extinct invertebrates caught in a 40 million year old sex act https://web.archive.org/web/20110303234001/http://news.discovery.com/animals/40-million-year-old-sex-act-captured-in-amber.html

#15yrsago Improvised toilets of earthquake-struck Christchurch https://web.archive.org/web/20110310044912/https://www.showusyourlongdrop.co.nz/

#15yrsago Canadian MP who shills for the record industry is an enthusiastic pirate https://web.archive.org/web/20110310163136/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5673/125/

#15yrsago The Monster: the fraud and depraved indifference that caused the subprime meltdown https://memex.craphound.com/2011/03/07/the-monster-the-fraud-and-depraved-indifference-that-caused-the-subprime-meltdown/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Hey look at this

* How Live Nation allegedly terrorized the concert industry https://www.theverge.com/report/891241/live-nation-ticketmaster-week-one-jury-trial

* Canada's One-Man Air Force – and His Calculated Airline Crusade https://www.donotpassgo.ca/p/canadas-one-man-air-force-and-his

* Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self Assessment https://www.suse.com/cloud-sovereignty-framework-assessment/

* EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/03/09/0544224/eff-ubuntu-and-other-distros-discuss-how-to-respond-to-age-verification-laws

* Reading “The Ethnography of Infrastructure” https://www.not-so-obvious.net/reading-the-ethnography-of-infrastructure/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr (and 1 other) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#15yrsago Wondrous, detailed map of the history of science fiction https://web.archive.org/web/20110310152548/http://scimaps.org/submissions/7-digital_libraries/maps/thumbs/024_LG.jpg

#15yrsago American Library Association task forces to take on ebook lending https://web.archive.org/web/20110310085634/https://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5749

#15yrsago Wisconsin capitol bans recording, flags, reading, balloons, chairs, bags, backpacks, photography, etc etc etc https://captimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/more-rules-released-for-state-capitol-visitors/article_f044044f-6183-5128-b718-d5dffbfdb573.html

#15yrsago Librarians Against DRM logo https://web.archive.org/web/20110308170030/https://readersbillofrights.info/librariansagainstDRM

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Hey look at this

* The Real Litmus Test for Democratic Presidential Candidates https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-real-litmus-test-for-democratic

* Users fume over Outlook.com email 'carnage' https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/users_fume_at_outlookcom_email/ (if you're on Outlook or Hotmail and haven't been getting my newsletter, this is why)

* You Bought Zuck’s Ray-Bans. Now Someone in Nairobi Is Watching You Poop. https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/04/you-bought-zucks-ray-bans-now-someone-in-nairobi-is-watching-you-poop/

* Indefinite Book Club Hiatus https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/indefinite-book-club-hiatus/

* Art Bits from HyperCard https://archives.somnolescent.net/web/mari_v2/junk/hypercard/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

#25yrsago 200 Eyemodule photos from Disneyland https://craphound.com/030401/

#20yrsago Fourth Amendment luggage tape https://ideas.4brad.com/node/367

#15yrsago Glenn Beck’s syndicator runs a astroturf-on-demand call-in service for radio programs https://web.archive.org/web/20110216081007/http://www.tabletmag.com/life-and-religion/58759/radio-daze/

#15yrsago 20 lies from Scott Walker https://web.archive.org/web/20110308062319/https://filterednews.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/20-lies-and-counting-told-by-gov-walker/

#10yrsago The correlates of Trumpism: early mortality, lack of education, unemployment, offshored jobs https://web.archive.org/web/20160415000000*/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/04/death-predicts-whether-people-vote-for-donald-trump/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

#20yrsago Waxy threatened with a lawsuit by Bill Cosby over “House of Cosbys” vids https://waxy.org/2006/03/litigation_cosb/

#15yrsago Proposed TX law would criminalize TSA screening procedures https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/03/texas-legislation-proposes-felony-charges-for-tsa-agents/

#15yrsago Rodney King: 20 years of citizen photojournalism https://mediactive.com/2011/03/02/rodney-king-and-the-rise-of-the-citizen-photojournalist/

#15yrsago Mobile “bandwidth hogs” are just ahead of the curve https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/02/2027209/High-Bandwidth-Users-Are-Just-Early-Adopters

#15yrsago Peter Watts blogs from near-death experience with flesh-eating bacteria https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?category_name=flesh-eating-fest-11

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No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons » Flesh-Eating Fest ’11

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#15yrsago How a HarperCollins library book looks after 26 checkouts (pretty good!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je90XRRrruM

#15yrsago Banksy bails out Russian graffiti artists https://memex.craphound.com/2011/03/04/banksy-bails-out-russian-graffiti-artists/

#15yrsago TSA wants hand-luggage fee to pay for extra screening due to checked luggage fees https://web.archive.org/web/20110308142316/https://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TSA_BAGGAGE_FEES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-03-16-50-03

#15yrsago US house prices fall to 1890s levels (where they usually are) https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Paper-Economy/2011/0303/Home-prices-falling-to-level-of-1890s

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Home prices falling to level of 1890s

In real terms, home prices today are comparable to 120 years ago.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Hey look at this

* mctuscan heaven https://www.tumblr.com/mcmansionhell/809937203073581056/mctuscan-heaven

* What's a Panama? https://catvalente.substack.com/p/whats-a-panama

* The AI Bubble Is An Information War https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubble-is-an-information-war/

* The Ticketmaster Monopoly Trial Starts https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/the-ticketmaster-monopoly-trial-starts

* HyperCard Changed Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxHkNToXga8 (h/t Kottke)

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The Ticketmaster Monopoly Trial Starts

It's not a tech company, but Live Nation is one of the most prominent monopolists in the U.S. The government's case against the live entertainment firm will reverberate. And it started yesterday.
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#20yrsago Waxy threatened with a lawsuit by Bill Cosby over “House of Cosbys” vids https://waxy.org/2006/03/litigation_cosb/

#15yrsago Proposed TX law would criminalize TSA screening procedures https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/03/texas-legislation-proposes-felony-charges-for-tsa-agents/

#15yrsago Rodney King: 20 years of citizen photojournalism https://mediactive.com/2011/03/02/rodney-king-and-the-rise-of-the-citizen-photojournalist/

#15yrsago Mobile “bandwidth hogs” are just ahead of the curve https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/02/2027209/High-Bandwidth-Users-Are-Just-Early-Adopters

#15yrsago Peter Watts blogs from near-death experience with flesh-eating bacteria https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?category_name=flesh-eating-fest-11

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No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons » Flesh-Eating Fest ’11

High-Bandwidth Users Are Just Early Adopters - Slashdot

silverpig writes "Cisco has released a whitepaper on mobile data usage which has some interesting data in it. The top 1% of users consume 20% of the bandwidth, but that share is down from 30% previously. 'Regular' users are catching up as they watch more video. High-bandwidth users of today will be ...
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Texas Legislation Proposes Felony Charges for TSA Agents | Tenth Amendment Center

cross-posted from the Texas Tenth Amendment Center Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) introduced a package of bills into the Texas House of Representatives
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Litigation Cosby Threatens Waxy, You See! - Waxy.org

I suppose it was inevitable, but I got a cease-and-desist from Bill Cosby’s legal team for hosting the House of Cosbys videos and the out-of-print “Cosby Talks to Kids about Drugs” album. (View the cease-and-desist PDF.) I’ve removed the album (even though it’s been out-of-print for as long as I’ve been alive), as that’s within […]
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