Pluralistic: 31 Jan 2021 Today's links Mashing the Bernie meme: What if every video game, except Bernie with mittens? Know Nothings, conspiratorialism and Pastel Q: What if it's all a big fat lie? This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 31 Jan 2021"
Pluralistic: 15 Jan 2021 Today's links 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 Continue reading "Pluralistic: 15 Jan 2021"
Pluralistic: 12 Oct 2020 Today's links Attack Surface in Wired: Toolsmith-user solidarity. The herd immunity conspiracy: Follow the money. How to cheat at Clock Simulator: I got rhythm. Someone Comes to Town, part 18: This week's podcast comes with a content warning. Facebook vs The Big Lebowski: The Zuck abides. Papercraft Haunted Mansion Hallowe'en: Print, color, decorate! This day in history: None Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 12 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 17 Sep 2020 Today's links Attack Surface a la carte: Kickstarter is not a shopping cart. Kapital! The board game: France's new national obsession. Private equity's new debt-and-loot bonanza: "Divi recaps" is plute for "stealing." This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 17 Sep 2020"
Pluralistic: 11 Sep 2020 Today's links Save video game history: The MADE needs help to mothball for two years. Life as a precriminal: 1,000 people in Pasco County, Florida are harassed day and night as part of a predictive policing tool. Qanon is basically the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: It's a recycling program for nutjob racists. EFF vs filternet: Comments to the EU on Article 17. America's pandemic spiral: 9 awful things. How many do you recognize? Security Engineering, 3d edition: Anderson's revenge! Alexa for landlords: Unauthorized Bread was not a pitch-deck. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 11 Sep 2020"
Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2020 Today's links Fight the Power: Another summer. Physicists overestimate their epidemiology game: Dunning-Kruger, meet the vaporisation of qualitative factors. Trump is a salesman: He lacks the attention-span for fascism. CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths: Generators are as deadly as 40mph winds. Political ads have very small effect-sizes: Mind-control rays remain elusive. Incredible Proof Machine: Lineal descendant of Sierra's Incredible Machine. Kickstarting a Girl Genius game: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne. This day in history: 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2020"
Pluralistic: 25 Aug 2020 Today's links Ballistic Kiss: Supernatural, with wheels on it.. Telepresence Nazi punching: Play Cardboard Wolfenstein, stay in training. This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 25 Aug 2020"
Pluralistic: 16 Aug 2020 Today's links Self-driving cars are bullshit: Ford CEO: I "overestimated." How to Argue With a Racist: Adam Rutherford on "race science." Combat Wheelchairs: Homebrew rules for a new kind of D&D; mount. Amazon bans podcasts that criticize Amazon: The purpose of "IP" is controlling competitors, critics and customers. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 16 Aug 2020"
Pluralistic: 22 Jul 2020 Today's links Ukrainian steampunk masks: The gorgeous work of Dmitriy and Aleksandra Bragin. OTF spared (for now): Trump's administrative incompetence saves the US Agency for Global Media from becoming Global Breitbart. Insurers are secret, powerful police reformers: Money talks, bullshit walks. Ohio GOP leadership arrested for racketeering: Largest corruption scandal in Ohio history. Little Brother as a role-playing game: Notes from the Fiction & RPG Podcast. Anti-facial recognition tool: Fawkes will alter your images in ways that are invisible to humans but confounding for algorithms. Kentucky AG sues top GOP donors: Kentucky's Republican lawmaker is the best kind of class-traitor. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 22 Jul 2020"
Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 shared microbial destiny,las vegas,carolyn goodman,crowdfunding,arnold drake world,origami,botany,art,games,text adventures,metafiction,games,virtual worlds,manyland,crowdfunding,science fiction,reviews,Tochi Onyebuchi,science fiction Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe; Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble; Library of Last Resort; Manyland; Riot Baby Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 riot-baby _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ Today's links Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe: Reality has a leftist bias. Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble: Arnold Drake World is about to lose his home. Library of Last Resort: Interactive fiction, meet metafiction Manyland: An open-ended virtual world you visit in your browser Riot Baby: An incandescent Afrofuturist novella. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020"