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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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Inside: Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause: What, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK does this mean?!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115034644536017304

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hey look at this

* Sabot in the Age of AI https://algorithmic-sabotage.github.io/asrg/posts/sabot-in-the-age-of-ai/ (h/t JWZ)

* Bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler offers character naming rights in fundraiser https://clarionwriteathon.com/prizes/auction.php

* LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/researchers-find-llms-are-bad-at-logical-inference-good-at-fluent-nonsense/

* Pank-a-Squith https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/14/Pank-a-Squith-The-Womens-Suffrage-Board-Game/ (h/t Neatorama)

* Ray’s Day, what is it? https://raysday.net/en/

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