Pluralistic: Carneyism without Carney (30 May 2026)

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Carneyism without Carney: Eh?
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Replacing pharma patents with bounties; USTR v cheap leukemia meds; Plutocrats x wealth segregation; Anonymous Analytics; Scott Walker sells off donors; Anonymization v metadata; Probably; Amazon warehouse workers are the future of Amazon coders; Warcraft eggs; Brainwashing school; People who don't know The Onion is satire; "Company Town"; America is a scam.
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

Trumpismo vs minilateralism: The enemy gets a vote.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: My new sigfile is unstoppable; TBL on the future of the web (2006); Wonder Woman sweater pattern; Unpatchable drug cabinets; 50-building mural; DRM v (the next) Netflix.
Upcoming appearances: Toronto, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Berlin, NYC, Hay-on-Wye, London.
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

Disenshittification Nation: How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
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Object permanence: "Project Blue Sky"; O'Reilly v Graham on inequality; Big Pharma's worst nightmare; Dissipation of rents; Shoelace v Ming vases; "Diviner's Tale": Great Humungous Snow Pile; Trudeau signs Harper's trade deal; On Comity (pts 1 & 2); What's that dingus called?
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK): There is nothing harder to stop than an idea whose time has come to pass.
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Object permanence: Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About; AnarchistU; "Monopolized"; All bets are off.
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
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.

Sorry, eh: I sincerely regret that all my ideas will not lose billions of dollars, destroy jobs or make your country more dependent on American tech.
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Object permanence: 20 years a blogger; Woz on Network Neutrality; Moveon endorses Bernie.
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

A winning trade war strategy for Canada: Tech giants are also the enemy of American businesses.
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Object permanence: Wikipedia v The Register; Jeff Koons v balloon dogs; Brewster Kahle on aaronsw; Chelsea Manning on aaronsw; Why diet research sucks; Bloomberg loves Bernie.
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

(Digital) Elbows Up: How Canada Can Become a Nation of Jailbreakers, Reclaim Our Digital Sovereignty, Win the Trade-War, and Disenshittify Our Technology.
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Object permanence: Workaholic Goethe; Prehistory of the Sony rootkit; Wunderkammer front room; Dolphin teleportation symposium: now with more Eisenhowers
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

The case for a Canadian wealth tax: Lessons learned from previous attempts, applicable all over the world.
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Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
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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.

With Great Power Came No Responsibility: My Ursula Franklin Lecture on enshittification in the Trump age.
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Object permanence: 2005, 2015, 2020, 2024
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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.

Ron Deibert's "Chasing Shadows": How Citizen Lab invented "counterintelligence for civil society."
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Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
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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.