#10yrsago Veiny, slick silicone ovipositors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkfFZnK5W9s

#10yrsago A treadmill for Slinky toys, for your infinite Slinky-torturing pleasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dinVcBEDhQ

#10yrsago The Princess and the Pony, from Kate “Hark a Vagrant” Beaton https://memex.craphound.com/2015/08/07/the-princess-and-the-pony-from-kate-hark-a-vagrant-beaton/

#5yrsago Free the law https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/08/turkeys-for-christmas-party/#recap

#5yrsago Google bans anticompetitive vocabularies https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/08/turkeys-for-christmas-party/#newspeak

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Hey look at this

* It’s not just Figma https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/its-not-just-figma

* These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn

* The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

* AI Is A Money Trap https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/

* Precarious Employment in Precarious Futures https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/precarious-employment-in-precarious-futures/

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#10yrsago Universal Music’s anti-piracy ads reached new heights of crazypants gore https://www.techdirt.com/2015/08/06/universal-musics-anti-piracy-ads-even-crazier-than-you-can-imagine/

#10yrsago UK govt wants your opinion on sending file-sharers to jail for 10 years https://web.archive.org/web/20150905144030/https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/copyright-enforcement-consultation

#10yrsago Robert Charles Wilson’s The Affinities: when science changes everything https://memex.craphound.com/2015/08/06/robert-charles-wilsons-the-affinities-when-science-changes-everything/

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#10yrsago Parenting and the Internet: the smarter, missing third way https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/05/what-is-missing-from-the-kids-internet

#10yrsago Idaho court strikes down anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” law https://www.acluidaho.org/en/news/idaho-ag-gag-law-ruled-unconstitutional-federal-court

#10yrsago Actual questions from my Green Card questionnaire https://memex.craphound.com/2015/08/05/actual-questions-from-my-green-card-questionnaire/

#10yrsago Germany’s top prosecutor fired for bringing “treason” charge against Netzpolitik https://web.archive.org/web/20150807201032/https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/world/article/German-prosecutor-accuses-gov-t-of-meddling-in-6423563.php

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#5yrsago Collective Action In Tech For Black Lives Matter https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#anti-racist-tech

#5yrsago Papercraft Addams Family house https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#neat-sweet-petite

#5yrsago Google acquires major stake in ADT https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#vertical-integration

#5yrsago Jack Dorsey's interop plan https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#jack-giant-killer

#5yrsago Collective Action In Tech For Black Lives Matter https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#anti-racist-tech

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#5yrsago Google acquires major stake in ADT https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#vertical-integration

#5yrsago Jack Dorsey's interop plan https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#jack-giant-killer

#5yrsago Collective Action In Tech For Black Lives Matter https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#anti-racist-tech

#5yrsago Papercraft Addams Family house https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#neat-sweet-petite

#5yrsago Google acquires major stake in ADT https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/attack-surface-preview/#vertical-integration

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#10yrsago 3D maps of London Underground stations https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/3d-maps-of-every-underground-station-hijklm-14683/

#10yrsago Open “Chromecast killer” committed suicide-by-DRM https://www.techdirt.com/2015/08/04/matchstick-more-open-chromecast-destroyed-drm-announces-plans-to-return-all-funds/

#10yrsago Privatized, for-profit immigration detention centers force detainees to work for $1-3/day https://www.latimes.com/nation/immigration/la-na-detention-immigration-workers-20150803-story.html

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#20yrsago One 3 min MP3 = 5’9″ high stack of punchcards https://web.archive.org/web/20050804025015/http://www.ypsidixit.com/blog/archives/2005/08/remember_punch.html

#20yrsago German Harry Potter fan-translation in 45 hours https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/01/books.harrypotter

#10yrsago Re-recording the 1969 “Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJRoi92Ilo

#5yrsago Populism is good for your health https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/01/set-healthy-boundaries/#healthy-populism

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Hey look at this

* Technically Radical: On the Unrecognized Potential of Tech Workers and Hackers https://wedontagree.net/technically-radical-on-the-unrecognized-potential-of-tech-workers-and-hackers (h/t Danny O'Brien)

* Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens The Floodgates To U.S. Surveillance https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again https://www.theverge.com/news/716856/epic-v-google-win-in-appeals-court

* Once Upon a KATAMARI https://www.gematsu.com/games/once-upon-a-katamari

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