Pluralistic: Blue states should play "constitutional hardball" (18 Oct 2024)

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Blue states should play "constitutional hardball": Scooping up medical professionals, teachers, doctors and anyone with a trans kid.
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Pluralistic: Margaret Killjoy's "The Sapling Cage" (24 Sep 2024)

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Margaret Killjoy's "The Sapling Cage": Epic fantasy as queer coming-of-age.
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Pluralistic: Nalo Hopkinson's "Blackheart Man" (20 Aug 2024)

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Nalo Hopkinson's "Blackheart Man": Language and worldbuilding to drown in, and a cracking novel besides.
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Pluralistic: Mirion Malle's "So Long Sad Love" (25 Jun 2024)

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Mirion Malle's "So Long Sad Love": A long drop through the missing stair.
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This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019
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Pluralistic: Emil Ferris's long-awaited "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two" (01 Jun 2024)

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Emil Ferris's long-awaited "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two": A tour-de-force that was worth the wait.
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This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
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Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2022

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The cruelty isn't the point: The point is power.
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This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017.
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Pluralistic: 08 Apr 2020

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Solnit on the revelations of crisis: Pandemic speeds up processes that were too slow to notice.
Nurse suspended for distributing crowdfunded PPE: Shame on Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Cleveland Plain Dealer executed by union-busting owners: Firing health reporters during a pandemic.
Monster-themed covid pinup PSAs: By Alejandra Oviedo.
The Onion on Wisconsin's election: We need strategic Onion reserves for all our calamities.
NSO Group says Facebook tried to buy its malware: NSO is worse than Facebook, but it's a close-run thing.
How to pay for covid: Unearthing Keynes's "How to Pay for the War."
Smart lock hemorrhages user data: And it broadcasts its unlock code over Bluetooth.
TSA wanted to inspect 16 year old trans girl's genitals: Jon Corbett is on the case.
Roger Fuckebythenavele vs Bannatyne Manuscript: Black Plague-era f-bomb eclipsed by 14th century frottage artist.
Rube Goldberg feeding device: Now that's physical comedy.
Public domain Zoom backgrounds: Fantastic backdrops for an absurd moment.
This day in history: 2010, 2019
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Pluralistic: 03 Mar 2020

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EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guide for students: Privacy is a team sport.
Oregon's Dems have a supermajority, but the GOP won't show up for work: White nationalism is how plutes get turkeys to vote for Christmas.
A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick: How to design a copyright to protect artists, not corporations.
Facebook neutered "Download Your Data": "Your data" doesn't include a list of ad-tech companies that also hold your data.
The EU's new copyright filters violate the GDPR: We told you so.
Recycling spy agencies' malware for fun and profit: NOBUS is, and always has been, an idiotic idea.
Japanese condiment company releases "sliced mayo": Comes in four flavors!
Department of the Interior climate docs include junk science: Trump's man on the inside, sabotaging our future.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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