Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the…
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The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg: Section 41712(a) or bust.
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* The Damage Done by the Otherwise Ineffectual Open Gaming License gsllcblog.com/2019/08/26/par… (h/t Robert Adducci)
* Solicitous dictatorship. The political economy of authoritarianism adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-18… (h/t @YvesSmith) 3/
#20yrsago @davidisen on the stupidnet memex.craphound.com/2002/12/10/dav…
#20yrsago FCC Chairman: TiVo is “God Box” web.archive.org/web/2003013119… 4/
#15yrsago Scribd introduces copyright filter memex.craphound.com/2007/12/07/scr…
#15yrsago Why it’s good to leave your WiFi open wired.com/2008/01/securi…
#15yrsago Realityland: the secret history of Walt Disney World memex.craphound.com/2007/12/17/rea… 5/
#10yrsago Law of Superheroes: law-school seen through comic-book heroes’ lens memex.craphound.com/2012/12/20/law…
#10yrsago Nexus: fast technothriller about transhuman drug crackdown memex.craphound.com/2012/12/18/nex…
#10yrsago A Rule is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy memex.craphound.com/2012/12/14/a-r… 6/
#10yrsago Early Pirate Bay server now in a museum torrentfreak.com/first-pirate-b… 7/
#5yrsago Hamster Princess: charming, funny, subversive middle-grades illustrated fantasy about a totally ass-kicking hamster princess memex.craphound.com/2017/12/07/ham…
#5yrsago Easiest excuse for taking freedom: security jacobin.com/2012/12/yours-… 8/
#1yrago Personnel are policy: The Dems may do something to materially improve voters' lives. Maybe. pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see… 9/
Yesterday's threads: Social Quitting; and more!
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