Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: AT&T will lay off thousands more; Cuba is a vaccine powerhouse; Sacklers to use Purdue bankruptcy to escape justice; AI has a GIGO problem; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/03/31/vac…
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Inside: AT&T will lay off thousands more; Cuba is a vaccine powerhouse; Sacklers to use Purdue bankruptcy to escape justice; AI has a GIGO problem; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/03/31/vac…
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AT&T will lay off thousands more: After promising that Trump's $20B tax-break would create jobs.
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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1377269018961178630
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Cuba is a vaccine powerhouse: A vaccine for the Global South.
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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1377290912485679110
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Sacklers to use Purdue bankruptcy to escape justice: Crime pays.
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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1377303862327930882
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AI has a GIGO problem: Bias-laundering at mass scale.
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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1377321413535670272
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#15yrsago Anti-DRM flashmob hits Paris CD superstore web.archive.org/web/2006042504…
#10yrsago Britain’s back-room negotiations to establish a national, extrajudicial Internet censorship regime openrightsgroup.org/blog/minister-…
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#10yrsago Britain’s back-room negotiations to establish a national, extrajudicial Internet censorship regime openrightsgroup.org/blog/minister-…
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#10yrsago Elephantmen: Dr Moreau meets apocalyptic noir science fiction comic memex.craphound.com/2011/03/31/ele…
#5yrsago Hungarian ruling party wants to ban all working crypto web.archive.org/web/2016040501…
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#5yrsago Hungarian ruling party wants to ban all working crypto web.archive.org/web/2016040501…
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#5yrsago Phishers trick Mattel into transferring $3M to a Chinese bank cbsnews.com/news/mattel-vs…
#5yrsago “Reputation management” companies induce randos to perjure themselves by pretending to be anonymous posters techdirt.com/articles/20160…
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#5yrsago “Reputation management” companies induce randos to perjure themselves by pretending to be anonymous posters techdirt.com/articles/20160…
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#5yrsago Online casino bankrolls largest-ever, ruinously expensive war in Eve Online polygon.com/2016/3/31/1133…
#5yrsago Bitcoin transactions could consume as much energy as Denmark by the year 2020 vice.com/en/article/aek…
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#5yrsago Bitcoin transactions could consume as much energy as Denmark by the year 2020 vice.com/en/article/aek…
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#5yrsago Qatar’s World Cup stadium is being built by modern slaves bbc.com/news/world-mid…
#1yrago Monopolists stole your respirator pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/rea…
#1yrago Amazon fires walkout organizer pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/rea…
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#1yrago Monopolists stole your respirator pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/rea…
#1yrago Amazon fires walkout organizer pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/rea…
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Yesterday's threads: How to donate to John Varley; Minimum wage vs Wall Street bonuses; America needs a high-fiber broadband diet; Als Sysadmins die Erde beherrschten; and more!
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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1376935203872985090
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* All the Teachable Things I Know About Writing, Apr 13, changinghands.com/event/april202…
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* All the Teachable Things I Know About Writing, Apr 13, changinghands.com/event/april202…
* Interop: Self-Determination vs Dystopia (FITC), Apr 19-21, fitc.ca/presentation/i…
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* Right to Repair, Monopolies, and Solarpunk
* The surveillance state, digital monopolies, and why we should be worried (Podsongs)
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* Conspiracy Theories (Utopian Horizons):
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