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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: 2023's public domain is a banger; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/20/fre…

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#NewYorkers! The state legislature has passed landmark #RightToRepair legislation, but @GovHochul hasn't signed it and it might die. Visit eff.org/rtr to help tell the Governor that we can't afford to wait (and tell your friends in New York, too!). 2/

2023's public domain is a banger: Hemingway! Holmes! Woolf! Pooh! Christie! Metropolis! Gershwin!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1605279795926925312

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Hey look at this

* Policymaking in a Pan(dem)ic stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/policymaking…

* How to make your own Die Hard Christmas ornament unlikelywords.com/2016/12/23/how… (h/t @Kottke)

* Draper’s Millions: The Philanthropic Wellspring of Modern Race Science race.undark.org/articles/drape… (h/t @YvesSmith) 4/

#20yrsago Hollywood wants to outlaw crowbars web.archive.org/web/2003012111…

#20yrsago All clauses of this disclaimer apply to the disclaimer itself, except for this first sentence web.archive.org/web/2002120422… 5/

#10yrsago @EFF creates the “@MarkCuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents” eff.org/press/releases…

#10yrsago SuperPACs: the ultimate get-rich-quick scheme bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 6/

#10yrsago Dinosaur Comics creator @ryannorth’s Choose-your-own-adventure Hamlet beats all Kickstarter publishing records kickstarter.com/projects/bread…

#10yrsago Why Mayor Rob Ford belongs on Toronto’s shitlist. Again. torontoist.com/2012/12/2012-v… 7/

#5yrsago Researchers trick Google’s AI into thinking rifles are helicopters, without any knowledge of the algorithm’s design labsix.org/partial-inform…

#5yrsago UK Tory MP unclear on the concept of dystopia alanmak.org.uk/sites/www.alan… ConHome brochure FINAL.pdf 8/

#5yrsago When Las Vegas cops put on bodycams, they used 37% less force and generated 30% fewer complaints cna.org/archive/CNA_Fi… 9/

#5yrsago “Friendly” apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty wired.com/story/the-prob… 10/

Yesterday's threads: Better failure for social media; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1604883181886382080

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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
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* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
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* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), 3/2:
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* How to take back the arts from Big Tech (@TheRealNews)


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Today's top sources: Jennifer Jenkins. 22/