Pluralistic: 08 Jun 2021 Today's links Rabbits: PK Dick meets Qanon: Terry Miles's debut novel of conspiratorial madness. Apple's manorial security: Works well, fails badly – think different? Billionaires don't pay tax: Leona Helmsley was an unrecognized genius. Google and France agree on ad-tech interop: Not the kind of competition we want. This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 08 Jun 2021"
Pluralistic: 03 May 2021 Today's links Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder. Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast! This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 03 May 2021"
Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020 Today's links Call center workers pay for the privilege: Propublica breaks open the massive, secretive abuser Arise, fronted by Disney, Airbnb, Intuit, Comcast, Carnival and more. Dan Hillier's Six Women/Six Men: New "box sets" from the spooky, brilliant collagist. Apple kills RSS readers in China: Chekhov's Law for DRM strikes again. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 19 Jun 2020 Today's links Trump wants to dismantle the OTF: Replacing open, auditable tech freedom tools with closed, untrustable ones. Algonuts: A bottomless, mutated machine learning Peanuts strip. Trump's covid "test-tubes" are contaminated miniature soda bottles: The Art of the Deal. Avia, c'est mort: France kills a catastrophic "anti-terror" censorship law. Austerity in disrepute: Vast majority of Americans favor continued or expanded unemployment benefits. Microsoft criticizes Apple's monopolism: They're the experts, after all. This day in history: 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 19 Jun 2020"