Pluralistic: 03 May 2022

Today's links

The Democrats' self-immolating fetish for means-testing: How to lose an election…and a nation.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The Epistasix (1920)/Medical Society of the University of Toronto

Student debt strike called for May 1: If Biden won't fulfill his campaign promise, we'll do it for him.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Student debt trap: Borrowed: $79,000. Paid: $190,000. Now Owes? $236,000.
Postmortem of the NYPD's murder of a Black man: How to write about individual stories of a structural crisis.
Section 230 is Good, Actually: It's not a "corporate giveaway," it's how you got the parts of the internet that you actually like.
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Opsec and personal security: Runa Sandvik and Window Snyder on the Attack Surface Lectures.
Australian predictive policing tool for kids: Digital phrenology vs racialized kids.
A textbook grift: Economics, Final Edition.
Labor and large firms: Lessons from Caterpillar and Hollywood.
The power of procurements: A streamlined way to regulate IoT.
Guatemala's guillotines: Protesters torch the parliament.
Someone Comes to Town part 24: This week on my podcast.
This day in history: 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

Student loans are dischargeable: Billions in debt can be flushed away.
Cracking the Ghislaine Maxwell redactions: An interesting variation on an old theme.
Bring back the CCC: Towards a Job Guarantee.
Foxconn out-trumped Trump: And Wisconsin paid the price.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading