Pluralistic: 12 Oct 2020 Today's links Attack Surface in Wired: Toolsmith-user solidarity. The herd immunity conspiracy: Follow the money. How to cheat at Clock Simulator: I got rhythm. Someone Comes to Town, part 18: This week's podcast comes with a content warning. Facebook vs The Big Lebowski: The Zuck abides. Papercraft Haunted Mansion Hallowe'en: Print, color, decorate! This day in history: None Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 12 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 11 Oct 2020 Today's links Hong Kong's ghost protest posters: "I Can Still Hear You." Basic income works: Some thoughts on whether it should be "universal." Sign thief turns newspaper thief: Hiassenish caper with Iowa characteristics. Attack Surface in The Observer: "This will all be so great if we don't screw it up." This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 11 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 09 Oct 2020 Today's links MK-Ultra and the brainwashing grift: Mind control rays are always bullshit. Machine Democrats: Trump-voting ex-Dems are part of a great realignment. Mattis Dover's spectacular animations: Monochrom GIFs for the win. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 09 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2020 Today's links Good Intentions, Bad Inventions: Busting four myths about "healthy tech." Visualizing the Gartner Hype Cycle: The history of predictions. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 07 Oct 2020 Today's links Hackers can remotely lock IoT cock-cages: The Qiui Cellmate is a giant wontfix that requires an angle-grinder to remove. Congress's Big Tech trustbusting smackdown: Tech is exceptional, except when it's not. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 07 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 06 Oct 2020 Today's links Maine's drunken, thieving, bumbling, child-porning public defenders: The cruelty is the point. America's wild hog "pig bomb": Hybrid vigor is a hell of a drug. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 06 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2020 Today's links Squeeze Me: Carl Hiaasen's Trump-as-Florida-man masterpiece. The Internet is for End-Users: IETF on "user agents." Ad-tech is a bubble: Subprime Attention Crisis. Schools! Libraries! Classrooms! Get free Attack Surface hardcovers: An imperfect solution to a thorny problem. Facebook's living will: Leaks reveal the company's idiotic plans to stave off breakup. Part 17 of Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town: This week on the podcast: a murder most foul. Seeking home call-center workers: Propublica wants your story. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2020 Today's links Normal isn't enough: The post-pandemic economy. Why I love the Haunted Mansion: My interview with Nelda Live. 1000 Hours of Outrage: A crowdsourced retrospective of the Trump years. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 03 Oct 2020 Today's links Inequality and luck and risk and merit: Heads they win, tails we lose. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 03 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020 Today's links Call center workers pay for the privilege: Propublica breaks open the massive, secretive abuser Arise, fronted by Disney, Airbnb, Intuit, Comcast, Carnival and more. Dan Hillier's Six Women/Six Men: New "box sets" from the spooky, brilliant collagist. Apple kills RSS readers in China: Chekhov's Law for DRM strikes again. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020"