Pluralistic: 15 Jun 2022

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Boy, gig companies sure hire disastrously sloppy lawyers: $100m flushed down the drain in Massachusetts.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 18 May 2022

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A(nother) way in which Facebook is the 21st Century's tobacco industry: Millions for front groups who insist that only Mark Zuckerberg can save us from Xi Jinping.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 27 Apr 2022

Today's links

How police backdoors for online services let sextortionists target children: There is no such thing as a back-door that only lets the good guys through.
Laura Jean McKay's "The Animals in That Country": A brilliant debut novel of too much understanding.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 18 Apr 2022

Today's links

Podcasting "Big Tech Isn’t Stealing News Publishers’ Content": "…It's stealing their money."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 23 Mar 2022

Today's links

Facebook's genocide filters are really, really bad: An AI that can't recognize its own training data is a very, very bad AI.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 08 Mar 2022

Today's links

How and why to break up Big Tech: My new Locus column, "Vertically Challenged."
The Dawn of Everything: An essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 17 Feb 2022

Today's links

The last days of Myspace: Facebook is following the steep decline playbook.
The child labor story hidden by the Great Resignation: Bosses want to turn kids into scabs.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2021

Today's links

Facebook shouldn't be in charge of how you use Facebook: Unfollow Everything and the need for (good) tech regulation.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 30 Sep 2021

Today's links

Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation": They'd rather be evil than incompetent.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 22 Sep 2021

Today's links

Gig workers around the globe: One disease, many pathologies.
Mutual Aid and David Graeber: A new, illustrated edition of Kropotkin's masterpiece, with an introduction from the great, much-missed hero of Occupy.
Facebook algorithm boosts pro-Facebook news: Orwell was an optimist.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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