Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2021

Today's links

K-shaped recovery vs wealth taxes: Evita's spectre is haunting Argentina.
Facebook vs Australia: It's not a link-tax, it's collective bargaining.
The Paltrow-Industrial Complex: How Goop is cashing in on covid.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Casino mogul steals First Nation's vaccine: Rodney and Ekaterina Baker, showing us settler colonialism is alive and well.
Facebook champions (its own) privacy: UK privacy regulator says its settlement is a secret.
Goldman CEO gets $17.5m reward for $4.5b fraud: 1MDB couldn't have happened without Goldman Sachs.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

How to leak a Zoom meeting: Watermarks, tile randomization, and more.
Pandemics and peak indifference: Squandering history's most expensive lessons.
Planet Money's free Great Gatsby audiobook: The public domain in action.
Honor MLK day with the Internet Archive: A fabulous, open access trove.
Someone Comes to Town, Part 28: This week's podcast installment carries on my friendly dispute with Manuel Castells.
Facebook's community standards: JWZ's 0-follower, 0-post FB account was suspended.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Laura Poitras fired from First Look: She says it's because she spoke out on Reality Winner.
Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons": Procedural paper adventures for your pocket.
Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox: Only we can stop Qanon.
I was investigated by the FBI: It took 20 years!
Yugoslavia's Cold War obsession with Mexican music: Nonaligned Yumex gave us Celovečernji the Kid.
Machine learning is a honeypot for phrenologists: "AI" researchers just can't put away the fucking calipers.
Disneyland kills annual passes: No more Disney at a stroll.
Tesla's valuation is 1600x its profitability: Finacialization, in green and white.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The Black Panther self-care method: A revolutionary idea.
Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles: "Storm the Capitol!" "Buy body armor!"
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Youtube, fair use, competition, and the death of the artist: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Carbon offsets are bullshit: And the "Nature" "Conservancy" is neither.
Outgoing Facebookers blast the company: "Embarrassing to work here."
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Antitrust and Facebook's paid disinformation: By all means, look at the mergers, but don't forget the outsourcing!
Daddy Daughter Xmas Podcast 2020: An annual tradition.
A lethally boring story: How pharma monopolists escape liability.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Facebook vs Robert Bork: The FTC finally found a casus belli for killing off borkism.
Why we can't have nice things: "Lobbying Expenditures and Campaign Contributions by the Pharmaceutical and Health Product Industry in the United States, 1999-2018."
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2109
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Little Revolutions: Bethany C Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi on the Attack Surface Lectures.
Russian Cyberpunk Farm: Superb comedy-dystopia in a russo-futuristic vein.
We're already (badly) forgiving student debt: Debts that can't be paid won't be paid.
Facebook bullies watchdog: My Wired op-ed on the Ad Observer scandal.
Google's monopoly rigged the ad market: Dina Srinivasan is on fire.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Deep Reckonings: Using deepfakes to conjure a contrafactual reality in which monsters confront their legacies.
Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results: The limits of theory-free statistical inference.
How Audible robs indie audiobook creators: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Get an extra vote: Reminders from friends and family to vote have a bigger effect on turnout than anything campaigns do.
A hopeful future: Optimism and pessimism are both fatalism.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading