Pluralistic: Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds" (21 Feb 2023)

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Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds": A return to "Lovecraft Country."
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Why none of my books are available on Audible: And why Amazon owes me $3,218.55.
Sarah Gailey's "Just Like Home": A haunted house novel that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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This Thing Between Us, a neck-hair-stand-up cuycuy horror: Gus Moreno's debut novel.
There are no corporate criminals in America: Because America doesn't have corporate crime prosecutions.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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The Halloween Moon: A YA novel from Nightvale creator Joseph Fink.
The music monopolists: Thinking outside the antitrust box.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
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Sandman Slim's final adventure: King Bullet brings in Richard Kadrey's masterpiece for a hell of a landing.
Big Oil caught lying about methane: 84 times worse than CO2.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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A stroll through Magnolia Park: Mask deniers, studio surplus, vintage stores, and the re-emergence of Zap/Action Haunted Mansion kits.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Dystopia as clickbait: Chris Brown on uncozy apocalypses.
Trail of Mars: New, lyrically gifted science fictional music from John McDaid.
Bride of Frankenstein and the Monster: New, limited Brian Ewing prints for Hallowe'en 2020.
The Passenger Pigeon Manifesto: "Liberate and upload all digitised photographs and artworks."
Bricked Ferrari: DRM and the accommodation of corner-cases.
The Dennis Ball Show: Dad jokes and Haunted Mansion trivia with djBC's alter-ego.
This day in history: None
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Australia caves on "robodebt": Dialing down the automated performative cruelty by a single notch.
Locus Award shortlist: Some of my 2019 favorites made the cut.
Why I haven't written about CDA 230: Life is too short.
Bus drivers refuse to take arrested protesters to jail: And they're unionized, so they don't have to.
AI has been stagnating for a decade: "The high-water mark was set in 2009."
This day in history: 2015, 2019
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Lovecraft Country: Jordan Peele's official trailer for his adaptation of Matt Ruff's book.
$150,000 "Magic" grants: For people to pursue their passions.
Pandemic could make Big Tech our permanent overlords: Kara Swisher on pandemic profiteering.
Hospital CEOs making millions amid cuts: Nurses and docs vs execs.
Wired workers have unionized: Just in time for rumored Conde Nast cuts.
The failure of software licensing: The right to hire a lawyer is not software freedom.
XML inventor quits Amazon over whistleblower firings: Tim Bray is no longer an Amazon VP and Distinguished Engineer.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Neighbors treated to socially isolated buildingside screening: Scott Duggan treated his terrace to "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
Philips quadruples ventilator costs: They reneged on their HHS deal and will get $646.7m for their trouble.
Kansas GOP nukes ban on large Easter gatherings: What's wrong with Kansas?
Kickpunch's Disney comics/horror movie mashups: Daniel Björk's terrifying poster children for fair use.
Plastic-eating enzyme: Leaf-branch compost cutinase to the rescue.
Cold brew coffee chemistry: Making the black stuff reproducible.
Tails adds Secureboot support: Evil chambermaids, beware!
Crisis makes heroes of IT workers: When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.
Automating fake PDF signatures: Make it look like you printed, signed and scanned.
Pocket Art Director: Your high-handed boss in D20 form.
This day in history: 2019
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