Pluralistic: David Enrich's "Murder the Truth" (17 Mar 2025)

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David Enrich's "Murder the Truth": Making powerful people look bad isn't a crime – yet.
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Copyright takedowns are a cautionary tale that few are heeding: If you can't post a law school symposium on fair use…
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Good riddance to the Open Gaming License: Hasbro accidentally gives us more freedom.
John Deere's repair fake-out: So many strings attached.
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This weekend, I watched a hacker jailbreak a John Deere tractor live on stage: Total pwnage, with a a side of copyfraud.
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Corporatism made John Deere ripe for a strike: Optimized for failure.
Copyfraudster censors investigation of implausible covid gadget: When a US law is used to censor Indian scientific reporting.
At last, a new Econ 101 textbook: CORE's "The Economy" vs homo economicus.
Podcasting "Dead Letters": Email could be the last federated internet technology – but it isn't.
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Charter uses bad credit threats to corral ex-subscribers: "Resubscribe or we'll keep trashing your credit report."
Adobe uses copyfraud to preserve spyware: A free-as-in-surveillance-free Flash installer is gone thanks to a bogus copyright claim.
India funded a starving kids' app, but not food: Solutionism at its worst.
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Laundering torturers' reputations with copyfraud: Eliminalia, where "we erase your past and help you build your future."
Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle: Imagine losing your family home for a GOP media op.
John Deere's dismal infosec: Paternalistic security works well, fails badly.
This day in history: 2020
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The awesome destructive power of a billionaire: Ihor Kolomoisky destroyed lives in the midwest, Ukraine, and elsewhere.
Banks made bank on covid overdraft charges: Charing the poorest people in America a 3,500% APR.
Moxie hacks Cellebrite: Aesthetically pleasing files versus strict input-checking.
Fighting FLoC is compatible with fighting monopoly: Not all competition is good competition.
EFF sues Proctorio over copyfraud: The sleaze never stops.
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Crooked cops play music to kill livestreams: Beverly Hills Police Department Sergeant Billy Fair blasting Sublime's Santeria.
Duke is academia's meanest trademark bully: Empirically speaking, that is.
Tory donors reap 100X return on campaign contributions: Stochastic corruption.
A criminal enterprise with a country attached: Ladies and Gentlebeings, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Covid apps and false positives: The real killer app is public confidence.
Casio censors calculator modder's Github project: The modder says it's copyfraud.
Penguin poop turns into laughing gas: Researchers figured it out when they started getting buzzed.
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