Object permanence
“Perfect Thing”; Recruiters tell students Iraq war is over; Toothpick Final Fantasy replicas; “Eleanor & Park”; Voter Suppression Trail; “Science Comics Computers.”
#25yrsago Dutch cops bombard stolen phones with SMSes https://web.archive.org/web/20011106210234/https://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171836.html
#20yrsago Levy’s Perfect Thing: eye-opening iPod book https://memex.craphound.com/2006/11/05/levys-perfect-thing-eye-opening-ipod-book/
#20yrsago Army recruiters to students: “Iraq war is over” https://abcnews.com/GMA/story?id=2626032&page=1
#15yrsago Occupier/Army Ranger in ICU: Oakland PD “jumped me” https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/us-protests-oakland-veteran-idUSTRE7A37A820111104/
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#15yrsago Prisoner’s toothpick replicas of Final Fantasy weapons https://web.archive.org/web/20111105071751/https://www.geekosystem.com/prisoner-builds-final-fantasy-swords-matchsticks/
#10yrsago Canadians are getting “blackmailed” by US copyright trolls https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/copyright-infringement-notice-canada-piracy-1.3831492
#10yrsago Eleanor & Park: a terrifying YA romance that has rescued its readers and frightened their parents https://memex.craphound.com/2016/11/05/eleanor-park-a-terrifying-ya-romance-that-has-rescued-its-readers-and-frightened-their-parents/
#10yrsago Chrome is about to start warning users that non-HTTPS sites are insecure https://www.wired.com/2016/11/googles-chrome-hackers-flip-webs-security-model/
#10yrsago Rebecca Solnit’s open letter to Trump: You should really visit New York some time https://lithub.com/new-york-city-is-a-book-conservatives-should-read/
#10yrsago The New York Times’s GOP voter-suppression retrogame: “The Voter Suppression Trail” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/01/opinion/voting-suppression-videogame.html
#10yrsago Toronto Star compiles a comprehensive list of Trump’s election-season lies https://web.archive.org/web/20161105070153/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/uselection/2016/11/04/donald-trump-the-unauthorized-database-of-false-things.html
#1yrago “Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works” https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/05/xor-xand-xnor-nand-nor/#brawniac
