Pluralistic: End to End (07 Mar 2023) Today's links End to End: Willing speakers should reach willing listeners. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: End to End (07 Mar 2023)"
Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020 Today's links Call center workers pay for the privilege: Propublica breaks open the massive, secretive abuser Arise, fronted by Disney, Airbnb, Intuit, Comcast, Carnival and more. Dan Hillier's Six Women/Six Men: New "box sets" from the spooky, brilliant collagist. Apple kills RSS readers in China: Chekhov's Law for DRM strikes again. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2020"
Pluralistic: 12 Aug 2020 Today's links Grace is cleared: The homeschool-to-prison pipeline is closed…for now. Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble: Hasta la victoria siempre. Failed State: Chris Brown's outstanding new ecopocalyptic cyberpunk legal thriller. Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics: Gashapon funnies from 1966. Sorting machines snatched from post offices: Administrative incompetence vs textualism? Payday lenders are CFPB's pandemic aid: When the watchdogs switch sides. Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal: Rule 48a applies even if the judge sees the prosecutor accept a bribe in the courtroom. RSS WTF: An explainer for the newly awakened. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 12 Aug 2020"
Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2020 Today's links Plutocrats firehose money on primary challenger to AOC: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former Reagan Republican who wants to dismantle Social Security and Medicare FCC will spend $9B to improve broadband…without an accurate broadband map: Reality's left-wing bias makes accurate data the enemy of conservativism. Buddhist monk covers western pop songs: He's like a male, solo version of Shonen Knife. Apple hunters recover ten "lost" varieties from forgotten farms: The Lost Apple Society needs help. Finding the Money: A fabulous new documentary on Modern Monetary Theory Evangelical pastor denied quarantine, now he wants your stimulus check: Tony Spell's death-cult has a business-model. Zombie movies teach us all the wrong lessons for pandemic: Not only would a zombie plague be easy to contain, but people don't turn into monsters during crises. Building a "web of books": What would a federated alternative to Goodreads look like? The Facebook Political Ad Collector: Exposing targeted advertising's fraud and conspiracy This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2020"