Pluralistic: 31 Aug 2021


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Pluralistic: 30 Aug 2021


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Twitter Arguments

A theory of change

semachthemonkey/CC BY 3.0 (modified)

The kind of activism I do has a serious structural barrier: it’s esoteric. Even today, tech-policy issues are extremely niche. Indeed, tech-policy is a niche within a niche —most people have little technical knowledge and most people have little policy expertise, and the stuff I do requires that you have some of both.

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Pluralistic: 28 Aug 2021


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Pluralistic: 26 Aug 2021


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Pluralistic: 25 Aug 2021


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Pluralistic: 24 Aug 2021


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Pluralistic: 23 Aug 2021


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Raiders of the lost ARC

Arts and crafts and authorship.

Authors’ uncorrected galley for “Red Team Blues” (2021).

I have screen-burn. Before the pandemic, I spent an unhealthy amount of my time sitting in front of laptop, in ways that were harmful to my posture and eyesight and mental health — but now, nineteen months in a lockdown where my laptop is also how I get groceries, see friends, attend meetings and “travel” to conferences, I am heartily sick of it.

I switch it up. I take walks (though fewer now that I did at the lockdown’s start, alas), I make short trips to shops (masked and anxious), I’ve even been to a small, out-of-town conference where masks and proof of vaccination were required.

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Pluralistic: 21 Aug 2021


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  • Bubble: Fantastic graphic novel adaptation of the brilliant comedy/sf podcast.
  • This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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