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[blogs] Go read Pete Ashton's Notes & Links … A proper old-school daily link blog, written by someone dealing with post-Covid-19 chronic fatigue.

[cia] Discover the CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual … A summary of a 1944 CIA sabotage guide.

[movies] 10 great sci-fi B-movies … Great movie list from Kim Newman.

[usenet] Usenet-Rewind … A new Usenet archive – so much early internet history is here.

[ai] We Must Create the Shit Machine … ‘To help humans adjust to the NEW REALITY that is about to be ushered in by the UNQUESTIONING AND UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE SHIT MACHINE, we will also be creating an APP that will allow you to POINT YOUR PHONE at the…

[ai] A Computer Can Never Be Held Accountable…

[9/11] The Falling Man — a repost of this long, moving essay by Tom Junod.

[comics] “Don’t remind people what you aren’t”: DC’s Richard Bruning on prestige, Vertigo, and why Paul Levitz wouldn’t buy a Mac, Part 1 … Bruning, DC’s long-time design/creative director interviewed.

[gaming] Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Cabinet Production … Go look behind the scenes at an Atari Factory building Battlezone arcade cabinets in 1980.

[herzog] Werner the Herzog …

[kubrick] The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy theory: did someone cut a crucial 20 minutes from Kubrick’s final movie?

[fun] You might find this soothing: Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online

[truecrime] ‘It destroyed me’ – your top true-crime TV shows of all time … Guardian readers pick their favourite true crime shows.

[moore] Alan Moore’s Script for “In Fictopia” … Don Simpson has posted Alan’s script for In Fictopia.

[adam-curtis] The Strange World of… Adam Curtis … The Quietus explores ten key films that define Adam Curtis’ career as a documentarian.

[mp3] The Lost Joy of Music Piracy: WhatCD, Oink, and Spotify … A look back at the the golden age of downloading music illegally.

[funny] Matt Berry reads a truly brutal letter from Robert Crumb … ‘Swedish jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson once sent some of his music to legendary illustrator and famed record collector Robert Crumb; Crumb, baffled, pulled no punches and responded with…

[life] Radio station accidentally announced King’s death then broadcast 16 minutes of silence as panicked staff member ran away … Rule #1: Don’t play the royal obituary tape live unless the King is dead.

[comics] Art Spiegelman: ‘The US needs a counter-revolution’ … Interview with Art Spiegelman in the Guardian.

[comics] He transformed comics.

[politics] Why Andy Burnham is no ordinary Labour prime minister … TIL, that Andy Burnham is the first Co-operative Party Prime Minister.