Today's links
- Podcasting "Hope, Not Optimism": A theory of change based on truth, not fiction.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Category: Uncategorized
Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2021
Today's links
- Facebook shouldn't be in charge of how you use Facebook: Unfollow Everything and the need for (good) tech regulation.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 07 Oct 2021
Today's links
- DoS a federal agency, then charge for access: Enq carries on a tradition of genuinely terrible startup ideas.
- "Inclusive Access" allows textbook monopolists to permanently consolidate their gains: Universities are auto-billing students for high-priced, self-destructing textbooks they can't loan or sell.
- Scottish Limited Partnerships are still laundering criminal millions: Offshore is actually onshore.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 06 Oct 2021
Today's links
- We paid to develop Merck's covid pill: And now they're charging us a 4,000% markup on it.
- This day in history: 2016, 2020.
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2021
Today's links
- The Attack Surface paperback is out: And a once-in-a-lifetime deal on the Little Brother audiobooks.
- Dave Eggers' "The Every": A tragicomic look at Big Tech, following from "The Circle."
- Open Access Ninja: "The Brew of Law."
- This day in history: 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2021
Today's links
- Podcasting "Take It Back": My Medium column on copyright termination and rights reversion.
- Savage Love A-Z: A bestiary of good sex.
- The Pandora Papers: Tax avoidance is tax evasion.
- USPS pilots postal banking: Slashing taxes (on the poor).
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2021
Today's links
- How the IMF loan-sharks the global south: With surcharges, the cruelty is the point.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 30 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation": They'd rather be evil than incompetent.
- This day in history: 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 29 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between Thomas Piketty and Michael Hudson.
- "Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism.
- Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise.
- This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 28 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Democrats can pass the reconciliation today (sorta): A bet on the 'endowment effect.'
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Resourcecent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading