A California software engineer found paragraphs and themes in the novel “The Manchuriam Candidate,” by Richard Congdon, that were plagiarized from “I, Claudius.”
Yes, the individual sentences and paragraphs and character personalities were copied, but this doesn’t pass the sniff test for plagiarism. The novels are blatantly different from one another.
Astronomers are using computer models for for slime mold growth patterns to trace filaments connecting galaxies.
Reminds me of season 1 of “Star Trek: Discovery!”
Cory Doctorow: Farmers are fighting John Deere for the right to fix their own tractors.
This is literally jeopardizing the US food supply.
Cory Doctorow: A woman sued the TSA over a “pat-down” that penetrated her vagina.
Led Zeppelin wins a ruling that “Stairway to Heaven” was not plagiarized from an earlier record, potentially setting a precedent for future copyright cases.
Holy Crom, is that what Robert Plant looks like now?
X-ray Shoe Fitting “Customers Expect It!” [1940s]
