Pluralistic: Quinque gazump linkdump (12 Oct 2024)

Today's links

Christopher Brown's 'A Natural History of Empty Lots': A gorgeous, lush tale of the nature bursting through every seam.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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.

Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

An Especially Cursed House: Kate Wagner and the Fall of the House of Colt's Neck.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The Americans: Love letters from voluntary exiles.
D2020: Roll for initiative.
Shanghai's walking building: Five stories' worth of ambulatory primary school.
This day in history: 2005, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The CARES Shock Doctrine: How the Dems and the GOP took care of billionaires and fucked the rest of us.
NYC homeless lose bathroom access: Not a pot to piss in.
NYC Street View, WPA edition: Every municipal building in New York City, 1939-41.
Maidan in Belarus: Riot cops drop their shields and embrace protesters.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Collective Action In Tech For Black Lives Matter: A guide to organize tech workers to support the anti-racism movement.
The art of density: The exuberant aerial collages of Cássio Vasconcellos.
Attack Surface sneak peek: A free extended preview of the next Little Brother novel.
Jack Dorsey's interop plan: If you can't beat 'em, out-federate 'em.
Google acquires major stake in ADT: Your Nest is spying on you.
Papercraft Addams Family house: Ray Keim is a genius.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Charter techs get $25 gift cards instead of hazard pay: No hand-san or PPE, either.
The Pandemic Playbook: Trump won't rtfm.
Boardgame Remix Kit: Make 26 new games out of Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble sets.
McMansion Hell visits 1972: "Architecture store? I'd like one of everything."
Free Cheapass Games print-and-plays: KILL DOCTOR LUCKY, GIVE ME THE BRAIN, LORD OF THE FRIES, UNEXPLODED COW and so many more!
Trump officials killed Walmart opioid prosecutions: With help from Jones Day.
United gets $25B stimulus and announces layoffs: The biggest corporate giveaway in history.
FLICC vs denialism: A taxonomy of scientific denial, just in time.
This Waifu Does Not Exist: Autogenned anime characters, with backstories.
Fever cameras are garbage: It's the pivot-to-covid for grifty police enablers.
Employers scramble to buy remote-worker spyware: Even if you're paying for the product, you're the product.
Canada Reads Q&A on Apr 23: Unfortunately, it's on Facebook.
Cowboy Economist on covid stimulus: Congress doesn't spend taxes, it spends and then taxes.
88 Names podcast: Talking VR, AR and gold farming with Matt Ruff.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Clearview AI's customer database leaks: Sic semper grifter.
The Internet of Anal Things: Recreating Stelarc's "Amplified Body" with an IoT butt-plug.
Oakland's vintage Space Burger/Giant Burger building needs a home! Adopt a googie today.
Fan-made reproduction of the Tower of Terror: Even has a deepfaked Serling.
Drawing the Simpsons with pure CSS: Impractical, but so impressive.
Let's Encrypt issues its billionth cert: 89% of the web is now encrypted.
AI Dungeon Master: A work in progress, for sure.
How to lie with (coronavirus) maps: Lies, damned lies, and epidemiological data-visualizations.
This day in history: 2019, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading

Brave autolinks 404s to the Wayback Machine: The internet's time-traveling, privacy respecting, ad-busting browser.
Clarence Thomas admits he blew it on Brand X: A very safe mea culpa from the man who helped kill Net Neutrality.
Medicare for All would be the biggest take-home pay increase in a generation: Even if my taxes went up by six figures (!), I'd still save money.
The Smithsonian publishes 2.8m hi-rez images into the public domain: Tired: "It belongs in a museum!" Wired: "It belongs to the world!"
McMansion Hell visits 1971: Before "lawyer foyers" there were "paralegal foyers."
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading