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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#20yrsago HOWTO convert an Oral B flosser into a vibrating lockpick https://web.archive.org/web/20060113090614/http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/lockpick/lockpick.aspx

#20yrsago Levi’s to ship iPod jeans https://web.archive.org/web/20060113045708/https://www.popgadget.net/2006/01/levis_ipod_jean.php

#20yrsago Chumbawamba: Why we don’t use DRM on our CDs https://web.archive.org/web/20060112044019/http://www.chumba.com/Chumbawambacopyprotect1.html

#20yrsago UK Parliamentarians demand WiFi https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/british-parliament-members-demand-wi-fi-access/

#15yrsago Sue Townsend talks Adrian Mole with the Guardian book-club https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2011/jan/10/sue-townsend-adrian-mole-book-club

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the Guardian

Podcast: Sue Townsend meets the Guardian book club

The author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and eight subsequent books about him, talks to Professor John Mullan at the monthly Guardian book club
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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#15yrsago Major record labels forced to pay CAD$45M to ripped-off musicians https://web.archive.org/web/20110112055510/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5563/125/

#10yrsago Why Americans can’t stop working: the poor can’t afford to, and the rich are enjoying themselves https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/inequality-work-hours/422775/

#10yrsago Juniper blinks: firewall will nuke the NSA’s favorite random number generator https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spying-juniper-idUSKBN0UN07520160109/

#5yrsago Impeachment and realignment https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/10/realignments/#realign

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Pluralistic: 10 Jan 2021

The Atlantic

Why Do Americans Work So Much?

The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a society so prosperous that people would hardly have to work. But that isn’t exactly how things have played out.

Canadian Recording Industry To Pay $45 Million To Settle Class Action Over Copyright Infringement

Dr. Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa., cria settles class action
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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hey look at this

* Barrel of Suck: A bot to surface relevant old Suck.com articles https://www.bricoleur.org/2026/01/finally-finished-up-bot-for-posting.html

* My first Boing Boing post, 25 years ago tomorrow https://web.archive.org/web/20010124080600/http://boingboing.net/2001_01_01_bloggerarchive.html

* Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

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Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

A directory for happy mutants
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#20yrsago HOWTO convert an Oral B flosser into a vibrating lockpick https://web.archive.org/web/20060113090614/http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/lockpick/lockpick.aspx

#20yrsago Levi’s to ship iPod jeans https://web.archive.org/web/20060113045708/https://www.popgadget.net/2006/01/levis_ipod_jean.php

#20yrsago Chumbawamba: Why we don’t use DRM on our CDs https://web.archive.org/web/20060112044019/http://www.chumba.com/Chumbawambacopyprotect1.html

#20yrsago UK Parliamentarians demand WiFi https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/british-parliament-members-demand-wi-fi-access/

#15yrsago Sue Townsend talks Adrian Mole with the Guardian book-club https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2011/jan/10/sue-townsend-adrian-mole-book-club

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the Guardian

Podcast: Sue Townsend meets the Guardian book club

The author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and eight subsequent books about him, talks to Professor John Mullan at the monthly Guardian book club
CNET

British Parliament members demand Wi-Fi access

Wires-only network irks some, who believe that the security obstacles to wireless access can be overcome.

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Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

Quick Vibrating Lockpick - Overview

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