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 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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#1yrago How Apple could open its #AppStore without really opening its App Store https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/21/malicious-compliance/#dma

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Yesterday's threads: 2024's public domain is a banger; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111614959288606611

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My latest novel is "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245

Both are national bestsellers!

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