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Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!

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Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?



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#20yrsago New #PageRank optimization may pave way for idiosyncratic Google eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

#15yrsago Security guards threaten NPR photogs with arrest for shooting panorama of DC’s Union Station web.archive.org/web/2008051710…

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#15yrsago Warner/DC comics shuts down children’s cancer charity auction over trademark web.archive.org/web/2008051704…

#15yrsago @GratefulDead shake down NPR over including a song in an online mix npr.org/sections/monit…

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#15yrsago Analog switchoff == DRM screwjob tidbits.com/2008/05/12/dig…

#15yrsago US and EU commissioner trying (again!) to sneak #SoftwarePatents into Europe web.archive.org/web/2008051407…

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#15yrsago London supermarket secretly photographs alcohol/cigarette buyers, wants national database dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…

#15yrsago Canada’s #CrownCopyright: high-cost censorship thestar.com/business/2008/…

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#15yrsago Passively Multiplayer Online Game launches — using game-scoring to keep track of and expand how you browse pmog.com

#10yrsago Apple can decrypt iPhones for cops; Google can remotely “reset password” for Android devices cnet.com/tech/tech-indu…

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#10yrsago Inside the world of “#booters” — cheesy DoS-for-hire sites krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/ddos-s…

#10yrsago “Citation needed”‘s #Wikipedia entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_…

#10yrsago #Scientology sucks at photoshop tonyortega.org/2013/05/12/sci…

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#10yrsago How #Anonymous got involved in fighting for justice for rape victims motherjones.com/politics/2013/…

#10yrsago #3DPrintedGuns and the law: will judges be able to think clearly about digital files when guns are involved? theguardian.com/technology/201…

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#5yrsago White woman calls cops on black family who barbecued in Oakland Park’s barbecue area panthertimes.com/2018/05/02/whi…

#5yrsago 75% of #TheresaMay’s £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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#5yrsago Cops have a secret, unaccountable system for tracking you by your cellphone, and they abuse it like crazy nytimes.com/2018/05/10/tec…

#1yrago A useful, critical taxonomy of #decentralization, beyond blockchains pluralistic.net/2022/05/12/cry…

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Thursday's threads: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'



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