Pluralistic: 26 Apr 2021

Today's links

The Big U: America's elite educational institutions are as rich as countries.
How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism Part 4: The latest installment of my podcast.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Podcasting How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Part one of five(ish).
The real cancel culture: Multiple-choice union-busting.
Ad-tech's algorithmic cruelty: What technology does isn't as important as who it does it TO.
Folio Society publishes Philip K Dick's short fiction: Books as artifacts.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Monopoly so fragile: Sharpening the contradictions in the Suez Canal.
Noble Lies: "Experts" aren't experts on when to lie.
Big Salmon's aquaturf: Cheaper for fish farms to smear scientists than to clean up their act.
Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results: Podcasting my Locus column on why machine learning won't lead to artificial intelligence.
This day in history: 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

What Democrats need to do: Don't just stand there, govern.
Automated functional drone manufacture: Robutts stole my jerb.
Privacy Without Monopoly Pt 2: This week on my podcast.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Planet Money on HP's myriad ripoffs: Ink-stained wretches of the world, unite!
Strength in numbers: The crisis in accounting.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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

Plute buys mayor's house and serves eviction papers: How money is power, and how power corrupts.
Podcast of Someone Comes to Town: Part 29 – closing in on the terminal edition!
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

How to leak a Zoom meeting: Watermarks, tile randomization, and more.
Pandemics and peak indifference: Squandering history's most expensive lessons.
Planet Money's free Great Gatsby audiobook: The public domain in action.
Honor MLK day with the Internet Archive: A fabulous, open access trove.
Someone Comes to Town, Part 28: This week's podcast installment carries on my friendly dispute with Manuel Castells.
Facebook's community standards: JWZ's 0-follower, 0-post FB account was suspended.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

DC's security theater panned: The curtain-call's gonna be BRUTAL.
Weaponing and monetizing apophenia: 5G conspiracies have a business-model.
Awful voting-machine demands silence: ES&S; piggybacks censorship on Dominion's grievances.
Someone Comes to Town Part 27: My latest podcast installment.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Situation Normal: The long-overdue second Leonard Richardson novel
China's best investigative stories of 2020: A glimpse into some very brave and dedicated reporters' work.
Where money comes from: And what tax is for.
Raising money for Chelsea Manning: The whistleblower and torture survivor needs our help.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town part 26: My last podcast of 2020.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading