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Cory Doctorow #BLM

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13 Jan

Labyrinth
(1986) dir. Jim Henson
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Cory Doctorow #BLM

@doctorow

13 Jan

It's been twenty years, to the day, since I published my first blog-post.

I'm a blogger.

Blogging - publicly breaking down the things that seem significant, then synthesizing them in longer pieces - is the defining activity of my days.

boingboing.net/2001/01/13/hey…

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Over the years, I've been lauded, threatened, sued (more than once). I've met many people who read my work and have made connections with many more whose work I wrote about. Combing through my old posts every morning is a journey through my intellectual development.

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It's been almost exactly a year I left Boing Boing, after 19 years. It wasn't planned, and it wasn't fun, but it was definitely time. I still own a chunk of the business and wish them well. But after 19 years, it was time for a change.

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Cory Doctorow #BLM

@doctorow

12 Jan

→ To live without you, only that would be torture. A day alone, only that would be death. mckitterick.tumblr.com/post/640132644…

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Cory Doctorow #BLM

@doctorow

12 Jan

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Mini retro computers; Bunkered, infectious, maskless Republicans infected Congress; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/01/12/mas…

#Pluralistic

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Mini retro computers: Oriol Ferrer Mesià's extraordinary 3D printed machines.

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Bunkered, infectious, maskless Republicans infected Congress: Impossible to explain something to a Congressman whose caucus membership depends on his not understanding it.

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Cory Doctorow #BLM

@doctorow

12 Jan

Many wonder how epidemiology could have become so politicized. But epidemiology - like climate science (the other "mysteriously politicized" subject) has intrinsic politics: to take epidemiology seriously, you have to acknowledge that our species has a shared destiny.

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Much of the debate over "liberty" can be summed up as "you do you" - I'll swing my arm over here, you keep your nose over there, and so long as we both respect each others' "freedom," I won't punch you in the nose and your nose will remain unpunched.

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This breaks down when applied to epidemiology: "You wear your mask, I'll leave mine at home, and we'll both exercise our freedoms" is like "You swim in the no-pissing end of the pool, I'll swim down here in the pissing end, and we'll both get our way."

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