Pluralistic: 19 Sep 2020

Today's links

Attack Surface vs Audible: My Publishers Weekly op-ed.
Foodcrime: The tech predators destroying America's restaurants.
We Are Beautiful: 3D printable anatomical models of real bodies.
Precursor: Andrew "bunnie" Huang's new open source hardware mobile platform.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

California's preventable fires: 1,000,000 acres of fire-debt.
Zuck calls Apple a monopolist: I know you are but what am I?
This day in history: 2005, 2010
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Peter Thiel was right: Capitalism is incompatible with democracy.
Google bans anticompetitive vocabularies: But not anticompetitive conduct.
Free the law: The PACER rent is too damned high.
Jailed for pen-testing: Kafka in Iowa.
This day in history: 2010, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Collective Action In Tech For Black Lives Matter: A guide to organize tech workers to support the anti-racism movement.
The art of density: The exuberant aerial collages of Cássio Vasconcellos.
Attack Surface sneak peek: A free extended preview of the next Little Brother novel.
Jack Dorsey's interop plan: If you can't beat 'em, out-federate 'em.
Google acquires major stake in ADT: Your Nest is spying on you.
Papercraft Addams Family house: Ray Keim is a genius.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Poesy the Monster Slayer: My first picture book is out today!
Atlas of Surveillance: How are your local cops spying on you?
Catalan politician hacked with NSO Group malware: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Artists vs tax havens: A report from Tax Havens: Normalized Grand Theft.
Free "extended preview" of my next book: "Attack Surface" AKA "Little Brother III."
Target workers strike over chickenization: Working for a chickenshipt outfit.
Big Oil can have you locked up: Chevron's old legal firm have the oil company's most effective critic under house arrest.
California goes antitrust on Google: Xavier Becerra rides again!
2019's highest-paid execs: I'm sure they earned every dime.
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Female Furies: Cecil Castellucci finds the story that Jack Kirby missed.
How to break up Google: A making things company, not a buying things company.
Facebook and Trump collaborate on rule-rigging: You can't break the rules if you make the rules.
NYC housing lottery favors the least-needy: The private sector cannot and will not solve the housing crisis.
Podcast: Part 8 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Families are weird.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

EFF offering legal referrals to protesters: If your phone was seized or you were targeted with electronic surveillance, they've got a list of lawyers.
The unsatisfying history of obscenity: "I know it when I see it" was always a cop-out.
A ride through of Elitch Gardens' Kaleidoscope: Meow Wolf's ride for Denver's centuries-old theme park.
Big Tech is good at being big: But that shouldn't get them a pass on anti-monopoly law.
Personalized, signed copies of Little Brother/Homeland: With an intro by Ed Snowden!
No fix for Chrome's Incognito Mode: What matters more: user privacy or paywalls?
DoJ seizes pro-BLM coronavirus masks: The Flu Klux Klan wants protests to be death sentences.
Science Fiction Writers of America on Black Lives Matter: Free dues, travel and memberships for the Nebulas, and a reading list.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading