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I Wrote a Story for a Friend | Julian Gough, 2022
Julian Gough wrote the only narrative prose in Minecraft, the end poem. But due to a fluke, never signed away the rights until putting the poem in the public domain as of this post. An exploration of art, emotion, and relationships under capitalism.

Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court | Maria Bustillos, 2020

Gawker Was Murdered by Gaslight | Tom Scocca, 2016

Mississippi Secession

Politics Quarantine§

Republicans should know about politicizing the Supreme Court — they did it | Albert Hunt, 2022

A sex educator in Michigan refused to be shamed. Then came the backlash. | Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, 2023

What the Panthers Meant By Self-Defense: Race, Violence, and Gun Control | Joshua Aiken, 2022

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule | Ronan Farrow, 2023

A Response to the Harvard Professors | Alec Karakatsanis, 2023

I suppose one way of responding to a litany of careful criticisms is to say they are all wrong but not explain why.

SpaceX’s Texas Rocket is Going To Cause A Lot More Damage Than Anyone Thinks | Eric Roesch, 2023
Written four days before the disasterous SpaceX launch, correctly predicting the failure and indicting the FAA for granting the permit

Sarah Jane Comrie Is A 2023 Version Of Carolyn Bryant | Monique Judge, 2023

Microsoft admits it should not have argued the FTC is unconstitutional | Kevin Purdy, 2023
Just an absolutely shameless display here, where Microsoft “threw everything at the wall” to argue their case to merge with Activision Blizzard, including that the FTC itself was an illegitimate agency.

Elon Musk's revival of Trump's Twitter account shows his political mission | Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC

Internet Free Expression Timeline | NCAC

The UK Has A Voyeuristic New Propaganda Campaign Against Encryption | Riana Pfefferkorn, 2022
A good look at a recent development in the encryption war

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon - The New York Times | 2022

The Worst Timeline: A Printer Company Is Putting DRM in Paper Now | EFF, 2022

Wyden and Heinrich: Newly Declassified Documents Reveal Previously Secret CIA Bulk Collection, Problems With CIA Handling of Americans’ Information | 2022

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