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
Pandemic of the Unvaccinated
The real vaccine denial is coming from inside theĀ house
Has the omicron variantāāāand the prospect of more variants to come, with attendant lockdowns, shutdowns, cancellations and, of course, mass deathsāāāgot you furious?
Yeah, me too.
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
Give Me Slack
My parental worries, ca.Ā 2021.
I was a mere lad of fifteen when I first encountered the Church of the Subgenius, a joke religion started by a group of prankster surrealists out of Austin and parts elsewhere. The faith is represented by J.R. āBobā Dobbs, a grinning, square-jawed salesman with a pipe clenched in his square, white teeth, who promises āslackā to all who profess the faith.
Slack wasāāāand isāāāan enticing concept. I always interpreted āslackā as a synonym for āforgiveness,ā that is, the idea that our systems would have graceful failure modes, in which errors and failings were never terminal, and could always be redone. A philosophy for an age of āSave Gameā and ā-Z.
Pluralistic: 28 Nov 2021
Today's links
- The Cuban vaccines: Omicron, vaccine apartheid, WTO TRIPS waivers and the false hope of viruses "gentling" themselves.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading