Today's links
- Github pledges legal aid for interoperators: Youtube-dl's legacy.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Category: Uncategorized
Pluralistic: 30 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again): Terms of service banning fan art launch alongside a new transmedia subscription service.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 29 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Bankruptcy and elite impunity: The Sacklers offer billions of reasons to overthrow the system.
- Stories from Black women's customer service hell: The women who answer the phone when you call Disney, Airbnb, Carnival and others.
- Tracking you with accelerometer signatures: Yet another latent unique identifier with horrifying consequences.
- Unauthorized cups: RFID-equipped disposable cups deny water to homeless people.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 27 Jul 2021
Today's links
- What would a live concert album sound like with all the songs taken out?: Gavin Edwards' "Having Fun On Stage With Everybody."
- The infosec apocalypse is nigh: Ed Snowden on the NSO's malware.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 26 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Charter schools are money laundries: "The hidden world of charter schools operated for financial gain."
- Disney parks and aggregate demand management: My ongoing series on Medium, for an age of supply shocks.
- Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke: The Bootleg Fire is more evidence that markets can't solve the climate emergency.
- Surge pricing violates antitrust law: Even the weaksauce version pushed by the econ establishment.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 16 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Interop and the Public Interest Internet: To fight network effects, reduce switching costs.
- This day in history: 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 15 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Facebook's alternative facts: If you don't like your transparency portal's data, shut it down.
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 14 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Facebook employees stalk users: Moral hazard vs the ACCESS Act.
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 12 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Podcasting "Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability": Corporate rivalries vs public power.
- The Sacklers will get to keep billions: What's a little mass-murder between friends?
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 10 Jul 2021
Today's links
- Biden's Right to Repair will include electronics, too: Part of a broad antimonopoly agenda.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading