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🔗 linkblog: A Network of Fake Test Answer Sites Is Trying to Incriminate Students – The Markup'
Let me get this straight: Invasive surveillance isn’t enough, now companies are creating opportunities to cheat just so they can ding them and take credit for stopping it?
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: 16 Feb 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Doctorow tackles the grossest parts of ed tech. It’s a great read.
🔗 linkblog: Talking to Art Spiegelman As the Latest ‘Maus’ Fight Erupts'
Quite enjoyed this read. Appreciated Spiegelman’s take that Maus got pushback because there’s not a satisfying ending. It’s true of Maus, but maybe that’s a feature, not a bug. Hat tip to Boing Boing for pointing me to this.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported - IEEE Spectrum'
This story is so, so much to take in. I saw it from the Massachusetts Pirate Party with a comment about implants needing to be open sourced. I agree, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ky. Republicans advance another bill banning trans girls from girls sports – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Disappointed to see more legislation like this under consideration.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Proposed tax break for private airplanes stalls in KY House | Lexington Herald Leader'
Glad to hear this—and glad my state rep seems to me a voice of reason here.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'What does it cost Lexington KY drivers to wait in traffic? | Lexington Herald Leader'
Yes for more transportation funding, but not if it’s all going to cars.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Missouri's Governor Still Insists Reporter Is A Hacker, Even As Prosecutors Decline To Press Charges | Techdirt'
This continues to be a dumb and worrying story.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Parents say daughters humiliated over Scott school dress code | Lexington Herald Leader'
Why are dress codes so often so gross?
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Declassified Documents Shows The CIA Is Using A 1981 Executive Order To Engage In Domestic Surveillance | Techdirt'
Surveillance is a bigger problem than we think.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Penguin Random House Demands Removal Of Maus From Digital Library Because The Book Is Popular Again | Techdirt'
The first line is a powerful one. Libraries ought to be a constant reference point (and beneficiary) when liberalizing IP.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How the Open App Markets Act wants to remake app stores - The Verge'
This would really change things up!
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Why Grammarly’s suggestions around writing about slavery miss the mark.'
I am just now learning about this and am glad for the article, but I’m not sure it hits all the deeper issues here.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets. - The New York Times'
I strongly believe in nuclear disarmament, but it’s still hard not to have some sympathy for this point of view.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'House Votes For COMPETES Act, Even With Its Problems, Almost Entirely On Party Lines | Techdirt'
This is why I want a U.S. Pirate Party
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How Board Games Handle Slavery'
Came across this while explaining Puerto Rico to my games and learning class. I love board games, but we have to critically evaluate them just like any other medium.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ - The New York Times'
Some of the scariest news I’ve read this week.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses - The New York Times'
Who thought this was a good idea???
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Intellectual property is important, but overreach is a real problem. We should be liberalizing IP, not cracking down on it.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe | Techdirt'
Surveillance is not going to help kids.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defends Joe Rogan deal in tense company town hall - The Verge'
Even if Spotify could demonstrate it isn’t a publisher here, platforms don’t get a free pass on content. Also, podcast platforms run counter to podcasting, so Spotify’s trying to be successful there is just as troublesome as the costs it’s willing to pay to do so.