Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)


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  • How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech: Their common enemies are Trump and his tech giants.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Sex work synonyms; Carthedral; French pirates; Suffragette surveillance; Hidden library apartments; "The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro" x James Earl Jones; Farage quits; Peak indifference; Self publishing; Pepsi spies try to buy Coke formula; Steal this wiki; SF is the only lit people care enough about to steal; HP Lovecraft's commonplace book; "7th Sigma"; Conspiracy fantasy; PalmOS beampoints; Copyright poetry; Abandoned NOLA themepark; Life in Indian call-centers; "Rule 34"; Unpleasant design; WEB du Bois infographics; Drone v South African racism; Escobar's hippos; Brexit nihilism; UK Iraq War inquiry; Copyright reversion; Paperclip traded for house; Pen with shredder; Broadcast Treaty is back; "Influencing Machine"; ANSI x paid sex; Biden x Right to Repair; Technological self-determination.
  • Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend.
  • Recent appearances: Where I've been.
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  • Colophon: All the rest.

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Pluralistic: 2024 (apart from the obvious) (11 May 2026)


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  • 2024 (apart from the obvious): Some unforced errors.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Denmark legalizing music trading; Babysuit; Patent Office invites "peer review"; DRM protest at the Bastille; Scientology's "super powers"; Banana Dalek; Florida v pediatricians' gun safety advice; Copyright filters and wage theft; "Who Broke the Internet?" Vatican astronomer v Creationism; Teens, privacy and Facebook; Čapek's graveside robot; Save iTunes; NZ laundered money for Latinamerica's looters; Memex Method.
  • Upcoming appearances: Barcelona, Berlin, Hay-on-Wye, London, NYC, Edinburgh.
  • 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: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)


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  • In praise of vultures: They screw you because they can.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Linus v MSFT; Argentina v MSFT; Danny Hillis on theme parks v games; Smartfilter v Distributed Boing Boing; Rental laptops filled with spyware; Torture didn't help capture bin Laden; Massively parallel Apple //e; Stephen Harper v election law; John Deere v Iowa cartoonist; Qualia.
  • Upcoming appearances: Guelph, Barcelona, Berlin, Hay-on-Wye, London, NYC, Edinburgh.
  • 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: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026)


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Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)


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Pluralistic: The cost of doing business (25 Mar 2026)


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Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)


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Pluralistic: The whole economy pays the Amazon tax (25 Feb 2026)


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Pluralistic: America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025)


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Pluralistic: Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses (15 Dec 2025)


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