Pluralistic: 27 Oct 2020

Today's links

Ferris wheel fine dining: First the Budapest Eye, next, the world!
Monopolies Suck: There is nothing harder to kill than an idea whose time has come to pass.
The president's extraordinary powers: Congress handed the president emergency powers for centuries and never took them back (uh-oh).
Comcast v Comcast: Which is weird, because Universal owns Comcast.
Surveillance startup protected sexual harassers: Willingness to surveil is correlated with sociopathy.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Attack Surface vs Audible: My Publishers Weekly op-ed.
Foodcrime: The tech predators destroying America's restaurants.
We Are Beautiful: 3D printable anatomical models of real bodies.
Precursor: Andrew "bunnie" Huang's new open source hardware mobile platform.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

US passports basically worthless: Trump built a wall.
DNA Lounge deletes Postmates: Your pizza dollars, murdering future Jamal Khashoggis.
Mississippi's GOP lawmakers sicken: Dozens of mask-shunners test positive.
Wirecard's vanished COO wanted 15,000 Libyan militiamen: German finance scandal hides geopolitical private army scandal.
Near Future Labs' Covid Zine: Design fiction meets the unfathomable future.
This day in history: 2010, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Ada Palmer, being brilliant for 2.5h: On the Singularity Podcast.
Restaurateur wreaks algorithmic vengeance upon Doordash: Nonconsensual delivery services vs arbitrage.
England's storks are back: A 600 year old deep cut.
See through walls with free software: TEMPEST, GNU Radio style.
Universal broadband now: Broadband is a human right.
Airgap-busting malware: Probabilistic sneakernet injections.
Deliveroo, without Deliveroo: The problem isn't the service, it's the social arrangements.
Podcast: Part 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Have your read all those books?
US insurers say paying for pandemic treatment is "selfless": Blind boxes r us.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Rural swing-state voters' social media show growing disapproval for Trump: Putting his literal signature on covid response makes it hard to argue it's not his fault.
The Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act: Ilhan Omar's bill to protect renters and mortgage payers during and after the crisis.
Garbage Math: XKCD on the mathematics of uncertainty
ICANN pauses selloff of .ORG registry: The GOP billionaires behind Ethos capital have to wait a while longer.
Delivery services are gouging restaurants to death: Call the restaurant, order your meal, and pick it up.
Post-collapse maker utopia sim: Not quite Walkaway, but interesting nevertheless.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading