Pluralistic: 02 Apr 2022

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Public Resource sets the law free: Rogue archivist Carl Malamud strikes again.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 28 Oct 2021

Today's links

The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped: But here's the bad news…
All of science gets a general index: For your text-mining pleasure, courtesy of Carl Malamud and Public Resource.
Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.
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Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2021

Today's links

The Attack Surface paperback is out: And a once-in-a-lifetime deal on the Little Brother audiobooks.
Dave Eggers' "The Every": A tragicomic look at Big Tech, following from "The Circle."
Open Access Ninja: "The Brew of Law."
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 05 Feb 2021

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The Open Courts Act isn't open enough: America's laws should be free.
AT&T customer complains…via WSJ ad: 90-year-old Aaron Epstein has had it.
Amazon's brutal warehouse "megacycle": Take a 10-hour graveyard shift or lose your job.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 30 Nov 2020

Today's links

Twitter is more redeemable than Facebook: Guidelines for constructing a productive anti-bubble.
Open law and the rule of law: A copyrighted law can't be law.
RÄT: An extraordinary musical interlude.
Attack Surface in the New York Times: And Macleans!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 22 Oct 2020

Today's links

IDing anonymized cops with facial recognition: Privacy for the powerless, transparency for the powerful.
ENDSARS: Global protests over Nigeria's murdering special police.
Companies target robots in disclosures: Sentiment analysis is finally useful for something.
US border cruelty, powered by Google cloud: IBM at Auschwitz.
Free the law of Wisconsin: Carl Malamud wants you to read Wisconsin's jury instructions.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
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