Pluralistic: Neal Stephenson's "Polostan" (04 Nov 2024)

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Neal Stephenson's "Polostan": Raising the curtain on a post-cyberpunk sf series about the dawn on the nuclear age.
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Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024)

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Bluesky and enshittification: No one is the enshittifier of their own story.
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Pluralistic: Shifting $677m from the banks to the people, every year, forever (01 Nov 2024)

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Shifting $677m from the banks to the people, every year, forever: The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is going to let you change banks with a click.
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Pluralistic: AI's "human in the loop" isn't (30 Oct 2024)

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AI's "human in the loop" isn't: A moral crumple zone, an accountability sink, but not a supervisor.
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Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism as a material phenomenon (29 Oct 2024)

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Conspiratorialism as a material phenomenon: What work does a conspiracy fantasy do?
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Pluralistic: The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry (28 Oct 2024)

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The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry: The only kind of DMCA exemption that makes a difference.
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Pluralistic: Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers (26 Oct 2024)

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Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers: The single best part of "Getting Things Done."
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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "The Wilding" (25 Oct 2024)

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Ian McDonald's "The Wilding": A gorgeous, goddamned terrifying novel from one of the absolute greats.
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Pluralistic: The housing crisis considered as an income crisis (24 Oct 2024)

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The housing crisis considered as an income crisis: "The wage is too damned low" vs "The rent is too damned high."
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Pluralistic: Scientific American endorses Harris (23 Oct 2024)

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Scientific American endorses Harris: "Conservatism never fails, it is only failed."
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