Pluralistic: 29 Jan 2022

Today's links

No, payday lenders aren't nice guys: Won't someone think of the poor usurers?
The Right to Repair: A stupendous new book on a very urgent subject.
This day in history: 2002, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 04 Jan 2022

Today's links

Science fiction is a Luddite literature: My latest column for Locus Magazine.
Neal Stephenson's 'Termination Shock': Geoengineering and the end of the world.
Stellar images of quack exercise machines: A memento mori for anyone flexing in lycra on a Peleton.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 09 Dec 2021

Today's links

Electrify: Saul Griffith's visionary, practical program for a US clean energy transition.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 08 Dec 2021

Today's links

All the books I reviewed in 2021: Plus one I published!
Broken Promises: The Writers Guild of America West makes the case for media un-consolidation.
How elite hobbies let billionaires pay no tax: More from Propublica's IRS Leaks.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2021

Today's links

Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future.
Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure.
Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 29 Oct 2021

Today's links

LaserWriter II: Tamara Shopsin's celebration of the heroic era of the Mac.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 12 Oct 2021

Today's links

This Thing Between Us, a neck-hair-stand-up cuycuy horror: Gus Moreno's debut novel.
There are no corporate criminals in America: Because America doesn't have corporate crime prosecutions.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 Oct 2021

Today's links

Podcasting "Hope, Not Optimism": A theory of change based on truth, not fiction.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 05 Oct 2021

Today's links

The Attack Surface paperback is out: And a once-in-a-lifetime deal on the Little Brother audiobooks.
Dave Eggers' "The Every": A tragicomic look at Big Tech, following from "The Circle."
Open Access Ninja: "The Brew of Law."
This day in history: 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2021

Today's links

Podcasting "Take It Back": My Medium column on copyright termination and rights reversion.
Savage Love A-Z: A bestiary of good sex.
The Pandora Papers: Tax avoidance is tax evasion.
USPS pilots postal banking: Slashing taxes (on the poor).
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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