Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow  ·  4 months ago
Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/

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An early 20th century editorial cartoon depicting the Standard Oil Company an a world-spanning octopus clutching the organs of state - White House, Capitol dome, etc - in its tentacles. It has been altered: to its left, curled within its tentacles, stands an early 20th century cartoon depicting Uncle Sam as a policeman with a billyclub, with a DOJ Antitrust Division crest on his chest. On its right, one of its tentacles clutches an early Google 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button. Its head has been colored in with bands in the colors of the Google logo, surmounted by the Chrome logo. Its eyes have been replaced with the eyes of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
An early 20th century editorial cartoon depicting the Standard Oil Company an a world-spanning octopus clutching the organs of state - White House, Capitol dome, etc - in its tentacles. It has been altered: to its left, curled within its tentacles, stands an early 20th century cartoon depicting Uncle Sam as a policeman with a billyclub, with a DOJ Antitrust Division crest on his chest. On its right, one of its tentacles clutches an early Google 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button. Its head has been colored in with bands in the colors of the Google logo, surmounted by the Chrome logo. Its eyes have been replaced with the eyes of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
An early 20th century editorial cartoon depicting the Standard Oil Company an a world-spanning octopus clutching the organs of state - White House, Capitol dome, etc - in its tentacles. It has been altered: to its left, curled within its tentacles, stands an early 20th century cartoon depicting Uncle Sam as a policeman with a billyclub, with a DOJ Antitrust Division crest on his chest. On its right, one of its tentacles clutches an early Google 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button. Its head has been colored in with bands in the colors of the Google logo, surmounted by the Chrome logo. Its eyes have been replaced with the eyes of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow  ·  4 months ago
Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Why is this Canadian university scared of you seeing its Privacy Impact Assessment; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/01/eruditio-libertas-est/

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The notorious 2002 California Coastal Records image of Barbara Streisand's mansion and the surrounding coastline. It has been altered: the heraldic logo of Langara College has been superimposed on its many pitched roofs. Image: Copyright (C) 2002 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org (modified) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streisand_Estate.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en -- Langara College (modified) https://langara.ca/ Fair use (parody) https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104 Fair dealing (parody) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468015
The notorious 2002 California Coastal Records image of Barbara Streisand's mansion and the surrounding coastline. It has been altered: the heraldic logo of Langara College has been superimposed on its many pitched roofs. Image: Copyright (C) 2002 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org (modified) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streisand_Estate.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en -- Langara College (modified) https://langara.ca/ Fair use (parody) https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104 Fair dealing (parody) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468015
The notorious 2002 California Coastal Records image of Barbara Streisand's mansion and the surrounding coastline. It has been altered: the heraldic logo of Langara College has been superimposed on its many pitched roofs. Image: Copyright (C) 2002 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org (modified) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streisand_Estate.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en -- Langara College (modified) https://langara.ca/ Fair use (parody) https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104 Fair dealing (parody) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468015
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow  ·  4 months ago
Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: AI's productivity theater; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/25/accountability-sinks/

#Pluralistic

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A medieval tapestry depicting an overseer gesturing imperiously with his stick at three bent peasants who are grubbing in a field. The image has been altered. Contrasts and colors have been pushed into psychedelic pinks, greens and blues. Part of the tapestry fades into a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The overseer's head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
A medieval tapestry depicting an overseer gesturing imperiously with his stick at three bent peasants who are grubbing in a field. The image has been altered. Contrasts and colors have been pushed into psychedelic pinks, greens and blues. Part of the tapestry fades into a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The overseer's head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
A medieval tapestry depicting an overseer gesturing imperiously with his stick at three bent peasants who are grubbing in a field. The image has been altered. Contrasts and colors have been pushed into psychedelic pinks, greens and blues. Part of the tapestry fades into a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The overseer's head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en