Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: A year in illustration, 2023 edition; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/21/collages-r-us/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: A year in illustration, 2023 edition; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/21/collages-r-us/
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This is the final edition of Pluralistic for 2023! See you in early January!
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A year in illustration, 2023 edition: I amuse myself, at least.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111618780352947793
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Hey look at this
* Who Is Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul? https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-killing-all-these-stories-about-rajat-khare-controversial-tech-mogul (h/t JWZ)
* SPECIAL REPORT-How an Indian startup hacked the world https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/special-report-how-an-indian-startup-hacked-the-world
* VIV Games Saves the World https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/viv-games/viv-games-saves-the-world (h/t Karl Schroeder)
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#10yrsago Celebrate the crossword’s centenary with @eff 's #NSA-themed crossword puzzle https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/crossword-what-did-we-learn-about-nsa-year
#10yrsago Politwoops! Which US politicians deleted the largest number of social media posts in 2013? https://sunlightfoundation.com/2013/12/20/politwoops-2013-the-years-top-politicians-and-their-best-deletions-from-twitter/
#10yrsago US Department of Defense’s public domain archive to be privatized, locked up for ten years https://www.techdirt.com/2013/12/23/defense-department-privatizes-giant-public-domain-media-archive/
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#10yrsago Jaunty, Xmassy #steampunk assemblage clock sculpture https://memex.craphound.com/2013/12/21/jaunty-xmassy-steampunk-assemblage-clock-sculpture/
#10yrsago Royal Society appoints a #Wikipedian-in-Residence https://wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/royal-society-appoints-wikimedian-in-residence/
#10yrsago Prisoner on literary censorship in #GuantanamoBay https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2013/12/why-russell-brand-banned-gitmo
#5yrsago Syracuse cops falsely accuse man of rectal dope-stashing and take him to hospital for nonconsensual anal probe; now he must pay $4600 for the procedure https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2018/12/syracuse-cops-push-st-joes-to-probe-mans-rectum-for-drugs-what-country-are-we-living-in.html
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#5yrsago #BryanAdams to Canadian parliament: extending the term of copyright enriches labels and other intermediaries, not artists https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/12/bryan-adamscopyrightwarning/
#5yrsago Facing unpaid overtime, cuts and austerity, French cops threaten to join #GiletsJaunes protesters https://www.newsweek.com/france-protests-police-strike-gilets-jaunes-yellow-vests-pay-overtime-1264961
#5yrsago Congressional Democratic establishment wants to replace “#GreenNewDeal” with a climate committee of oil money recipients https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kathy-castor-climate_n_5c1c0843e4b08aaf7a869cfd
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