Kathryn Judgeās debut book is a hymn to short supply chains.
Back in 2007, I published my second short story collection, Overclocked. I was elated; not just because Iād published another book (the thrill of a new book has yet to pale even today, after dozens of books), but because it was a short-story collection, the kind of book Iād devoured as a kid, the mainstay of writers Iād worshiped, from Harlan Ellison to Spider Robinson to Kate Wilhelm. The publisher was Avalon, which had recently acquired Four Walls Eight Windows, the small press that had published my first short story collection, A Place So Foreign and Eight More. Selling a book to Four Walls had been its own thrill, as they were publisher to Abbie Hoffman, another writer Iād grown up on.
Beyond Revolving Doors and Against Regulatory Nihilism.
The Murder of Net Neutrality WasĀ Wild
Hereās a story about āregulatory captureā: Donald Trump appointed Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, to run the Federal Communications Commission, which is in charge of regulating companies like Verizon. Verizonāāāand the other big telcos and cable operatorsāāāwanted to kill Net Neutrality.
Net Neutrality is the idea that your ISP should send you the bits you request as quickly and reliably as it can. That means when you click a link, your ISP does its level best to get that link for you.