Pluralistic: 13 Sep 2020

Today's links

How the Attack Surface audiobook can reform Audible: Pebbles R Us.
How to buy doubt: The Koch brothers vs reality's left-wing bias.
Mr Gotcha v covid: We should improve public health somewhat.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Amazon drivers hide phones in trees: Chickenizing the workforce.
Russia didn't hack Michigan: The voter data is just public records.
Chevron's dirty tricks against environmental lawyer: Steven Donziger caught them doing genocide, now HE'S under arrest.
Amazon's weird, terrible Flex: Spying on their chickenized workforce.
How to report on vote-by-mail: A recipe from Propublica.
This day in history: 2005, 2010
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Grace is cleared: The homeschool-to-prison pipeline is closed…for now.
Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble: Hasta la victoria siempre.
Failed State: Chris Brown's outstanding new ecopocalyptic cyberpunk legal thriller.
Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics: Gashapon funnies from 1966.
Sorting machines snatched from post offices: Administrative incompetence vs textualism?
Payday lenders are CFPB's pandemic aid: When the watchdogs switch sides.
Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal: Rule 48a applies even if the judge sees the prosecutor accept a bribe in the courtroom.
RSS WTF: An explainer for the newly awakened.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Satanic Abortions cut through unconstitutional abortion laws: Go ahead, sue to overturn the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Restore the Office of Technology Assessment: In the 21st Century, it's no longer OK to not understand technology.
US plummets below Russia and Mexico in global misery index: Tired of Winning.
Novartis's $678m bribery scandal: Epistemological crisis actors.
California DMV's $50m/year data selloff: California lawmakers want to know who's buying.
This day in history: 2010, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

NY State's promising new antitrust law: Senator Mike Gianaris will let the state step into the federal vacuum.
Ventilation vs covid: Survive winter with DIY HEPA filters plus over-indexed steam heaters.
Writers Guild vanquishes a major agency: ACM folded, WME and CAA next.
NY AG wants to dissolve NRA: "Rampant corruption" is not compatible with tax-charitable status.
Qanon is an ARG (pt II): The other Hon brother weighs in.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Ukrainian steampunk masks: The gorgeous work of Dmitriy and Aleksandra Bragin.
OTF spared (for now): Trump's administrative incompetence saves the US Agency for Global Media from becoming Global Breitbart.
Insurers are secret, powerful police reformers: Money talks, bullshit walks.
Ohio GOP leadership arrested for racketeering: Largest corruption scandal in Ohio history.
Little Brother as a role-playing game: Notes from the Fiction & RPG Podcast.
Anti-facial recognition tool: Fawkes will alter your images in ways that are invisible to humans but confounding for algorithms.
Kentucky AG sues top GOP donors: Kentucky's Republican lawmaker is the best kind of class-traitor.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Straightened Trees: Changing the buildings to straighten the trees.
AI Dungeon with GPT-3: An AI invents a grimoire in an instant.
EU court kills data-sharing deal with USA: Schrems' Revenge.
Librarians' virtual escape rooms: Trapped in a Google Forms MUD.
What's in Blueleaks: The boondoggle of Fusion Centers.
A new contract for land: Real estate is the literal basis for feudalism.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Copyright keeps police use-of-force training a secret: How cops are circumventing the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Splash Mountain to purge Song of the South: Princess and the Frog ahoy!
Let's get rid of nursing homes: An end-of-life plan.
Sympathy for the mask-shy: Abstinence-only covid prevention is a failure.
"Violent protests" vs "violent police": How to report on protests.
Microcontent guidelines for 2020: A successor to the 1998 classic.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Everybody Knows: Charles Hugh Smith has prepared the rap sheet.
"Longshot" NYPD surveillance transparency law passes: NYC has finally passed the POST Act.
Juneteenth in the Internet Archive: Living history, in your browser.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Image Scrubber: An in-browser image sanitizer that doesn't require you to trust a random website.
Trump's bailout guy is making millions for his family: Justin Muzinich isn't a flamboyant villain like Mnuchin. He's a quiet villain.
Fix the police: What evidence says about police reform.
After Jim Crow, broken windows: Kelling and Zimbardo have a lot to answer for.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading