Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 shared microbial destiny,las vegas,carolyn goodman,crowdfunding,arnold drake world,origami,botany,art,games,text adventures,metafiction,games,virtual worlds,manyland,crowdfunding,science fiction,reviews,Tochi Onyebuchi,science fiction Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe; Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble; Library of Last Resort; Manyland; Riot Baby Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020 riot-baby _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ Today's links Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe: Reality has a leftist bias. Powell's botanically correct flower guy is in trouble: Arnold Drake World is about to lose his home. Library of Last Resort: Interactive fiction, meet metafiction Manyland: An open-ended virtual world you visit in your browser Riot Baby: An incandescent Afrofuturist novella. This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2020"
Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2020 Today's links Jesse Jackson endorses Sanders: "I stand with him because he stands with you." Choose Your Own Adventure was Milton Friedman for Kids: There Is No Alternative. Woman sues TSA over "pat-down" that penetrated her vagina: Las Vegas airport's finest. Shat-out pig pedometer sparks farm-fire: Beyond Thunderdome, free range UCSC strike prompts systemwide student and faculty solidarity strikes: Meanwhile, the regents are deporting striking TAs. An open syllabus on "housing struggles": Detailed resources from the Pirate Care collective. Yanis Varoufakis on how austerity leads to fascism: And how "constructive disobedience" can win support for alternatives. John Deere is Right to Repair's archnemesis: Digital feudalism has reinvented the tenant farmer. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2020"