Pluralistic: 31 Jan 2021

Today's links

Mashing the Bernie meme: What if every video game, except Bernie with mittens?
Know Nothings, conspiratorialism and Pastel Q: What if it's all a big fat lie?
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 03 Nov 2020

Today's links

Deep Reckonings: Using deepfakes to conjure a contrafactual reality in which monsters confront their legacies.
Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results: The limits of theory-free statistical inference.
How Audible robs indie audiobook creators: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Get an extra vote: Reminders from friends and family to vote have a bigger effect on turnout than anything campaigns do.
A hopeful future: Optimism and pessimism are both fatalism.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 29 Mar 2020

Today's links

Announcing Story Club: A short story reading group, kicking off with me and Masque of the Red Death.
Alex Jones's one-two punch: Conspiracy is a credulity-detection system.
Andrew Cuomo is not your woke bae: Teen Vogue has a timely reminder.
Cozy Catastrophes: Time to revisit Jo Walton's 2009 essay.
California's missing medical stockpile: Balanced budgets vs 50m N95 respirators, 2400 portable ventilators, and 21,000 patient beds
A better way to visualize exponential growth: What matters is the rate of new infections.
Don't worry about groceries: They're safe, mostly.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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