#5yrsago The platforms control our public discourse, and who they disconnect is arbitrary and capricious https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/beware-the-digital-censor/2018/08/12/997e28ea-9cd0-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html
#5yrsago None of the Above won the #2016Election https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/09/new-data-makes-it-clear-nonvoters-handed-trump-the-presidency/
#5yrsago English and Welsh local governments use “terrorism” as the excuse to block publication of commercial vacancies https://gijn.org/2018/08/14/meet-the-man-who-filed-1400-foi-requests-to-prove-data-acquisition-isnt-terrorism/
#5yrsago @KarlSchroeder'’s “The Million”: a science fiction conspiracy novel of radically altered timescales https://memex.craphound.com/2018/08/14/karl-schroeders-the-million-a-science-fiction-conspiracy-novel-of-radically-altered-timescales/
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#5yrsago UK visitors wait 2.5 hours to get through immigration at Heathrow https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45165222
#5yrsago Hackers find exploitable vulnerabilities in #AmazonEcho, turn one into a listening device https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-turn-amazon-echo-into-spy-bug/
#5yrsago EU resolution aims to comprehensively limit “#PlannedObsolescence” https://www.retaildetail.eu/news/electronics/eu-aims-abolish-planned-obsolescence/
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