Pluralistic: 30 Apr 2022

Today's links

Disney's writer wage theft, a year on: Still work to do.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Explaining UK Fair Dealing with Simpsons clips: An update to the classic "Fair(y) Use."
Woody Guthrie, Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom: 332 pages of inspiration, joy and fascinating tales of a true American hero.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Happy Public Domain Day: The public domain continues to roar back after decades in a coma.
2021 Daddy-Daughter podcast: The latest in a lengthy series.
This day in history: 2002, 2007
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The definitive answers to Disney's pernicious queueing debates: Defunctland simulated a themepark and produced the first public data on queue-management strategies.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Podcasting "Disneyland at a stroll": Winding up my series on "amusement parks, crowd control, and load-balancing" (for now).
The Unraveling: Ben Rosenbaum's stunning debut novel.
What kind of emergency is our emergency?: Kim Stanley Robinson on the structure of feeling of this perilous moment.
The secrets of hospital bills: What do you call a "market" where no one chooses the services or knows the prices?
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Machine learning sucks at covid: Every "AI" covid tool was useless.
Podcasting "Are We Having Fun Yet?": The first three parts of my ongoing Medium series on queueing, aggregate demand management and theme parks.
This day in history: 2020, 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Charter schools are money laundries: "The hidden world of charter schools operated for financial gain."
Disney parks and aggregate demand management: My ongoing series on Medium, for an age of supply shocks.
Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke: The Bootleg Fire is more evidence that markets can't solve the climate emergency.
Surge pricing violates antitrust law: Even the weaksauce version pushed by the econ establishment.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The gig economy's dark-money, astroturf "community groups": Uber and Lyft spent their way into a rep for racial justice.
The doctrine of dynastic wealth: Abigail Disney on tax evasion and the American caste system.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

A stroll through Magnolia Park: Mask deniers, studio surplus, vintage stores, and the re-emergence of Zap/Action Haunted Mansion kits.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

What the hell is "carried interest": A scam, obviously, but the real ripoff is preferential tax-treatment of capital gains.
Korea set to break the Samsung dynasty: Intergenerational wealth transfers, dynastic fortunes, and eugenic meritocracy.
Disney's writer wage-theft is far worse than reported: Allan Dean Foster was just the first to go public.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading