Pluralistic: Don't Be Evil (22 Nov 2023)

Today's links Don't Be Evil: My new Locus Column. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Don't Be Evil (permalink) My latest Locus M … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter" (21 November 2023)

Today's links Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter": The market authoritarianism of a seastead childhood. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action (20 Nov 2023)

Today's links Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action: Now can we please stop listening to this ghoul? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current w … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Pinkdrunk Linkdump (18 Nov 2023)

Today's links Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Pinkdrunk Linkdump (permalink) Happy Satur … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Red-teaming the SCOTUS code of conduct (17 Nov 2023)

Today's links Red-teaming the SCOTUS code of conduct: Let's take a look at what it *actually* prohibits. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, curr … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Big Train managers earn bonuses for greenlighting unsafe cars (15 Nov 2023)

Today's links Big Train managers earn bonuses for greenlighting unsafe cars: The blood-curdling near-misses we don't hear about. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, curren … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The conservative movement is cracking up (14 Nov 2023)

Today's links The conservative movement is cracking up: It's not just Trumpism – antitrust is an emerging fracture line. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writin … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The (open) web is good, actually (13 Nov 2023)

Today's links The (open) web is good, actually: Recall has always been a power dynamic. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: "Brand safety" killed Jezebel (11 Nov 2023)

Today's links "Brand safety" killed Jezebel: Reality isn't brand-safe. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading "Brand safety" k … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Big Telco's fury over FCC plan to infuse telecoms policy with facts (10 Nov 2023)

Today's links Big Telco's fury over FCC plan to infuse telecoms policy with facts: Dickey Amendments for everything. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing pr … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot (09 Nov 2023)

Today's links The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot: Firms undisciplined by competition, regulation, or self-help measures. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (08 Nov 2023)

Today's links Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors": Big gubmint wants to take away your freedom to starve to death in old age. Announcing The Lost Cause Tour: LA, Stratford, Concord, Simsbury, Toronto, New York and Chapel Hill! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. T … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Naomi Alderman's 'The Future' (07 November 2023)

Today's links Naomi Alderman's 'The Future': Billionaire preppers vs the end of the human race. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current readi … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Amazon is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023)

Today's links Amazon is a ripoff: New Amazon paradox just dropped. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Amazon is a ripoff (permal … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: A link-clump demands a linkdump (05 Nov 2023)

Today's links A link-clump demands a linkdump: Fit the ninth. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading A link-clump demands a linkdump (permalink) Cometh the weekend, cometh t … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Big Tech's "attention rents" (03 Nov 2023)

Today's links Big Tech's "attention rents": Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Social Security is class war, not intergenerational conflict (01 Nov 2023)

Today's links Social Security is class war, not intergenerational conflict: If conservatives were really interested in millennial life-chances, they'd demand inheritance taxes, not Social Security cuts. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 202 … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The impoverished imagination of neoliberal climate "solutions" (31 Oct 2023)

Today's links The impoverished imagination of neoliberal climate "solutions": "All of the above" is a highly selective proposition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, cur … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit (30 Oct 2023)

Today's links Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit: $46.5 billion incinerated and he's richer than ever. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza (28 Oct 2023)

Today's links A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza: A new "breaking news consumer handbook" from On The Media. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writi … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: A taxonomy of corporate bullshit (27 Oct 2023)

Today's links A taxonomy of corporate bullshit: The six lies they've always told. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading A taxonomy … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA (26 Oct 2023)

Today's links Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current wri … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Bad King Richard got rich by exploiting workers at King's Faire (25 Oct 2023)

Today's links Bad King Richard got rich by exploiting workers at King's Faire: Creative workers are workers. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, curre … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification" (24 Oct 2023)

Today's links Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification": They’ve run out of lands to conquer and they’re taking it out on you. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appeara … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: In defense of bureaucratic competence (23 Oct 2023)

Today's links In defense of bureaucratic competence: The nine most uplifting words in the English language: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, u … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: An interoperability rule for your money (21 Oct 2023)

