Pluralistic: 22 Jun 2021

Today's links

Improving the ACCESS Act: Six ways to make the most important tech law of the legislative season even better.
Juul's junk science: Reporting bias makes vaping's safety is a hazy mess.
Peloton bricks its treadmills: Your kids are dead because you didn't buy the subscription.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 10 Jun 2021

Today's links

A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry picking, conspiracy theories).
Urban broadband deserts: Digital redlining is a policy, not an accident.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 16 May 2021

Today's links

Who owns the covid vaccines: Socializing risk and privatizing gain for fun and profit.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 02 May 2021

Today's links

XKCD's scientific microfiction meme: "Types of scientific paper."
Attack Surface is a Locus Awards finalist: And what EXCELLENT company it's in!
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 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: 06 Jan 2021

Today's links

The WELL State of the World: With special guest Malka Older.
Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air: How to sustainably eat the planet.
Mass court: "I agree" means something: Finally, we find the bottom.
Congress bans "little green men": No more anonymous federal snatch-squads.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 20 Oct 2020

Today's links

Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations: The Federal Reserve is overcharging local governments and showering money on zombie corporations.
Cadillac perfects the murdermobile: "It took 13 children seated in a line in front of the Escalade before the driver could see the tops of their heads."
Solar's "miracle material": A perovskite breakthrough.
This day in history: None
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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
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Pluralistic: 17 Sep 2020

Today's links

Attack Surface a la carte: Kickstarter is not a shopping cart.
Kapital! The board game: France's new national obsession.
Private equity's new debt-and-loot bonanza: "Divi recaps" is plute for "stealing."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 16 Aug 2020

Today's links

Self-driving cars are bullshit: Ford CEO: I "overestimated."
How to Argue With a Racist: Adam Rutherford on "race science."
Combat Wheelchairs: Homebrew rules for a new kind of D&D; mount.
Amazon bans podcasts that criticize Amazon: The purpose of "IP" is controlling competitors, critics and customers.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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