Pluralistic: 28 Oct 2021

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The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped: But here's the bad news…
All of science gets a general index: For your text-mining pleasure, courtesy of Carl Malamud and Public Resource.
Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.
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Pluralistic: 16 Jun 2021

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Suing all of ad-tech: Will an EU country finally enforce the GDPR?
Interop Sci-Fi: Inside the Clock Tower, my interoperability sf for Consumer Reports.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 Jun 2021

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Privacy Without Monopoly, EU edition: The GDPR forbids competition in human rights abuses.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2021

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NYC's driver-owned Uber alternative: Platform cooperativism needs interoperability, though.
Amazon running scared from arbitration at scale: The right kind of automation.
How the Dutch helped CBS cheat on its taxes: Onshore-offshore and the IP shell-game.
This day in history: 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 03 May 2021

Today's links

Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder.
Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast!
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021

Today's links

The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 25 Feb 2021

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Against hygiene theater: Wired: Ventilation. Tired: Handwashing. Fired: Sterilization.
Saving the planet is illegal: Time to torch the Energy Charter Treaty.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 10 Feb 2021

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Crooked cops play music to kill livestreams: Beverly Hills Police Department Sergeant Billy Fair blasting Sublime's Santeria.
Duke is academia's meanest trademark bully: Empirically speaking, that is.
Tory donors reap 100X return on campaign contributions: Stochastic corruption.
A criminal enterprise with a country attached: Ladies and Gentlebeings, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 09 Feb 2021

Today's links

Snowden's young adult memoir: The Young Readers' edition of Permanent Record.
Favicons as undeletable tracking beacons: F-cache considered harmful.
The ECB should forgive the debt it owes itself: Another round of austerity will destroy the European project.
Fleet Street calls out schtum Tories: When Paul Dacre and Katharine Viner agree…
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 15 Dec 2020

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Pornhub and payment processors: No one elected Visa and Mastercard.
Asset forfeiture is just theft: Cops steal more than robbers.
EU competition rules have real teeth: The DSA and DMA are unveiled.
Blockchain voting is bullshit: Yet another problem blockchain doesn't, can't and won't solve.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
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