Pluralistic: Blowtorching the frog (05 Mar 2026) executive-dysfunction

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Blowtorching the frog: If I must have enemies, let them be impatient ones.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Bill Cosby v Waxy; Rodney King, 20 years on; Peter Watts v flesh-eating bacteria; American authoritarianism; Algebra II v Statistics for Citizenship; Ideas lying around; Banksy x Russian graffists; TSA v hand luggage; Hack your Sodastream; There were always enshittifiers.
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A perforated corporate veil: The Brazilian method for curbing corporate power.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Social media turned US parties into host organisms for third parties; "Citizens" are hired actors; Insured exoskeletons; Talking with Snowden and Gibson.
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Elon Musk's Blue Tick scam: The EU bans giant teddybears.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Denver bomb squad vs 8" toy robot; Iceland's atheist religion; Largest strike in human history; Ad-tech is a bubble; Battery rationality; Pasta carpet; "With a Little Help"; Crooked Timber on Pikett; Tiki-mug menorah; China vs Big Data-backstabbing.
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Social media needs (dumpster) fire exits: No one wants to have a fire, but you need to plan for one anyway.
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Every internet fight is a speech fight: And every internet fight is a sovereignty fight.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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How lock-in hurts design: Felonizing the desire path.
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This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019, 2024
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Linkdump Minkchump: A thoroughly assorted Saturday.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit: $46.5 billion incinerated and he's richer than ever.
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic: The brittle equilibrium of stage three enshittification.
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This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018
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