Tag: cory doctorow

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Rivals 2 character icons gathered around a circle. Each character is connected to every other character through a line; in the middle is the icon for the UK and Ireland's Rivals Discord guild.

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Two panel image. On the first, the copyright symbol is shown next to the words "Artist's Signature" crossed out, with the words MINE written underneath. Caption: "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." In the bottom panel, a head bust of Lady Justice with blood running from her head to her collar bone. Caption: "THEY'RE THE SAME PICTURE."

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A twelve-minute read on:

  • Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
  • Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
  • The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
  • Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
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Green paperclip bent to look like a pipe. Underneath it is written, "ceci n'est pas un linkdump" ("this is not a linkdump")

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A Shell station at the Balhaldie service area.

Read to the end for literary constipations such as:

  • Two guys on a motorway discuss quitting their job;
  • Britain’s only fully-automated luxury petrol station (powered by AI, of course);
  • My commentary: how I feel being back in the saddle.
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Four time-based charts Upper blue area: Number of Mastodon users Upper cyan area: Hourly increases of number of users Lower orange area: Number of active instances Lower yellow area: Thousand toots per hour For current figures please read the text of this post (i.e. https://geekdom.social/@mastodonusercount@mastodon.social/112116814836144770)

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  • Mastodon’s userbase milestone;
  • I am once again asking you to move to Mastodon.
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  • I tried to read Getting Things Done. It’s a slog, but it does have one thing worth remembering;
  • Productivity is about being more deliberate about what you do, not about doing more;
  • Whenever we see a piece of productivity advice, we should ask – “Productivity to what kinds of political ends?”
  • I’m writing a story. Maybe I’ll publish it one day…
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Two signs beside a swimming pool. The one nearest the viewer reads: "TOPs WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT." The sign further away clarifies that 'TOP' is an acronym: "TRESPASSERS ON PROPERTY."
  • A quick overview of the recent edition of BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth;
  • Acronyms: The apex of absurdity in our 21st century communications;
  • Why don’t we have a little more anthropology in our lives?
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