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Today's Twitter threads! (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Cool Tools, scientists predict cooperation, Don't Look for the Helpers, after the crisis, a people's bailout, judge vs unicorns, Marc Davis's Haunted Mansion, and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2020/03/21/mos…

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My appearance on Cool Tools: My favorite gadgets.



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UK emergency science panel predicts mass altruism: Reality has a well-known collectivist bias.



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Don't Look for the Helpers: The text version of my essay for the new Nightvale anxiety podcast.



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After the crisis, a program for transformative change: Pandemic reveals the systems' failures, and what to do about them.



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Pandemic stimulus, realpolitik edition: Stephanie Kelton and AOC on a people's bailout.



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It's a scary time to be a writer with books in the pipeline. I've got 3 (!), including POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER, my first picture book, coming on Jul 14. It's a hymn to makers, monsters, & resisting bedtime. Available for preorder. Tell your friends!



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Beautiful judicial snark: "No, your unicorn trademark is not an emergency."



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Marc Davis's Haunted Mansion: What if Marc Davis had sole control over the ride's design?



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#15yrsago Disney busts amateur Disneyland tour guide web.archive.org/web/2005032313…

#10yrsago James Randi is gay archive.randi.org/site/index.php…

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#5yrsago Windows 10 announcement: certified hardware can lock out competing OSes arstechnica.com/information-te…

#1yrago Two arrested for hiding cameras in motel rooms and charging for access to livestreams edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asi…

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Yesterday's threads: Who Has Your Face?, Monkey law firm vs covid, Blurred Lines sharpened, Consumer Reports on covid, Right to Repair during pandemics, and more!



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I also publish this as an ad/tracker-free newsletter, the plura-list. It is plaintext, with a sole daily emoji for adornment. Today's is "🍹". I welcome your suggestions for future emojis.

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It's also a #fediverse feed, at @pluralistic@mamot.fr. Here's today's edition:

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Today's top sources: Ok børge (twitter.com/forteller), Beyond the Beyond (wired.com/category/beyon…).

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