Pluralistic: 26 Jun 2020

Today's links

Copyright keeps police use-of-force training a secret: How cops are circumventing the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Splash Mountain to purge Song of the South: Princess and the Frog ahoy!
Let's get rid of nursing homes: An end-of-life plan.
Sympathy for the mask-shy: Abstinence-only covid prevention is a failure.
"Violent protests" vs "violent police": How to report on protests.
Microcontent guidelines for 2020: A successor to the 1998 classic.
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Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Sterilizer company vs Right to Repair: Steris wants Ifixit to stop distributing repair manuals.
Intro to cybersecurity: The Open University's MOOC.
This is the EU's interoperability moment: The Digital Services Act could challenge Big Tech — but will it?
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Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guide for students: Privacy is a team sport.
Oregon's Dems have a supermajority, but the GOP won't show up for work: White nationalism is how plutes get turkeys to vote for Christmas.
A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick: How to design a copyright to protect artists, not corporations.
Facebook neutered "Download Your Data": "Your data" doesn't include a list of ad-tech companies that also hold your data.
The EU's new copyright filters violate the GDPR: We told you so.
Recycling spy agencies' malware for fun and profit: NOBUS is, and always has been, an idiotic idea.
Japanese condiment company releases "sliced mayo": Comes in four flavors!
Department of the Interior climate docs include junk science: Trump's man on the inside, sabotaging our future.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading