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If you care about labor justice and artists' rights, stop focusing on copyright. How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/10/12/t...
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Pluralistic: How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist (12 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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RadioBradshaw @radiobradshaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, today I am proud to announce my bold 1-step plan to improve the lives of every American from sea to shining sea...
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 22h
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/10/2026
I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
NEW: Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a one-minute notice from Border Patrol. A convoy of contractors — guarded by masked agents — was en route to conduct testing for a coming border wall. The tribe was warned: Do not interfere.
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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones
For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If protesting didn't work, would those in power be doing everything they can right now to vilify protestors and crack down on free speech? Activist and author Annie Leonard offers an important history lesson on why protest is so important — and why it's needed now more than ever.
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Behold the awesome destructive power of a fully operational billionaire. Thwarted @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/10/09/i...
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Pluralistic: Thwarted (09 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police. It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.” (Published Nov. 2025 w/ @startribune.com)
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026
Thread. And yes, if we're going to bat back this nonsense then we have to all have each others' backs and say this is unacceptable.
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump’s sons have recently invested in dozens of defense companies. Those companies have now raked in a staggering $6 BILLION in current or future government contracts. Corruption? Or coincidence? You be the judge.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just five giant conglomerates now control 90 percent of the media. The reason this is so dangerous might not be what you think.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With scam artists empowered by LLMs, writers and editors have common cause to worry about submissions. That's why Emerging Tech is gathering @bonabooks.bsky.social, @reckoningmag.bsky.social, & SFWA Publications for I SWEAR I'M NOT A ROBOT Tues, Oct 13 at 1pm PT. RSVP today! sfwa.org/events/?even...
Emerging Tech Presents... I Swear I'm Not a Robot: How Publishers Are Handling the Pressure to Confirm Human Authorship
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A great example of a company whose entire business model is to extract wealth from its customers Disloyalty @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/10/07/g...
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Pluralistic: Disloyalty (07 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026
Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026
Since the mid-1950s, we have changed the thing that "AI" refers to every 5-10 years. The current thing we're calling "AI" is about a decade old, and all this label-switching leads to a lack of clarity as to what (this) "AI" is.
The First Bank of Chicago, a Grecian temple to money. It is surrounded by flames. A skeleton in academic robes and mortarboards has been lynched from its roof. In the foreground are banded packages of US $100 bills.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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