#20yrsago Four and Twenty Blackbirds: great goth scary novel discovered on LJ https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/30/four-and-twenty-blackbirds-great-goth-scary-novel-discovered-on-lj/

#20yrago Last Unicorn author ripped off by filmmaker, struggling and penniless https://web.archive.org/web/20051201203719/http://www.conlanpress.com/youcanhelp/

#20yrsago Copyright scholars and publishers on crazy auctorial theories about books and tech https://web.archive.org/web/20060302133925/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/opinion/28oreilly.html?ex=1285560000&en=aa457b249728c229&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

#20yrsago Tim O’Reilly profiled by Steven Levy https://web.archive.org/web/20051013083044/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly_pr.html

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#15yrsago What Internet activism looks like https://web.archive.org/web/20101001074040/http://dashes.com/anil/2010/09/when-the-revolution-comes-they-wont-recognize-it.html

#15yrsago American atheists and agnostics know more about religion than professed believers https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-28-la-na-religion-survey-20100928-story.html

#15yrsago Only 1.7% of sites blocked by Scandinavia’s “child-porn” filters are actually child porn https://ak-zensur.de/2010/09/29/analysis-blacklists.pdf

#15yrsago Inside the finances of the UK “legal blackmail” copyright enforcement company https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/09/p2p-settlement-factory-expects-10-million-from-mailing-letters/

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* Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/

* Kamala Harris has no lessons for the Democrats – or herself (by Nicola Sturgeon) https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/kamala-harri-has-no-lessons-for-the-democrats-or-herself

* Unknown Artist: Smokey the Fire Engine https://taylorjessen.blogspot.com/2025/09/unknown-artist-smokey-fire-engine.html

* Ed Zitron is mad as hell https://archive.is/A6XXp (h/t Hacker News)

* Story Seed Library https://storyseedlibrary.org/

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* EU ministers reach 'compromise' on digital euro roadmap https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/eu-ministers-seek-agreement-digital-euro-be-independent-visa-mastercard-2025-09-19/

* Amazon will pay $2.5b to settle the FTC’s Prime lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/news/785744/amazon-ftc-prime-subscription-settlment

* Conservative Dem Compares Ad About Corporate Donations to ‘Political Violence’ https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-25-conservative-dem-ad-corporate-donations-violence-bains-california/

* Monopoly Utilities Ousted America's Best Regulator https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/monopoly-utilities-ousted-americas

* WNYC offers free programs to stations affected by funding cuts https://current.org/2025/09/wnyc-offers-free-programs-to-stations-affected-by-funding-cuts/ (h/t Today in Tabs)

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* They Pump So Much Stuff Into Those Beautiful Little Babies https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/they-pump-so-much-stuff-into-those-beautiful-little-babies (h/t Kottke)

* The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/07/solar-power-rightwing-trump

* Anti-Religious Politics https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/anti-religious-politics

* She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress https://www.wired.com/story/kat-abughazaleh-youtuber-for-congress/

* Day Two: Can the Open Web Be Restored? And an Annoyed Judge Tries to Move Things Along. https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/day-two-can-the-open-web-be-restored

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