Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (08 Dec 2023)

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"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing": When Big Content makes the paid version *worse* than the free one.
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Pluralistic: An adversarial iMessage client for Android (07 Dec 2023)

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An adversarial iMessage client for Android: Beeper Mini preserves end-to-end encryption and doesn't require an Apple ID.
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Pluralistic: Privacy first (06 Dec 2023)

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Privacy first: A powerful principle with a vast constituency.
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Pluralistic: Pedophiles for Purdue Pharma (05 Dec 2023)

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Pedophiles for Purdue Pharma: With amici like these…
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Pluralistic: Francis Spufford's "Cahokia Jazz" (04 Dec 2023)

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Francis Spufford's "Cahokia Jazz": A stunning alternate history that fires on every cylinder.
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Pluralistic: Stinkpump Linkdump (02 Dec 2023)

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Stinkpump Linkdump: With a bonus jarring shift in tone.
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Pluralistic: All the books I reviewed in 2023 (01 Dec 2023)

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All the books I reviewed in 2023: Plus three of my own.
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Pluralistic: Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers (29 Nov 2023)

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Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers: Welcome to the age of danegeld.
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Pluralistic: Insurance companies are making climate risk worse (28 Nov 2023)

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Insurance companies are making climate risk worse: How to break the climate insurance doom-loop.
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Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023)

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The real AI fight: Effective Accelerationists and Effective Altruists are both in vigorous agreement about something genuinely stupid.
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