Today's links
- Living through Xinjiang's genocide: So much for "never again."
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Tag: uyghurs
Pluralistic: 16 Jun 2020
Today's links
- The technology of Uyghur oppression: COIN and CVE with Chinese characteristics.
- Transparency without recourse: Keynote for tomorrow's Transparency By Design conference.
- How covid spreads: A tale in four charts.
- Why SCOTUS upheld LGBTQ rights: Time for some game theory.
- Hackers on Planet Earth: HOPE 2020 is happening, and I'm keynoting.
- Talking Radicalized with Podside Picnic: Science fiction, economics, politics, writing craft and beyond.
- Giant worry-stone: Machinist Chris Bathgate upscales his worry stone.
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 07 May 2020
Today's links
- The TSA is hoarding N95s: It doesn't even use 'em.
- Look at this banana gondola.: Just look at it.
- America is united: Turkeys skeptical about Christmas.
- $3 router rebooter: If no_google then reboot.
- EFF's Guide to Digital Rights During the Pandemic: Digital rights are human rights.
- Wink will brick your smart home if you don't pay a monthly fee: How you act in bad times reveals your true character.
- Helicopter flyover of deserted Disneyland: We find it delightfully unlivable here in this ghostly retreat.
- EU: "Cookie walls violate the GDPR": Another blow to cookie consent theatre.
- Unix and Adversarial Interoperability: The "one weird antitrust trick" that defined modern computing.
- Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto: Sic Semper Boondoggle.
- Wechat spies on non-Chinese users for in-China censorship: Your dank memes, banned in realtime.
- Hidden doors disguised as bookcases: No books harmed.
- Vent dragons: Alas, you can't use them as working vent covers.
- This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 02 Mar 2020
Today's links
- My new podcast, "Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopia": Tired: Look for the helpers. Wired: Be the helper.
- The next frontier for school censorware is spying on kids all the time: It's how we'll stop ISIS, apparently.
- I'm coming to Kelowna on March 5: It's my first-ever trip to the BC interior and more than half the (free) tickets are gone. RSVP now!
- Cool Mules, an investigative series on a Vice editor's cocaine-smuggling ring: From the people who brought you the stunning "Thunder Bay."
- Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR.
- Apple, Nike and Dell's supply chain includes enslaved Uyghurs: Xinjiang Phase II.
- Drugs Without the Hot Air: The best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition.
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading