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No 10 says ‘we shouldn’t gobblefunk’ with words, as Philip Pullman suggests work be left to go out of printRishi Sunak has intervened in the row over the rewriting of parts of Roald Dahl’s books to remove language deemed inappropriate, portraying it as…
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Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutralRoald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher Puffin.Puffin has hired sensitivity rea…
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Coin available to buy as part of 25th anniversary collection is first in series to feature King CharlesA coin featuring Professor Albus Dumbledore has been launched as part of a Harry Potter-themed collection from the Royal Mint.The collection was intr…
Adam Shostack, the author of “Threat Modeling: Designing for Security”, and the co-author of “The New School of Information Security”, recently launched his new book – “Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars”. In this Help Net S…
The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coupOne of the most enduring mysteries in modern Chilean history may finally have been solved after forensic experts determined that the Nobel prize-winni…
Henry VIII’s second wife was a deeply religious woman who resisted his advances for years, according to fresh researchAnne Boleyn was found guilty of adultery, incest and conspiracy – all, almost certainly, false charges trumped up by Henry VIII – and …
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On January 1, 2023, a swath of books, films, and songs entered the public domain. The public domain is not a place — it refers to all the creative works not protected by an intellectual property la…
Tuesday was the official publication date of A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back. It broke into the 2000s on the Amazon best-seller list.
Reviews in the New York Times, Cory Doctorow’s blog, Science, and the Associated Press.
I wrote essays related to the book for CNN and John Scalzi’s blog.
Two podcast interviews: Keen On and Lawfare. And a written interview for the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Lots more coming, I believe. Get your copy here.
And—last request—right now there’s one Amazon review, and it’s not a good one. If people here could leave reviews, I would appreciate it…