Pluralistic: 22 Mar 2021 Today's links Patent troll IP is more powerful than Apple's: Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Podcasting "Free Markets": Taxation without representation. This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 22 Mar 2021"
Pluralistic: 11 Feb 2021 Today's links Dependency Confusion: A completely wild supply-chain hack. Adam Curtis on criti-hype: Big Tech as an epiphenomenon of sociopathic mediocrity, not supergenius. Catalytic converter theft: Rhodium at $21,900/oz. Apple puts North Dakota on blast: Stop thinking different! This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 11 Feb 2021"
Pluralistic: 02 Feb 2021 Today's links Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius." Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too? The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors. This day in history: 2011, 2016 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 02 Feb 2021"
Pluralistic: 03 Dec 2020 Today's links Monopolies made America vulnerable to covid: Pharma, hospitals and other health industries were weak before the pandemic. The Ministry For the Future: Kim Stanley Robinson's final (?) novel. Graffitists hit dozens of NYC subway cars: Party like it's 1984. Breathtaking Iphone hack: Zero-click wireless worms. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 03 Dec 2020"
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: 12 Sep 2020 Today's links Bill Gates's monopolistic mask-off moment: "What's a murder?" This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 12 Sep 2020"
Pluralistic: 29 Aug 2020 Today's links California's preventable fires: 1,000,000 acres of fire-debt. Zuck calls Apple a monopolist: I know you are but what am I? This day in history: 2005, 2010 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 29 Aug 2020"
Pluralistic: 31 Jul 2020 Today's links I'm being inducted into the Canadian SF/F hall of fame: A club that would have me as a member! Mexico's copyright vs self-determination and national sovereignty: Colonialism 2.0. Self-bricking medical device: "Once EXOGEN delivers 343 treatments, it will not provide further treatment." Apple's internal Right to Repair fight: Ifixit got leaked receipts. Challenge questions suck: Your favorite food is pizza. This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 31 Jul 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"
Pluralistic: 25 May 2020 Today's links Crowdfunding an open access jewelry course: Elise Matheson wants to preserve her "wandering wire" methodology. Bahamas Company Registry leaked: Another service of the Distributed Denial of Secrets project. Mafia logic and conservative ideology: There is a difference. Podcast: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Part 4: Enter Kurt. Google's free/open multilingual font: Banishing tofu with Noto. Soviet Signs and Relics: A book of sovkitsch sourced from Google Street View. Rogue UK civil service tweet damns "truth-twisters": Impunity rage. A jailbreak for every version of Ios: Attacking is easier than defending. Texas Instruments locks down its hackable calculators: Designed to control the user. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 25 May 2020"