Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026)

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Post-American compute for a post-American Internet: Building cooperative human rights computing infrastructure in Puerto Rico, the EU, Canada and Mexico.
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Object permanence: Urine Luck; Germany v pornoscanners; Moorcock's 3-day novels; Women's voices can never be "right"; Drone delivery v reality; Abortion activists: TNG; AI coders are a marketing claim.
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Pluralistic: Dualism (03 Aug 2026)

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Dualism: Why not both?
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: UK's Great Firewall falls; Mint the coins; Virtual pets v DRM; Getty copyfrauds 47,000 photos; Net Mexico-US illegal migration is zero; Build a wall (around Trump Tower); Remote-hacking big rigs; Collectible AOL CDs; Indefinite Gitmo; Circuit City rips DVDs; Real Names policies are abusive failures; Escher in a water drop; Maximally code-like bugs.
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Pluralistic: Why businesses lie about AI (01 Aug 2026)

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Why businesses lie about AI: Humoring the boss all the way into bankruptcy.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Vinge x NYT; Syklarov x publishers; Human hair castles; Gingrich's bot army; Accessibility v Web DRM; David Byrne x WinXP; Furries don't fuck in fursuits; AI's pogo-stick grift.
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Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)

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Discernment: How can you fact-check AI when you're asking it to teach you something you don't understand?
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: How to help with computers; Batman equation; Fuck and the law; NC's racist voting law; Pregancy app is full of spyware; Stiglitz v Apple's "tax fraud"; Accelerometer fingerprinting; Sacklers v bankruptcy; Boss-politics antitrust.
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Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026)

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AI solipsists and AI cynics: You don't have to believe that AI "works" to believe that it's a good investment.
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Object permanence: Malware v stolen computer; Industrial material made from old coffee and melted cups; Austro-Germany's weird tunnels; Health data v Silicon Valley; Amusement parks v load-balancing.
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Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)

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Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? Why sell picks and shovels if you've already struck gold?
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Pro-logging Lorax; Anti-DRM picture book; Whose cops did America train? Day on a Device; Theresa May x Fresh Prince; Ratfucking Corbyn supporters; Infosec v W3C DRM; Remix Public Enemy; Hungary's Cold War cartoons; America is unpaving its roads; Olympic overruns are world champions; Vivendi lobbyist is now UN copyright boss; Boris's racism; Facebook's insider stalkers; Semantic drift, ethical drift.
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Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)

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CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code: With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity.
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Object permanence: Real elections v reality TV; Copyright troll loses license; Who gets fed housing subsidies? Trump x forced labor.
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Pluralistic: The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (02 Jul 2026)

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The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work": Sometimes, "I got it working" is fine, but sometimes it isn't.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Series of tubes; Paralyzed teen beaten bloody by TSA; "Ultra unreal" Chinese lit; London property prices v Brexit; Biden v surprise billing; "Feeding Ghosts."
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Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)

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Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search: We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Microsoft antitrust overturned; Scammer carves C64; RIP Jim Baen; GOP rep to constituent's child: "drop dead" (literally); CCTVs jacked for botnet; Olympic profitability lie; Human factors in health infosec; Exfiltration via computer fans; Congress's summer schedule: 9 working days; Antitrust is political antigrav; Ted Chiang's 72 Letters; Microsoft antitrust appeal; Vinge on privacy; Breaking open the web; Bernie on Brexit; "The Perdition Score"; Intuit v Child Tax Credit.
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Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist (18 Jun 2026)

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AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist: If 'risk + AI = risk – AI', then 'AI = 0'.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Napster x librarians; Flickr API reciprocity; KFC's Mega Jug v diabetes research; Hambone virtuoso; Google fiber x binding arbitration; "The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice."
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