Pluralistic: Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine" (26 Sep 2023)

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Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine": Reclaiming the Luddites from the victors' history.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Kashmir Hill's "Your Face Belongs to Us" (20 Sept 2023)

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Kashmir Hill's "Your Face Belongs to Us": A candid, whistleblower-informed history of Clearview AI.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Justin C Key's "The World Wasn't Ready For You" (19 Sep 2023)

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Justin C Key's "The World Wasn't Ready For You": Black horror that cuts with a surgical scalpel.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Portraits of Queen West (13 Sept 2023)

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Portraits of Queen West: Kevin Steele's "sequential art" book of the glory days of Queen Street West.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: The Tamakis' "Roaming" (11 Sep 2023)

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The Tamakis' "Roaming": Ah, to be young and Canadian in New York City.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger" (05 September 2023)

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Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger": On late capitalism's double-vision and double trouble.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Open Circuits (14 August 2023)

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Open Circuits: The hidden beauty of electronics components.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (31 July 2023)

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Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it: "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" comes out from Verso on Sept 5.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: The art of Daniel Danger (23 July 2023)

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The art of Daniel Danger: The best thing I saw at Comic-Con.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "Hopeland" (30 May 2023)

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Ian McDonald's "Hopeland": A novel so eerily good it almost made me angry.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022
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