Today's links An interoperability rule for your money: The CFPB will force banks to make it easy for you to leave. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing proj … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss (20 Oct 2023)

Today's links Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss: Amazon immediately spotted an undercover reported but missed that the bestselling 'Release Energy' was its drivers' urine. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it (19 Oct 2023)

Today's links Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it: Making billionaires, one patent at a time. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/rec … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: What Americans want (18 Oct 2023)

Today's links What Americans want: Term limits for Congress, pack the Supreme Court, abolish the Electoral College, get money out of politics. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appea … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works" (17 Oct 2023)

Today's links Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works": Mutual aid, the built environment, the climate, and a future of comfort and abundance. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: None Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current wr … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: One of America's most corporate-crime-friendly bankruptcy judges forced to recuse himself (16 Oct 2023)

Today's links One of America's most corporate-crime-friendly bankruptcy judges forced to recuse himself: Judge David Jones rigged the 'Texas Two-Step' cases his secret girlfriend argued in his court. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect of NPR's traffic (14 Oct 2023)

Today's links Leaving Twitter had no effect of NPR's traffic: The brittle equilibrium of stage three enshittification. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projec … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion; The Lost Cause prologue, part 6 (13 Oct 2023)

Today's links Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion: The process is the punishment. The Lost Cause prologue, part 6: Big finish! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, u … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke; The Lost Cause prologue, Part V (11 Oct 2023)

Today's links Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke: The real DEI was the collective bargaining unit we formed along the way. The Lost Cause prologue, Part V: Fuck around, find out. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Coloph … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Underground Empire; The Lost Cause prologue part IV (10 Oct 2023)

Today's links Underground Empire: Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman's must-read account of "How America Weaponized the World Economy." The Lost Cause prologue part IV: "Commies, agitators, traitors, and climate bed wetters." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in his … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How Google's trial secrecy lets it control the coverage; The Lost Cause prologue, part III (09 Oct 2023)

Today's links How Google's trial secrecy lets it control the coverage: You got it wrong, but we won't tell you how. The Lost Cause prologue, part III: Going viral in the free world. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colopho … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The Lost Cause prologue (part 2) (07 Oct 2023)

Today's links The Lost Cause prologue (part 2): It's a small world, after all. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading The Lost … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Serializing the opening of "The Lost Cause" (06 Oct 2023)

Today's links Serializing the opening of "The Lost Cause": My novel of climate hope, out on November 14. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Union pensions are funding private equity attacks on workers (05 Oct 2023)

Today's links Union pensions are funding private equity attacks on workers: When your pension fund comes for your job, your home, and your funeral. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices (04 Oct 2023)

Today's links For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices: A long-overdue antitrust beatdown for Agri Stats. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Google's enshittification memos (03 Oct 2023)

Today's links Google's enshittification memos: Truly, Big Tech can't stop telling on itself. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Kickstarting the audiobook of The Lost Cause, my novel of environmental hope (02 Oct 2023)

Today's links Kickstarting the audiobook of The Lost Cause, my novel of environmental hope: And another one that Amazon won't sell. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, cur … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The internet is not a (link)dump truck (30 Sept 2023)

Today's links The internet is not a (link)dump truck: It's a series of totally tubular links. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading The internet is not a (link)dump truck ( … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline (29 Sept 2023)

Today's links The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline: Finding suckers is the one thing ad-targeting is good at. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?" (28 Sep 2023)

Today's links Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?": Socialism or barbarism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current readin … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Intuit: "Our fraud fights racism" (27 Sept 2023)

Today's links Intuit: "Our fraud fights racism": Apparently, ripping off Black people with the Freefile scam is a form of reparations. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2028, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine" (26 Sep 2023)

Today's links Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine": Reclaiming the Luddites from the victors' history. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, cur … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping" (25 Sept 2023)

Today's links Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping": How to preserve the benefits of web-scraping while targeting the real harms. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearanc … | Continue reading


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