By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026As Farrell writes, this end-time was foretold by the prophet Alan Moore with his 1980s *2000 AD* character Abelard Snazz, "the man with the two-storey brain": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelard... 10/en.wikipedia.orgAbelard Snazz - Wikipedia 1301
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026Snazz "solves" the street crime epidemic on the planet Twopp with "Big Police Robots," who spiral out of control, arresting the citizens of Twopp for trivial crimes like wearing brown shoes with a blue suit ("breaking the laws of good taste"). 11/ 1300
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026To solve this new problem, Snazz invents "Big Criminal Robots" whose "cunning, efficient" crimes "take up all the police's time." 12/ 1260
