Pluralistic: 11 Nov 2020

Today's links

Interactive UK covid omnishambles explorer: Tories gonna tory.
Win 6 free sf/f hardcovers: Tor's Chaos and Cosmos totebag sweepstakes.
This day in history: 2010, 2015
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Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2020

Today's links

Microchip "dark matter": An unpatchable, ecosystem-shattering security break.
Reset: Ron Deibert's Massey Lectures.
Rights of Nature and legal standing: Give precedence to humans and nature, not corporations.
Broadband wins the 2020 election: First, Denver and Chicago – now, the nation!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2020

Today's links

Boundless Realms: The definitive guide to the Haunted Mansion.
Student data breaches vastly underreported: When monopolism meets ed-tech.
UK corporate registrar bans code-injection: But you can still register +++ATH, Inc.
Someone Comes to Town Part 22: My latest podcast episode.
This day in history: 2005, 2010
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2020

Today's links

Villainry revealed by Monty Python Latin: "Bravus" means "crooked," not "brave."
This day in history: 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 07 Nov 2020

Today's links

QE, inflation, slave labor and a People's Bailout: Uber is a (terrible) job guarantee program.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 06 Nov 2020

Today's links

HP ends its customers' lives: "Free ink for life" vs "Pray I don't alter it further."
This day in history: 2019
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Pluralistic: 05 Nov 2020

Today's links

Ant, Uber, and the true nature of money: Money vs finance.
Scarfolk & Environs: "Road & Leisure Map for Uninvited Tourists."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 03 Nov 2020

Today's links

Deep Reckonings: Using deepfakes to conjure a contrafactual reality in which monsters confront their legacies.
Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results: The limits of theory-free statistical inference.
How Audible robs indie audiobook creators: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Get an extra vote: Reminders from friends and family to vote have a bigger effect on turnout than anything campaigns do.
A hopeful future: Optimism and pessimism are both fatalism.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 02 Nov 2020

Today's links

Trump's electoral equilibrium: Slugs voting for salt.
Trump billed the White House $3 per glass of water: Keeping his campaign promises.
Trustbusting Google: My Daily Beast editorial.
Podcasting part 21 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: "A glorious book unlike any book you’ve ever read."
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 31 Oct 2020

Today's links

The Americans: Love letters from voluntary exiles.
D2020: Roll for initiative.
Shanghai's walking building: Five stories' worth of ambulatory primary school.
This day in history: 2005, 2015
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