Maga's boss class think they are immune to American carnage: They're in for a surprise.

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Cory Doctorow

2025-08-13 17:16:18

It's not just that Texas DA Gocha Ramirez charged a woman with murder for having an abortion (something he wasn't allowed to do, even in Texas); it's that Ramirez paid for his mistress's own abortion, after he impregnated her while having an affair with her *and* her sister:

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Hey look at this

* The Culture War is Completely Exhausted lukewsavage.com/p/the-culture-…

* Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/wh…

* Back-to-School Inflation Stories Crop Up on TikTok thebignewsletter.com/p/monopol…

* Fragile Movements Crumble hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragile-mo…

* AI: great expectations rodneybrooks.com/ai-great-expe…

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#15yrsago Kenk: graphic novel humanizes Toronto’s most notorious bike-thief without apologising for him memex.craphound.com/2010/08/13…

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#10yrsago Hilariously terrifying talk about security vimeo.com/135347162

#10yrsago Income inequality turns “neglected tropic diseases” into American diseases of “the poor living among the wealthy” web.archive.org/web/2015082004…

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#10yrsago Rightscorp teams up with lawyers to mass-sue people who ignore blackmail letters torrentfreak.com/rightscorp-de…

#10yrsago Inside the Machine: visual history of electronics, tech and art meganprelinger.com/book/inside…

#10yrsago Twitter snoop-requests from UK cops/gov’t more than double in 2015 bbc.com/news/technology-338826…

#10yrsago The failed writer who became NSA’s in-house “philosopher” theintercept.com/2015/08/11/su…

#10yrsago Internet filters considered harmful web.archive.org/web/2015080902…

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Twitter 'snooping' requests double in UK

The number of police and government requests for Twitter users' personal information doubles in the UK.

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#10yrsago FBI opened a file on George Carlin for telling “bad taste” Hoover jokes muckrock.com/news/archives/201…

#10yrsago Caveman Science Fiction dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/ca…

#5yrsago Florida sheriff bans masks pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/bet…

#5yrsago "Less lethal" is a euphemism, too pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/bet…

#5yrsago My origin story pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/bet…

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#5yrsago Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

#5yrsago Payday lenders are CFPB's pandemic aid pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

#5yrsago Sorting machines snatched from post offices pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

#5yrsago Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

#5yrsago Failed State pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

#5yrsago Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/fai…

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#1yrago The paradox of choice screens pluralistic.net/2024/08/12/def…

#1yrago Madeline Ashby's 'Glass Houses' pluralistic.net/2024/08/13/inf…

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Monday's threads: Goodhart's Law (of AI); and more!

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Cory Doctorow

2025-08-11 17:22:39

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Goodhart's Law (of AI); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/08/11/fiv…

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