Pluralistic: 05 Apr 2021

Today's links

How Facebook will benefit from its massive breach: Creating a problem does not qualify you to solve the problem.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Zuckerpunch: Don't trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve the Facebook problem.
Good news about news co-ops: Save journalism, not media monopolies.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

ADT insider threat: If you build it they will spy.
Billionaires think VR stops guillotines: TARP with tasps.
Privacy Without Monopoly: Podcasting a reading of the latest EFF whitepaper.
This day in history: 2006, 2011
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

My Fellow Americans: Audio, text and commentary for every president's inaugural address.
Digital manorialism vs neofeudalism: Tech companies as warlords with walled gardens.
South Carolina GOP moots modest improvements to "magistrate judges": Lewis Carroll was an optimist.
Pavilions replacing union workers with "gig workers": Prop 22's other shoe drops.
This day in history: 2006, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Constantly Wrong: "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
Xi on interop and lock-in: Inkjet business model as foreign policy.
Anti-bear robo-wolves: Dr Tenma v lobo.
This day in history: 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Squeeze Me: Carl Hiaasen's Trump-as-Florida-man masterpiece.
The Internet is for End-Users: IETF on "user agents."
Ad-tech is a bubble: Subprime Attention Crisis.
Schools! Libraries! Classrooms! Get free Attack Surface hardcovers: An imperfect solution to a thorny problem.
Facebook's living will: Leaks reveal the company's idiotic plans to stave off breakup.
Part 17 of Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town: This week on the podcast: a murder most foul.
Seeking home call-center workers: Propublica wants your story.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

How Big Oil lied about "recyclable" plastics: Who killed the world?
Levels of Interoperability: More clarity from Ian Brown.
Podcasting "IP": My latest and most substantial Locus column.
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

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

Break 'Em Up: Zephyr Teachout's trustbusting program for the 21st century.
Unauthorized Meat: Mellow Sous Vide journeys to the Internet of Shit.
Let's force Big Tech to interoperate: Here's why…and how.
No consequences for police violence at BLM actions: Propublica followed up on viral videos showing gross misconduct and found…crickets.
The Internet Archive defends online libraries: First filings from the Hachette lawsuit.
Bitcoin is not a socialist's ally: Yanis Varoufakis responds to Ben Arc.
Where "software" comes from: "In October, 1953, I coined the word 'software.'"
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading