Pluralistic: 16 Nov 2020

Today's links

Jeremy Meyer's typewriter assemblages: Symmetry is everything.
HHS to pharma: stop bribing writing docs: No more cash-for-Rx.
The Attack Surface Lectures: Part 1, Politics and Protest.
Youtube-dl is back: EFF to the rescue!
Someone Comes to Town Part 23: The latest in my podcast.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 13 Nov 2020

Today's links

Big Car wants to pump the brakes on Right to Repair: Automotive makers v 76% of Massachusetts.
How to Fix the Internet: EFF has a podcast!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 12 Nov 2020

Today's links

Constantly Wrong: "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
Xi on interop and lock-in: Inkjet business model as foreign policy.
Anti-bear robo-wolves: Dr Tenma v lobo.
This day in history: 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 Nov 2020

Today's links

Interactive UK covid omnishambles explorer: Tories gonna tory.
Win 6 free sf/f hardcovers: Tor's Chaos and Cosmos totebag sweepstakes.
This day in history: 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2020

Today's links

Microchip "dark matter": An unpatchable, ecosystem-shattering security break.
Reset: Ron Deibert's Massey Lectures.
Rights of Nature and legal standing: Give precedence to humans and nature, not corporations.
Broadband wins the 2020 election: First, Denver and Chicago – now, the nation!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2020

Today's links

Boundless Realms: The definitive guide to the Haunted Mansion.
Student data breaches vastly underreported: When monopolism meets ed-tech.
UK corporate registrar bans code-injection: But you can still register +++ATH, Inc.
Someone Comes to Town Part 22: My latest podcast episode.
This day in history: 2005, 2010
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2020

Today's links

Villainry revealed by Monty Python Latin: "Bravus" means "crooked," not "brave."
This day in history: 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 07 Nov 2020

Today's links

QE, inflation, slave labor and a People's Bailout: Uber is a (terrible) job guarantee program.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 06 Nov 2020

Today's links

HP ends its customers' lives: "Free ink for life" vs "Pray I don't alter it further."
This day in history: 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 05 Nov 2020

Today's links

Ant, Uber, and the true nature of money: Money vs finance.
Scarfolk & Environs: "Road & Leisure Map for Uninvited Tourists."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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