Pluralistic: Ad-tech is a bezzle; Google's unionizing; The Data Detective; Damon Knight's Why Do Birds is back; Endorsing the Forward 43 slate (04 Jan 2021)

Today's links

Ad-tech is a bezzle: The subprime attention crisis is upon us.
Google's unionizing: Solidarity vs worker misclassification.
The Data Detective: How to truth with statistics.
Damon Knight's Why Do Birds is back: Reviving a grand master's comic masterpiece.
Endorsing the Forward 43 slate: For my California comrades.
This day in history: 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Situation Normal: The long-overdue second Leonard Richardson novel
China's best investigative stories of 2020: A glimpse into some very brave and dedicated reporters' work.
Where money comes from: And what tax is for.
Raising money for Chelsea Manning: The whistleblower and torture survivor needs our help.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town part 26: My last podcast of 2020.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Monopolies made America vulnerable to covid: Pharma, hospitals and other health industries were weak before the pandemic.
The Ministry For the Future: Kim Stanley Robinson's final (?) novel.
Graffitists hit dozens of NYC subway cars: Party like it's 1984.
Breathtaking Iphone hack: Zero-click wireless worms.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Nalo Hopkinson, Science Fiction Grand Master: Writer, teacher, mentor.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Twitter is more redeemable than Facebook: Guidelines for constructing a productive anti-bubble.
Open law and the rule of law: A copyrighted law can't be law.
RÄT: An extraordinary musical interlude.
Attack Surface in the New York Times: And Macleans!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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

Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk: Bruce Sterling and Christopher Brown on the Attack Surface Lectures.
Disney stiffs writer: Sure, what's new, but this is next-level fuckery #DisneyMustPay.
Tyson execs bet on covid spread in unsafe plant: Upton Sinclair was an optimist.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Cross-Media Sci-Fi with Amber Benson and John Rogers: The Attack Surface Lectures continue.
Storage Wars: The eviction epidemic comes to New York's self-storage lockers.
Embedded machine learning: Offline, low-powered and ubiquitous.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Jeremy Meyer's typewriter assemblages: Symmetry is everything.
HHS to pharma: stop bribing writing docs: No more cash-for-Rx.
The Attack Surface Lectures: Part 1, Politics and Protest.
Youtube-dl is back: EFF to the rescue!
Someone Comes to Town Part 23: The latest in my podcast.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Boundless Realms: The definitive guide to the Haunted Mansion.
Student data breaches vastly underreported: When monopolism meets ed-tech.
UK corporate registrar bans code-injection: But you can still register +++ATH, Inc.
Someone Comes to Town Part 22: My latest podcast episode.
This day in history: 2005, 2010
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading