Pluralistic: Trump and the unmighty dollar (26 Jan 2026)

Today's links

Trump and the unmighty dollar: "Flipping the table over in a poker game rigged in your favor because you resent having to pretend to play the game at all."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: H2G2 v BBC; Anti-capitalist bank rave; Narrative and magic; It's still censorship; Boss politics antitrust; Game library; Gamers 6-65; Google Cache; "Probiotics" aren't; "Starve"; Uptown Funk mashup; Not a crime if we do it with an app; Gibson on Stuxnet; Gates sells Tank Man pic to China; Paul Allen's yacht destroys a reef; Mass surveillance in Anaheim.
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The technology of Uyghur oppression: COIN and CVE with Chinese characteristics.
Transparency without recourse: Keynote for tomorrow's Transparency By Design conference.
How covid spreads: A tale in four charts.
Why SCOTUS upheld LGBTQ rights: Time for some game theory.
Hackers on Planet Earth: HOPE 2020 is happening, and I'm keynoting.
Talking Radicalized with Podside Picnic: Science fiction, economics, politics, writing craft and beyond.
Giant worry-stone: Machinist Chris Bathgate upscales his worry stone.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading