Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Dreaming and overfitting; Dirty NYPD cops can't lose; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/03/26/ove…

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Dreaming and overfitting: The Overfitted Brain Hypothesis has a lot of explanatory power.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1375460649598287881

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Dirty NYPD cops can't lose: The secret legal defense fund for the indefensible.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1375468062191677440

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#15yrsago DRM is Killing Music voidstar.com/node.php?id=26…

#15yrsago Swisscom WiFi at London conference centre costs $838.73/24h web.archive.org/web/2006032909…

#15yrsago Most expensive Google ad keywords web.archive.org/web/2006032509…

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#15yrsago LA Times slams Marvel for trying to steal “superhero” latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

#5yrsago Jerks were able to turn Microsoft’s chatbot into a Nazi because it was a really crappy bot vice.com/en/article/mg7…

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#5yrsago What you think about Millennials says a lot about you, nothing about them mic.com/articles/13852…

#1yrago Sanders on GOP stimulus cruelty pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…

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#1yrago Canada nationalizes covid patents pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…

#1yrago The ideology of economics pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…

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Yesterday's threads: Zuckerpunch; Good news about news co-ops; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1375110868900278278

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