Pluralistic: Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster" (11 Mar 2025)

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Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster": Klong! We are ALL pickles.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024
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Pluralistic: Weinersmith and Boulet's "Bea Wolf"(24 Jun 2024)

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Weinersmith and Boulet's "Bea Wolf": An absolutely delightful retelling of the bardic masterpiece.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019
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: Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell (15 Mar 2024)

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Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell: As ever, the important thing isn't what the gadget does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more.
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: Daddy-Daughter Podcast 2023 (11 Dec 2023)

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Daddy-Daughter Podcast 2023: From age 4 to age 15.
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: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange (20 May 2023)

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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.
This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok"; Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues (17 Apr 2023)

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Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok": My Medium column on a surveillance-free internet.
Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues: Meet Marty Hench and his "foolish and ungainly and luxurious tour bus."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: VW wouldn't locate kidnapped child because his mother didn't pay for find-my-car subscription (28 Feb 2023)

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VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Parenting and Phones, an Empowering Approach

Wisdom from “Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)” by Emily Weinstein and Carrie James

DImage; Jiyoung kim/CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified); Cryteria/CC BY 3.0 (modified)

I am the father of a 14 year old, and it is wild. We have our good days and our bad ones, and the lockdown was hard for all of us, but I learn new stuff from my kid every single day.

I’ve been writing about the intersection of parenting and my kid’s digital life since she was two years old, and from the start, I’ve been clear on one thing: it’s impossible to completely control how my kid uses digital tech, and so the best I can hope for is to teach her to be as safe as possible, and to cultivate a trusting relationship with her so that when (not if) she gets in over her head, she’ll come to me so I can help her figure it out.

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Pluralistic: 22 Aug 2022 Gmail will call the cops on you based on the content of your emails

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Google falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son: Filternets fail.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2022

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The Big Box of Sparkly Unicorn Magic: If Hobbes was a snarky unicorn and Calvin was an awesome little girl.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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