Read Pluralistic: 12 Aug 2020 by Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

Today's links

Grace is cleared: The homeschool-to-prison pipeline is closed…for now.

Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble: Hasta la victoria siempre.

Failed State: Chris Brown's outstanding new ecopocalyptic cyberpunk legal thriller.

Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics: Gashapon funnies from 1966.

Sorting machines snatched from post offices: Administrative incompetence vs textualism?

Payday lenders are CFPB's pandemic aid: When the watchdogs switch sides.

Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal: Rule 48a applies even if the judge sees the prosecutor accept a bribe in the courtroom.

RSS WTF: An explainer for the newly awakened.

This day in history: 2015, 2019

Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

I didn’t know Cory had a separate linkblog like this, but should have suspected that he would have.