Pluralistic: 31 Jan 2021

Today's links

Mashing the Bernie meme: What if every video game, except Bernie with mittens?
Know Nothings, conspiratorialism and Pastel Q: What if it's all a big fat lie?
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 30 Jan 2021

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Thinking through Mitch McConnell's plea for comity: A thoughtful analysis.
Further, on Mitch McConnell and comity: I thought about it some more.
Understanding the aftermath of r/wallstreetbets: Even if there's no angels, there's still a path to glory.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 29 Jan 2021

Today's links

David Dayen's MONOPOLIZED: Unraveling the grift and telling the tale.
This day in history: 2006, 2011
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 28 Jan 2021

Today's links

Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight: First Nations treaties do not sign away electromagnetic franchises.
How apps steal your location: A deep dive into the murky depths of surveillance markets.
Understanding /r/wallstreetbets: More than a bull run, a symbiosis of a market maker and market destroyers.
Knowledge is why you build your own apps: Outsourcing software development squanders vital understanding.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 27 Jan 2021

Today's links

Casino mogul steals First Nation's vaccine: Rodney and Ekaterina Baker, showing us settler colonialism is alive and well.
Facebook champions (its own) privacy: UK privacy regulator says its settlement is a secret.
Goldman CEO gets $17.5m reward for $4.5b fraud: 1MDB couldn't have happened without Goldman Sachs.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 26 Jan 2021

Today's links

Twitter's Project Blue Sky: Fix the internet, not the platforms.
Brazil's world-beating data breach: More than 100% of the population doxed.
Evictions and utility cutoffs are covid comorbidities: 143,000 covid deaths due to economic precarity.
"North Korea" targets infosec researchers: Third party collection, taken to the logic endpoint.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 25 Jan 2021

Today's links

Plute buys mayor's house and serves eviction papers: How money is power, and how power corrupts.
Podcast of Someone Comes to Town: Part 29 – closing in on the terminal edition!
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 23 Jan 2021

Today's links

Stop saying "it's not censorship if it's not the government": I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Trump's swamp gators find corporate refuge: The Swamped project.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 22 Jan 2021

Today's links

Launching a print edition of HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM: Join me and Damon Beres next Thursday.
EFF's transition memo for the Biden admin: A full slate of tech policy one-pagers.
How one of America's most abusive employers gets away with it: "The Arise lawyers 'politely disagreed' with the Department of Labor's findings."
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 21 Jan 2021

Today's links

NYPD can't stop choking Black men: A postmortem on many postmortems.
Rolling back the Trump rollback: Administrative competence has its uses.
YMCA, Trump edition: "I said old man, get your Ass. Out. Of. Town."
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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