Pluralistic: 2024's public domain is a banger (20 Dec 2023)

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2024's public domain is a banger: How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Francis Spufford's "Cahokia Jazz" (04 Dec 2023)

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Francis Spufford's "Cahokia Jazz": A stunning alternate history that fires on every cylinder.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Pinkdrunk Linkdump (18 Nov 2023)

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Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Down in the (link)dumps (23 Sept 2023)

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Down in the (link)dumps: A link sundae for a fall Saturday.
This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: 24 Oct 2022 An hour of interwar Halloween music

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An hour of interwar Halloween music: Spooky season listening from Centuries of Sound.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 03 Jan 2022

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Happy Public Domain Day: The public domain continues to roar back after decades in a coma.
2021 Daddy-Daughter podcast: The latest in a lengthy series.
This day in history: 2002, 2007
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Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2021

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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: 23 Sep 2021

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The Halloween Moon: A YA novel from Nightvale creator Joseph Fink.
The music monopolists: Thinking outside the antitrust box.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 16 Mar 2021

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SMS security is flaming garbage: Netnumber is a perfect microcosm of telephonic uselessness.
The People's Parity Project: An antidote to corporate law.
Meet the new music boss, same as the old music boss: Monopsony begets monoposony.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 15 Jan 2021

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Laura Poitras fired from First Look: She says it's because she spoke out on Reality Winner.
Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons": Procedural paper adventures for your pocket.
Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox: Only we can stop Qanon.
I was investigated by the FBI: It took 20 years!
Yugoslavia's Cold War obsession with Mexican music: Nonaligned Yumex gave us Celovečernji the Kid.
Machine learning is a honeypot for phrenologists: "AI" researchers just can't put away the fucking calipers.
Disneyland kills annual passes: No more Disney at a stroll.
Tesla's valuation is 1600x its profitability: Finacialization, in green and white.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
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