Pluralistic: Predicting the present (09 Dec 2024)

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Predicting the present: Thinking about "Radicalized" after Brian Thompson's assassination.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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.
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Pluralistic: Against Lore (27 May 2024)

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Against Lore: Always leave 'em wanting more.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2019, 2023
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.

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Pluralistic: Big Telco's fury over FCC plan to infuse telecoms policy with facts (10 Nov 2023)

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Big Telco's fury over FCC plan to infuse telecoms policy with facts: Dickey Amendments for everything.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 03 Sep 2021

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Gun-maker demands Sandy Hook children's disciplinary records: Remington finds new depths of depravity to plumb.
ALEC pushed voter suppression bills: And then lied about it.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 27 May 2020

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Youtube is automatically blocking criticism of the Chinese Communist Party: Filternet error, working as intended.
Facebook shelved research that showed they were sowing division: Sort by controversial.
Hertz's bankruptcy was caused by private equity looting: It was debt, not pandemic.
West Virginia's governor Jim Justice: billionaire, deadbeat: It's only theft if you're poor.
Twitter's porn filters are dampening discussions of "cumgate": Dominic Cummings, unofficial mayor of Scunthorpe.
Understanding Bayesian reasoning: Stats for self-defense.
Ammosexuals point their guns at their crotches: Musketfuckers gonna musketfuck.
How to pay artists while fighting censorship and Big Tech: The internet needs blanket licenses.
The Toronto Star's new owners donated to far-right Tories: Canada's largest newspaper is now in the tank for plutes and white nationalists.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 09 May 2020

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Armed Michigan voters escort their state rep to work: If the police won't stop the flu klux klan…
Konstantine Anthony for Burbank City Council: A candidate for working Burbankers.
Flooding Ohio's "work-refusal" snitchline: Volcano gods go hungry tonight.
Brett Favre received $1.1m in welfare money for speeches he never gave: Part of Mississippi's $98m corruption scandal.
The real Lord of the Flies kids were really nice to each other: Another paradise built in hell.
Phil Ochs rarities: Treasures from a lost and beautiful radical musician and writer.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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