Pluralistic: Twinkump Linkdump (22 Mar 2025)

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Twinkump Linkdump: Loose ends for the weekend.
Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024
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: How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers (24 Feb 2025)

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How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers: The Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts is a hell of a henhouse fox.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015
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: Retiring the US debt would retire the US dollar (21 Oct 2024)

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Retiring the US debt would retire the US dollar: We don't tax billionaires to fight the national debt. We tax billionaires to fight BILLIONAIRES.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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: It's been twenty years since my Microsoft DRM talk (18 Jun 2024)

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It's been twenty years since my Microsoft DRM talk: It looks like you're trying to avert the DRM apocalypse…
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 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: Inkjump Linkdump (25 May 2024)

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Inkjump Linkdump: A long weekend's supply of miscellany.
This day in history: 2004, 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: Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" (18 Apr 2024)

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Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism": "Competition is for losers."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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: Daddy-Daughter Podcast 2023 (11 Dec 2023)

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Daddy-Daughter Podcast 2023: From age 4 to age 15.
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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: Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification" (24 Oct 2023)

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Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification": They’ve run out of lands to conquer and they’re taking it out on you.
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: Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping" (25 Sept 2023)

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Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping": How to preserve the benefits of web-scraping while targeting the real harms.
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: Podcasting "Enshitternet" (22 August 2023)

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Podcasting "Enshitternet": The old, good internet deserves a new, good internet.
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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