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Tag: detroit

Pluralistic: 10 Mar 2020

Today's links

  1. Safe and moral societies need "firewalls" between immigration and public services: The UK's "hostile environment" puts everyone at risk.
  2. Detroit will reconnect water services during the Covid-19 emergency: But it's $25/month thereafter.
  3. Thomas Piketty endorses Sanders: both his program and his electability.
  4. Sonos "recycling mode" no longer bricks working speakers: Fire the person who came up with this deeply shitty idea.
  5. Brave will randomize browser profiles to fight fingerprinting attacks: More from the most privacy-friendly browser.
  6. This day in history: 2005, 2010
  7. Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading

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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020Tags 2020, anonymity, brave, bricking, canvas attacks, class war, covid-19, democrats, detroit, education, elections, fight for 15, firewalls, human rights, inequality, medicare for all, michigan, migration, pandemics, piketty, Pluralistic: 10 Mar 2020, populism, privacy, public health, race, recycling, refugees, sanders, sonos, war on general purpose computing

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