Pluralistic: 10 May 2021

Today's links

Biden's shift on vaccine patents is a Big Deal: A world turned upside-down.
LA traveling toward free public transit: But first we must abolish means-testing.
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism Part 6: Nearly done with my serialized podcast reading!
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Real penalties for covid evicters: The CFPB is set to euthanize some rentiers – and their lawyers.
McDonald's corporate wages war on ice-cream hackers: All the pasteurization in the world won't detoxify the mix of franchise agreements and rent-extraction.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Reverse centaurs and the failure of AI: Turkers all the way down.
Gorgeous, slipcased editions of public domain classics: Dave McKean's Crime and Punishment.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Living through Xinjiang's genocide: So much for "never again."
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius."
Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too?
The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

My letter to the FBI: Let the FOIA follies begin!
No one should be on the No-Fly List: There should not be a No-Fly List.
Oh sure, let's expand the no-fly list: What could possibly go wrong?
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Call center workers pay for the privilege: Propublica breaks open the massive, secretive abuser Arise, fronted by Disney, Airbnb, Intuit, Comcast, Carnival and more.
Dan Hillier's Six Women/Six Men: New "box sets" from the spooky, brilliant collagist.
Apple kills RSS readers in China: Chekhov's Law for DRM strikes again.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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

Podcasting chapter one of Attack Surface: A three hour preview of the audio, currently up on Kickstarter!
Crad Kilodney documentary: Kickstarting "Putrid Scum."
DRM versus human rights: Helping Mexico learn from 22 years of bitter US experience.
Germany's amazing new competition proposal: Putting interop front and center.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Hard Wired: Robot rights are human rights.
Calavera masks: John Picacio wants to help you ride out the plague as a sugar-skull.
Classic, hand-lettered electronics textbook: The story of Forrest M Mims, III's "Getting Started in Electronics."
Bayer-Monsanto is in deep trouble: Destructive, reckless mergers are part of the Curse of Bigness.
Recapping Little Brother and Homeland: Nudging a generation of early-stage Oppenheimers.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading