Pluralistic: 26 Jul 2022

Today's links

"A Half-Built Garden": Ruthanna Emrys's stunning First Contact novel.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: The Swerve (05 Jul 2022)

Today's links

"The Swerve": My Locus column on hope in the dark.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 24 May 2022

Today's links

HSBC: "Who cares if Miami is underwater?": Scenes from the "Moral Money Summit."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 26 Apr 2022

Today's links

Bottled water monopolist admits recycling is bullshit: "Personal responsibility" and "caveat emptor."
This day in history: 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 25 Apr 2022

Today's links

Up Against It, an "essential," action-adventure sf tale of bureaucrats and colonizers: Laura J Mixon's fast-paced space-opera.
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Pluralistic: 18 Mar 2022

Today's links

The market for carbon credit lemons: Bad money drives out good.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 11 Mar 2022

Today's links

The SEC must not legitimize fake "carbon offsets": Net zero is not zero.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 13 Feb 2022

Today's links

Podcasting Part II of "The Internet Heist": Big Content wants to plug your A-Hole!
Comprehensive synthesis of the technological, ecological and political critique of blockchainism: It's all about the externalities.
Eating invasive species: How to structure an invasivorism that doesn't hunger for more invaders.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 09 Feb 2022

Today's links

Litigation finance pits greed against greed: There was a late-stage captialism that swallowed a fly…
Occupy the SEC on bank mergers: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index considered harmful.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 04 Feb 2022

Today's links

A covid vaccine for your airways: The promising science of nasal spray vaccines.
Rail monopolies destroyed the American supply chain: Heads they win, tails we lose.
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