Pluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026)

Today's links

Disenshittification Nation: How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: "Project Blue Sky"; O'Reilly v Graham on inequality; Big Pharma's worst nightmare; Dissipation of rents; Shoelace v Ming vases; "Diviner's Tale": Great Humungous Snow Pile; Trudeau signs Harper's trade deal; On Comity (pts 1 & 2); What's that dingus called?
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Colophon: All the rest.

Sorry, eh: I sincerely regret that all my ideas will not lose billions of dollars, destroy jobs or make your country more dependent on American tech.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: 20 years a blogger; Woz on Network Neutrality; Moveon endorses Bernie.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
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Colophon: All the rest.

A winning trade war strategy for Canada: Tech giants are also the enemy of American businesses.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Wikipedia v The Register; Jeff Koons v balloon dogs; Brewster Kahle on aaronsw; Chelsea Manning on aaronsw; Why diet research sucks; Bloomberg loves Bernie.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity: America's loss is the post-American internet's gain.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: DanKam; Backyard M*A*S*H; Blockchain voting is bullshit.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

O(N^2) nationalism: Trumpism can only be defeated through international nationalism.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Paywall kremlinology; How to fix everything; Office365 is spyware; State-owned Amazon.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
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Colophon: All the rest.

There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech: The path to a post-American internet.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: D2020; Sony rootkit; Public Enemy vs the internet; NYC plute Hallowe'en.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

Fingerspitzengefühl: IP vs process knowledge.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Buddhist hell theme-park; ORG launches; Yahoo spies for Beijing; Secret plan for border laptop-searches; BBC Creative Archive launches; Penn and Teller BBS; Immortan Trump; IP.
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.

The capitalism of fools: Trump's mirror-world New Deal.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: IBM's fabric design; Nixon Cthulu; Surveillance capitalism is capitalism, with surveillance; Dismaland ad; Outdoor ed vs TB; Mathematicians' fave chalk.
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.