Pluralistic: When your ISP pays you (03 Oct 2025)

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When your ISP pays you: The New Deal keeps on giving.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Internet Archive scans books; Europe's Broadcast Flag; Three middle-finger salute; The enshittification of Prime.
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: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: Down in the (link)dumps (23 Sept 2023)

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Down in the (link)dumps: A link sundae for a fall Saturday.
This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)

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Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores: Walmart's jackals, picking over the remains.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 19 Aug 2020

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Amazon's Monopoly Tollbooth: Quantifying the market-power abuses of Amazon's platform.
Thomas Hawk's Talking Heads: Judy's in the bedroom inventing situations.
Orwell prize winner trapped in orwellian nightmare: Jessica Johnson's predicament puts the "kafkaesque" in "orwellian."
Spikey: Infering key geometry from the sound of lock-entry.
Hedge fund won't return Citi's accidental $175m deposit: No backsies.
Yale admin: "Prepare for death": It's not quite "boola boola."
Austerity breeds Nazis: Analyzing Weimar election data.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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