Pluralistic: Dinkclump Linkdump; The Bezzle excerpt (Part VI) (23 Feb 2024)

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Dinkclump Linkdump: A rare, out-of-cycle linkdump.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part VI): The thrilling conclusion!
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Pluralistic: The majority of censorship is self-censorship; The Bezzle excerpt (Part V) (22 Feb 2024)

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The majority of censorship is self-censorship: …But the majority of self-censorship is intentionally cultivated by an outside power.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part V): Keep your hands at 10 and 2.
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Pluralistic: Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain; The Bezzle excerpt (Part IV) (21 Feb 2024)

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Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain: A search monopolist should never do a layoff, buyback or dividend for so long as it's enshittifying.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part IV): LA Sheriff's Deputies are the most violent gangs in LA.
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Pluralistic: Pluralistic is four; The Bezzle excerpt (Part III) (20 Feb 2024)

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Pluralistic is four: Reflections on four years of Memex Method, Phase II.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part III): In which Steve Soul lawyers up.
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Pluralistic: Middlemen without enshittification; The Bezzle excerpt (Part II) (19 Feb 2024)

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Middlemen without enshittification: Not every author can be a DIY author.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part II): Let's learn about copyright termination!
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Pluralistic: An excerpt from The Bezzle (17 Feb 2024)

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An excerpt from The Bezzle: A George Clinton/Leonard Cohen-inspired royalty-theft caper.
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Pluralistic: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem (09 Feb 2023)

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Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem: The machine-learning monkey's paw.
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Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023)

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Tiktok's enshittification: The company manually allocates surplus to creators, and they can take it away again, too.
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Pluralistic: 17 Aug 2022: Chokepoint Capitalism Kickstarter is live

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Kickstarting the "Chokepoint Capitalism" audiobook: We wrote a book that Amazon won't sell.
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