Pluralistic: Why the Fed wants to crush workers (19 Jan 2023)

Today's links

Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

"Don't spy on a privacy lab" (and other career advice for university provosts): Northeastern grad student vs surveillance-driven austerity.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Podcasting "Against Cozy Catastrophes": My Medium column about the failure of market-based pensions.
MBAs and wage stagnation: Going to business school makes you a dick.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

As stocks tumble, wealthy speculators bid up house prices: The long-run effect of Obama's choice to bail out lenders, not borrowers.
Cops' imaginary fears send addicts to real jail: The deadly myth of the fentanyl contact high.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Political economy vs inflation: Larry Summers is a dope.
This day in history: 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations: The Federal Reserve is overcharging local governments and showering money on zombie corporations.
Cadillac perfects the murdermobile: "It took 13 children seated in a line in front of the Escalade before the driver could see the tops of their heads."
Solar's "miracle material": A perovskite breakthrough.
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Break 'Em Up: Zephyr Teachout's trustbusting program for the 21st century.
Unauthorized Meat: Mellow Sous Vide journeys to the Internet of Shit.
Let's force Big Tech to interoperate: Here's why…and how.
No consequences for police violence at BLM actions: Propublica followed up on viral videos showing gross misconduct and found…crickets.
The Internet Archive defends online libraries: First filings from the Hachette lawsuit.
Bitcoin is not a socialist's ally: Yanis Varoufakis responds to Ben Arc.
Where "software" comes from: "In October, 1953, I coined the word 'software.'"
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Australia caves on "robodebt": Dialing down the automated performative cruelty by a single notch.
Locus Award shortlist: Some of my 2019 favorites made the cut.
Why I haven't written about CDA 230: Life is too short.
Bus drivers refuse to take arrested protesters to jail: And they're unionized, so they don't have to.
AI has been stagnating for a decade: "The high-water mark was set in 2009."
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The Public Domain Review Coloring Book: Hokusai, Albrecht Dürer, Harry Clarke, Virginia Frances Sterrett, etc.
Amazon's leaked anti-worker smear plan: They put it in writing.
Wikipedia vs patent troll: No, you didn't invent autocomplete.
Bug bounty programs as catch-and-kills: Companies are not good stewards of their own bad news.
The Tea Party killed pandemic preparedness: "No one warned us" -Congressman who was warned repeatedly.
This day in history: 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Announcing Story Club: A short story reading group, kicking off with me and Masque of the Red Death.
Alex Jones's one-two punch: Conspiracy is a credulity-detection system.
Andrew Cuomo is not your woke bae: Teen Vogue has a timely reminder.
Cozy Catastrophes: Time to revisit Jo Walton's 2009 essay.
California's missing medical stockpile: Balanced budgets vs 50m N95 respirators, 2400 portable ventilators, and 21,000 patient beds
A better way to visualize exponential growth: What matters is the rate of new infections.
Don't worry about groceries: They're safe, mostly.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading