Pluralistic: 22 Sep 2020

Today's links

Uber for evicting people: Civvl, a gig economy company, will pay you to evict people.
Part 15 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Returning to my serialized podcast reading.
Facebook threatens to leave EU: It wants to export Europeans' data to the USA…or else.
Brick House: Kickstarting an independent, "wolf-proof" media co-op.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2109
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Attack Surface a la carte: Kickstarter is not a shopping cart.
Kapital! The board game: France's new national obsession.
Private equity's new debt-and-loot bonanza: "Divi recaps" is plute for "stealing."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

A new Little Brother short story collection: Inspired by your generosity.
EFF's 2020 Pioneer Awards: Livestreaming Oct 15.
Tax havens and monopolies: It's a system.
Obscure Texas election could change the world: Chrysta Castañeda for the Railroad Commission of Texas!
Motorcycle-part animals: New assemblage sculptures from Jud Turner.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2109
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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

Inaudible: Let's make "Audible exclusive" mean "for sale everywhere EXCEPT Audible."
The rise and rise of one of NYPD's dirtiest cops: Violent, racist repeat-offender Christopher McCormack, promoted to the top brass.
Georgia voter suppression, quantified: Greg Palast counted all 313,242 receipts.
Kids' smart-watches unsafe at any speed: Still a garbage-fire.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

My first-ever Kickstarter: Help me change publishing with the audiobook for Attack Surface, the third Little Brother book.
IP: The longest, most significant Locus column I have written in my 14-year run.
FTC about to hammer Intuit: Billions in fraudulent tax-prep earnings under scrutiny.
Antitrust trouble for cloud services: Italy's competition regulator says Terms of Service are bullshit.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Fight the Power: Another summer.
Physicists overestimate their epidemiology game: Dunning-Kruger, meet the vaporisation of qualitative factors.
Trump is a salesman: He lacks the attention-span for fascism.
CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths: Generators are as deadly as 40mph winds.
Political ads have very small effect-sizes: Mind-control rays remain elusive.
Incredible Proof Machine: Lineal descendant of Sierra's Incredible Machine.
Kickstarting a Girl Genius game: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne.
This day in history: 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Kickstarting mailbox hearts: A way to show your support for the beleaguered USPS.
The Mail: A print zine about the USPS, delivered by the USPS.
College Covid app is a security dumpster-fire: Albion College obliterates the qualitative and hopes the quantitative residue will suffice.
Boeing fixes the 737 Max problem: By renaming the 737 Max.
Crowdfunding Skycircles: The Advisory Circular network tells you about the surveillance far overhead.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Dems can and MUST fight police violence: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil…
Save Uncle Hugo's: Crowdfunding for Minneapolis's beloved, torched science fiction bookstore.
Ella Jones is Ferguson's new mayor: The city's first Black mayor.
Why protests become violent: Cops keep mashing the "be violent" button.
PPE vs riot gear: Revealed preference, revealed.
Zoom wants to help the FBI spy on you: Encryption is a luxury good.
Trivial-to-spoof UK contact tracing: A gift to identity thieves and fraudsters.
AT&T; will punish Disney+ viewers: Can you hear me now?
K-pop fandom pivots to human rights hacktivism: Flooding the zone with fancams.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Crowdfunding an open access jewelry course: Elise Matheson wants to preserve her "wandering wire" methodology.
Bahamas Company Registry leaked: Another service of the Distributed Denial of Secrets project.
Mafia logic and conservative ideology: There is a difference.
Podcast: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Part 4: Enter Kurt.
Google's free/open multilingual font: Banishing tofu with Noto.
Soviet Signs and Relics: A book of sovkitsch sourced from Google Street View.
Rogue UK civil service tweet damns "truth-twisters": Impunity rage.
A jailbreak for every version of Ios: Attacking is easier than defending.
Texas Instruments locks down its hackable calculators: Designed to control the user.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading