Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021

Today's links

The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 12 Apr 2021

Today's links

Fraud-resistant election-tech: A "transparent" ballot-marking device.
Big Tech's secret weapon is switching costs, not network effects: Mr Zuckerberg, tear down that wall.
Podcasting How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Part 2.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 26 Mar 2021

Today's links

Dreaming and overfitting: The Overfitted Brain Hypothesis has a lot of explanatory power.
Dirty NYPD cops can't lose: The secret legal defense fund for the indefensible.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 23 Mar 2021

Today's links

Solar futures and futuristic fellowships: What's happening at ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination.
FCC wants broadband complaints: Your chance to sound off about a shithole country.
Tories pass Grenfell costs onto tenants: A Parliament of Landlords, doing its job.
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: 22 Feb 2021

Today's links

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

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Pluralistic: 26 Jan 2021

Today's links

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

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Pluralistic: 21 Nov 2020

Today's links

A machine learning wrecking ball: Even if you fix training data, you still have to reckon with underspecification.
Nintendo vs Nintendees: Super Smash Bros Melee is a case study in spiteful corporate fuckery.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 20 Nov 2020

Today's links

Little Revolutions: Bethany C Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi on the Attack Surface Lectures.
Russian Cyberpunk Farm: Superb comedy-dystopia in a russo-futuristic vein.
We're already (badly) forgiving student debt: Debts that can't be paid won't be paid.
Facebook bullies watchdog: My Wired op-ed on the Ad Observer scandal.
Google's monopoly rigged the ad market: Dina Srinivasan is on fire.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 19 Oct 2020

Today's links

Turning plastics into carbon nanotubes: Promising new research!
Kids reason, adults rationalize: Thoughts on YA literature and books for adults.
Someone Comes to Town Part 19: This week on the podcast.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 14 Sep 2020

Today's links

How Big Oil lied about "recyclable" plastics: Who killed the world?
Levels of Interoperability: More clarity from Ian Brown.
Podcasting "IP": My latest and most substantial Locus column.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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