Today's links
- Hospital beds are a monopoly: The casket to hospital bed monopoly pipeline.
- This day in history: 2007, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Category: Uncategorized
Pluralistic: 04 Jan 2022
Today's links
- Science fiction is a Luddite literature: My latest column for Locus Magazine.
- Neal Stephenson's 'Termination Shock': Geoengineering and the end of the world.
- Stellar images of quack exercise machines: A memento mori for anyone flexing in lycra on a Peleton.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 03 Jan 2022
Today's links
- Happy Public Domain Day: The public domain continues to roar back after decades in a coma.
- 2021 Daddy-Daughter podcast: The latest in a lengthy series.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 09 Dec 2021
Today's links
- Electrify: Saul Griffith's visionary, practical program for a US clean energy transition.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 08 Dec 2021
Today's links
- All the books I reviewed in 2021: Plus one I published!
- Broken Promises: The Writers Guild of America West makes the case for media un-consolidation.
- How elite hobbies let billionaires pay no tax: More from Propublica's IRS Leaks.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 07 Dec 2021
Today's links
- Podcasting "Give Me Slack": On the parenting challenges of an era without second chances.
- A lexicon of euphemisms for "corporate crime": Compliance, risk, white collar crime…
- IP lawyers weaponize trade secrecy to stall vaccine waivers: But Karan Menon has their number.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 05 Dec 2021
Today's links
- When you hear "one size fits all," think "universal": The origins and expansion of a right-wing shibboleth.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 02 Dec 2021
Today's links
- Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing: As with McKinsey consultants, buying Predpol is a way to buy outside validation for the indefensible.
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 01 Dec 2021
Today's links
- Fintech is a scam, a listicle in eight parts: $91.5b/year, doubling every year.
- Teaching thread management with puzzle games: Rocky's Boots, 2021 edition.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 29 Nov 2021
Today's links
- The once and future mass-resignation and what it means for working people: On David Dayen's "The Great Escape."
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading