Pluralistic: Happy Public Domain Day 2026! (17 Dec 2025)

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Happy Public Domain Day 2026! The best way to cut through the hellishly complex thicket and bring our culture back to life.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Weird D&D advice; Email sabbaticals.
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

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Pluralistic: 09 Oct 2020

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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
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2020

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Good Intentions, Bad Inventions: Busting four myths about "healthy tech."
Visualizing the Gartner Hype Cycle: The history of predictions.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 01 Oct 2020

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Witch: Kill Bill meets Thomas Hardy.
Attack Surface on the MMT Podcast: Imagining the first days of a better world.
Private equity's profitable murder: Leonard Green, Prospect Medical Holdings, and the vast fortunes built on the dead.
The Years of Repair: A Message From the Future (II).
Block Google-Fitbit: A merger made in hell.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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