Today's links
- Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation": They'd rather be evil than incompetent.
- This day in history: 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Month: September 2021
Pluralistic: 29 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between Thomas Piketty and Michael Hudson.
- "Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism.
- Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise.
- This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 28 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Democrats can pass the reconciliation today (sorta): A bet on the 'endowment effect.'
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Resourcecent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 27 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Podcasting "Breaking In": Why you shouldn't take career advice from successful writers.
- Democrats, health care monopolies, and market failures: Market health care is a fatal disease.
- Shelter is a toxic asset: NIMBYism is a fatal disease.
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 26 Sep 2021
Today's links
- The Scholars of Night: John M Ford was a goddamned WIZARD.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 24 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Demonopolizing the internet with interoperability: My op-ed in the Communications of the ACM
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 23 Sep 2021
Today's links
- The Halloween Moon: A YA novel from Nightvale creator Joseph Fink.
- The music monopolists: Thinking outside the antitrust box.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 22 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Gig workers around the globe: One disease, many pathologies.
- Mutual Aid and David Graeber: A new, illustrated edition of Kropotkin's masterpiece, with an introduction from the great, much-missed hero of Occupy.
- Facebook algorithm boosts pro-Facebook news: Orwell was an optimist.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 21 Sep 2021
Today's links
- The Actual Star: Monica Byrne's millennium-spanning tour-de-force climate novel.
- Ignore career advice from established writers: We don't know anything about breaking in today.
- The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever used: Sustainable, upgradeable, repairable and powerful.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.
- This day in history: 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading