Pluralistic: Rsync corrump linkdump (03 Aug 2024)

Today's links

Vaccinate workers at (almost) any price: Corporate America sabotaged paid vaccination leave.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Against hygiene theater: Wired: Ventilation. Tired: Handwashing. Fired: Sterilization.
Saving the planet is illegal: Time to torch the Energy Charter Treaty.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Twitter's Project Blue Sky: Fix the internet, not the platforms.
Brazil's world-beating data breach: More than 100% of the population doxed.
Evictions and utility cutoffs are covid comorbidities: 143,000 covid deaths due to economic precarity.
"North Korea" targets infosec researchers: Third party collection, taken to the logic endpoint.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Kickstarting mailbox hearts: A way to show your support for the beleaguered USPS.
The Mail: A print zine about the USPS, delivered by the USPS.
College Covid app is a security dumpster-fire: Albion College obliterates the qualitative and hopes the quantitative residue will suffice.
Boeing fixes the 737 Max problem: By renaming the 737 Max.
Crowdfunding Skycircles: The Advisory Circular network tells you about the surveillance far overhead.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Cuomo legalizes nursing-home murders: Immunity for execs who cut corners, even when it kills someone.
"News" broadcasts air scripted Amazon commercial: Media concentration is a hell of a drug.
Why ammosexuals are REALLY pointing guns at their own dicks: Bottom line: they're pointing guns at their own dicks.
California is setting itself up for a brutal second wave: Months of lockdown, squandered at the barber-shop.
Teardown of an "anti-5g" USB stick: When the conspiracy has a business-model.
Wisconsin cases surge after voting day: Murder at the ballot box.
World video premiere of the Little Brother stage play: A benefit for the Custom Made Theater Co.
Cumgate on blast: Marina Hyde's got Dom's number.
Corporate Dems include military contractors in bailout: Billions for Beltway Bandits.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Covid apps and false positives: The real killer app is public confidence.
Casio censors calculator modder's Github project: The modder says it's copyfraud.
Penguin poop turns into laughing gas: Researchers figured it out when they started getting buzzed.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

LA begins randomized covid testing: Is distancing working?
Trump and the Rapture Right: The end of the world is a feature, not a bug.
Foxconn's potemkin "Innovation Centers": Empty promises and empty buildings.
The power of collaborative note-taking: From WIPO meetings to videoconferences.
AMC is going bankrupt: Maybe allowing them to buy all their competitors was a bad idea?
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading