Today's links

Homebrew dongles let hospitals fix ventilators: You forgot Poland.
Teddy Ruxpin and the Haunted Mansion: Ken Forsse's miniature Sid and Marty Krofft haunted house.
Dataminr helped cops spy on protesters with Twitter: And then they split the most idiotic hairs imaginable over it.
Police militarization has a business-model: The unstoppable force of excess rents and Beltway Bandits.
How Finspy protects itself from security researchers: Despots' malware, wrapped in spaghetti code and VMs.
Clamshell currency: Pismo Beach's solution to the bank holiday of 1933.
Macron demands national database of porn preferences: Comment dit kompromat en Français?
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Today's links

Cuomo legalizes nursing-home murders: Immunity for execs who cut corners, even when it kills someone.
"News" broadcasts air scripted Amazon commercial: Media concentration is a hell of a drug.
Why ammosexuals are REALLY pointing guns at their own dicks: Bottom line: they're pointing guns at their own dicks.
California is setting itself up for a brutal second wave: Months of lockdown, squandered at the barber-shop.
Teardown of an "anti-5g" USB stick: When the conspiracy has a business-model.
Wisconsin cases surge after voting day: Murder at the ballot box.
World video premiere of the Little Brother stage play: A benefit for the Custom Made Theater Co.
Cumgate on blast: Marina Hyde's got Dom's number.
Corporate Dems include military contractors in bailout: Billions for Beltway Bandits.
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Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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