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: Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex" (17 Jan 2023)

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Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex": The true, weird, horny history of medieval gender and sex.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: 29 Sep 2022 Porn on Tumblr is a complicated subject

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Porn on Tumblr is a complicated subject: Chokepoints, compliance, weakest links.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 08 Feb 2022

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Pixels of You: An illustrated tale of love and photos.
Wall Street's landlord business is turning every rental into a slum: And they're using public money to do it.
UK Tories want a national database of porn-viewing habits: Oh fuck not this bullshit again.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2021

Today's links

Podcasting "Take It Back": My Medium column on copyright termination and rights reversion.
Savage Love A-Z: A bestiary of good sex.
The Pandora Papers: Tax avoidance is tax evasion.
USPS pilots postal banking: Slashing taxes (on the poor).
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 19 Sep 2020

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Attack Surface vs Audible: My Publishers Weekly op-ed.
Foodcrime: The tech predators destroying America's restaurants.
We Are Beautiful: 3D printable anatomical models of real bodies.
Precursor: Andrew "bunnie" Huang's new open source hardware mobile platform.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 30 Aug 2020

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We don't know why you don't want to have public sex: But it's probably not because of Arabian babblers.
Big Tech welcomes (some) regulation: Monkey's paw ju-jitsu.
This day in history: 2005, 2010
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Pluralistic: 27 Jun 2020

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Public domain songbook: 348 popular songs with modern and traditional harmonization for both study and performance.
Santa Cruz bans predictive policing: Predpol's home town!
Snowden on tech's Oppenheimers: Better to heed reservations than be haunted by regrets.
How Hump! went online: Dan Savage on adapting dirty movie throwbacks to a pandemic world.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 22 May 2020

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Oh Joy Sex Toy's new teen sex-ed book: Our Bodies and Health.
Torcon: Gaiman, Okorafor, Kowal, Schwab: …and me!
Copyright bots are slaughtering classical musicians' performances: Filternet, working as intended.
Coronavirus has made the super-rich MUCH richer: The crisis is here, it's just not evenly distributed.
How to start a platform co-op: A MOOC from NYU and Mondragon.
Mum uses GDPR to force Gran to take down pics: That's one way to settle the dispute.
Physical BLINK tag: Lenticular dominance.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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