Pluralistic: History is something you do (27 Oct 2026)


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Pluralistic: Sovereign citizens, but for news (26 Oct 2026)


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  • Sovereign citizens, but for news: By reading the LA Times, you agree…
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Patenting tax dodges; 6-word sf; Newscorp shareholders v Murdoch; Ancient German ophthalmology cult; Trolley problem is stupid; Trump's influence peddling to Chinese millionaire; Al Franken v binding arbitration; Yoga pants spite parade; Dems' secret Congressional committee; RIAA v your PC; "Going Under"; "Machine Man"; Aging goths; "Everfair"; Kremlin will destabilize Ukraine; FCC fronts for Big Cable; Straight Outta Vagina; Remixed TED Talk about remixing; Authoritarian debt.
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Pluralistic: Critique and writing (23 Oct 2026)


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  • Critique and writing: The most important part of a writing workshop is trying to fix other people's stories.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: USPS nukes the mail; Enron Explorer; "Scored"; UAE's international hacker legion; NZ provides hacking tools to torturers; Truecrypt insecure; The Traitorous Eight.
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Pluralistic: Adversarial interoperability is a team sport (21 Oct 2026)


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  • Adversarial interoperability is a team sport: Vibe-coded jailbreaks are fun, but don't solve the problem.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Labour Whip's pro-Iraq war threats; LoC's emulators; Kevin Mitnick plays CIA stooge; ICE: "The warrant is coming out of my balls"; WIPO's secret trademark meeting; Linking isn't libel (in Canada); Make: singing busts; Tory minister kills Turing's Law; Trump hotels rebrand as "Scion".
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Pluralistic: The death of history's most successful publisher (20 Oct 2026)


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Pluralistic: The technopolitics of ad-tech (19 Oct 2026)


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  • The technopolitics of ad-tech: Spying is good for tech, context is good for publishers.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: PNH x Mike Ford; Singapore v Far East Economic Review; Publishing v bestsellers; Architecture v security; Vista v everyone; Free Bieber; Belarus sells the sugar bowls; OCCUPY GEORGE; Grey type sucks; Spinal Tap v studio math; Terry Pratchett x $10t coin; Boy Scouts x copyright maximialism; Canadian Tories x DRM; Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan; ACLu v secret laws; Fined for suing the cops who shot you; Chicago PD steals millions for cop toys; Turing's Law; Copyleft v Vizio; Trump's killswitch.
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Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware" (17 Oct 2026)


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Pluralistic: Load-bearing (16 Oct 2026)


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Pluralistic: Expedia amazoned hotel rooms (15 Oct 2026)


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  • Expedia amazoned hotel rooms: Everything more expensive for everyone, monopolies everywhere, and we're all screwed.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Delta v dovening; "Play Money"; Alabama's ethnic cleansing; We trust neuroscience over psychology; Billionaires' anti-homeless pogrom; Game devs v DRM; What security means; Microsoft, tear down that wall! Publisher won't revert rights; SNL's Trump/Clinton debate; Chicago Tribune's murder; AI after AI.
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Pluralistic: Bundestrojaner (13 Oct 2026)


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  • Bundestrojaner: You can't make people more secure by making them less secure.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: 9/11 sitcom; Jon Norman v Philcon; Bruce Sterling's post-9/11 geopolitics; Polaroid bankrupt; David Mamet x Shel Silverstein; "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"; Canadian government calls abortion doctors "terrorists"; Shanghai Ikea kicks out lonely, loitering seniors; Black Panther self-care.
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