Pluralistic: 31 May 2022

Today's links

How John Deere leverages repair-blocking into gag orders: A farmer's only local dealership refuses to fix his tractor because he advocates for Right to Repair.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 30 May 2022

Today's links

Podcasting "Apple's Cement Overshoes": Thinking different about right to repair.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 27 May 2022

Today's links

Wework founder raises $70m for blockchain-based, "voluntary" carbon credits: It's a scam matrioshka.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 26 May 2022

Today's links

Attacking machine learning training by re-ordering data: Boy it's hard to audit an AI.
This day in history: 2012, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 25 May 2022

Today's links

Talking with Kim Stanley Robinson about "The High Sierra": An interview for Fatherly Magazine.
Kim Stanley Robinson's "The High Sierra": A love story.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 24 May 2022

Today's links

HSBC: "Who cares if Miami is underwater?": Scenes from the "Moral Money Summit."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 23 May 2022

Today's links

SPACs were hugely successful (for banks): But you lost your shirt.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 20 May 2022

Today's links

Podcasting "About Those Killswitched Ukrainian Tractors": Good spaceships don't have self-destruct buttons.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 19 May 2022

Today's links

Your mom is a tech ninja: Your boss? Not so much.
The impossible scam of US drug plans: Even the guy who invented them can't figure them out.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 18 May 2022

Today's links

A(nother) way in which Facebook is the 21st Century's tobacco industry: Millions for front groups who insist that only Mark Zuckerberg can save us from Xi Jinping.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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