Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 shared microbial destiny,las vegas,carolyn goodman,crowdfunding,arnold drake world,origami,botany,art,games,text adventures,metafiction,games,virtual worlds,manyland,crowdfunding,science fiction,reviews,Tochi Onyebuchi,science fiction Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe; Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble; Library of Last Resort; Manyland; Riot Baby Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 riot-baby _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ Today's links Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe: Reality has a leftist bias. Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble: Arnold Drake World is about to lose his home. Library of Last Resort: Interactive fiction, meet metafiction Manyland: An open-ended virtual world you visit in your browser Riot Baby: An incandescent Afrofuturist novella. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020"
Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2020 Today's links Plutocrats firehose money on primary challenger to AOC: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former Reagan Republican who wants to dismantle Social Security and Medicare FCC will spend $9B to improve broadband…without an accurate broadband map: Reality's left-wing bias makes accurate data the enemy of conservativism. Buddhist monk covers western pop songs: He's like a male, solo version of Shonen Knife. Apple hunters recover ten "lost" varieties from forgotten farms: The Lost Apple Society needs help. Finding the Money: A fabulous new documentary on Modern Monetary Theory Evangelical pastor denied quarantine, now he wants your stimulus check: Tony Spell's death-cult has a business-model. Zombie movies teach us all the wrong lessons for pandemic: Not only would a zombie plague be easy to contain, but people don't turn into monsters during crises. Building a "web of books": What would a federated alternative to Goodreads look like? The Facebook Political Ad Collector: Exposing targeted advertising's fraud and conspiracy This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2020"
