Tag: george orwell
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Keep the internet ephemeral, distributed, and anonymous
The internet is full of old hands that were around during it’s renaissance and are keepers of that spirit. Maciej Cegłowski (Idlewords, Pinboard) is one of those keepers and his writings poke fun at the establishment, elevate the strange, and celebrate the possible. His recent rant about keeping the internet free and clear of centralized…
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Reshelving Project
Ooh, this looks like fun. Hack the bookstores! Go to the bookstore and locate its copies of George Orwell’s 1984. Unless the Ministry of Reshelving has already visited this bookstore, it is probably currently incorrectly classified as “Fiction” or “Literature.” Discreetly move all copies of 1984 to a more suitable section, such as “Current Events”,…