Pluralistic: Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack) (29 Sep 2025)

Today's links

Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack): Apple is out of low-hanging fruit.
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Object permanence: "Julia," HP DRM talk; Atheists know more theology than "Christians"; D&D v MMORPGs; Scandanavia's CSAM filter-creep; Snowden's on Twitter; Limbaugh says Martian water is a leftist plot.
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Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU: Yeah, right.
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Object permanence: Thomas Ligotti's anhedonic philosophy; Catalan elections; Molly Crabapple's Syria.
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Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine: What unions could (must!) do about app-based work.
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Object permanence: Dieselgate for everything; Roca Labs stops gagging, Adventures of a Dwergish Girl; the Batmobile is a copyrighted character.
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The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it): Red-teaming the fossil fuel death cult's next move.
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Object permanence: Contrastive reduplication; Happy Birthday is free; What the fuck is a PBM?
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Wallet voting: On the uses and abuses of consumerism.
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Object permanence: Microsoft copyright crackdown against Russian dissidents; Corbyn wins Labour leadership; Bill Gates' monopolism; TiVo won't record DRM shows; HDCP leaks; Puking sink; Mr Gotcha v covid.
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Hate the player AND the game: But above all, hate the crooked ump.
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Object permanence: Library Tor nodes vs the DHS; Egg-board psyops; Fury Road amputation cosplay; NYPD's dirtiest cop.
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Canny Valley: My little art-book is here!
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Object permanence: Ballmer throws a chair; Bruce Sterling on Singapore; RIP David Graeber; Big Car warns of lethal Right to Repair.
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The worst possible antitrust outcome: Hope you like enshittification.
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Object permanence: Amazon drivers hang phones from trees; DVD Jon v Windows DRM; Chevron's dirty tricks.
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A weekend's worth of links: Short hits for a long weekend.
Object permanence: Floppy disk CD sleeves; Rules for radicals; California's preventable fires; Muppet Haunted Mansion; Wells Fargo steals rescued Nazi loot; Texas abortion release.
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By all means, tread on those people: We know you love freedom, we just wish you'd share.
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Object permanence: The right to bear cameras; GOP wants slavery for undocumented migrants; Telepresence Nazi-punching.
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Colophon: All the rest.