Pluralistic: 16 Oct 2020

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Ferris wheel offices: Well-ventilated, unbeatable views, sub-par toilets.
UK to tax Amazon's victims: Only Amazon competitors will have to pay the UK's Amazon tax.
Amazon returns end up in landfills: The CBC's hidden camera investigation.
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Pluralistic: 15 Oct 2020

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Dystopia as clickbait: Chris Brown on uncozy apocalypses.
Trail of Mars: New, lyrically gifted science fictional music from John McDaid.
Bride of Frankenstein and the Monster: New, limited Brian Ewing prints for Hallowe'en 2020.
The Passenger Pigeon Manifesto: "Liberate and upload all digitised photographs and artworks."
Bricked Ferrari: DRM and the accommodation of corner-cases.
The Dennis Ball Show: Dad jokes and Haunted Mansion trivia with djBC's alter-ego.
This day in history: None
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Pluralistic: 14 Oct 2020

Today's links

Pandemic shock doctrine vs internet freedom: Freedom House's 2020 report is grim reading.
What happened in Florida: Surrender, Bush v Gore style.
Prop 22 is a scam: Propping up a Ponzi with a Proposition.
How to spreadsheet: All the hard-won lessons in one convenient ruleset.
The Ministry of the Future: Eliot Peper interviews Kim Stanley Robinson.
This day in history: 2010, 2019
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Pluralistic: 13 Oct 2020

Today's links

Attack Surface is out!: It's my book-birthday!
SF as intuition pump: Optimistic disaster stories for the future!
Beyond Cyberpunk: What it means to write technorealistic, post-cyberpunk literature.
Half-Life's G-Man performs "Once in a Lifetime": Where does this machinima go to?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Pluralistic: 07 Oct 2020

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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
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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.
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