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Pluralistic: Zorhan Mamdani's world-class photocopier-kicker (15 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/15/unconscionability/
Published: November 15, 2025 11:28
Today's links Zohran Mamdani's world-class photocopier-kicker: Lina Khan has plans for New York City. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Pirate code in Sony rootkit; Tim Wu on "New Monopolists"; Supersonic chirps in ads; Fordite;…
Pluralistic: For-profit healthcare is the problem, not (just) private equity (13 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/13/patients-not-customers/
Published: November 13, 2025 08:55
Today's links For-profit healthcare is the problem, not (just) private equity: Competition can't to solve the hospice problem. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Inner-tube laces; NZ MPs ejected for talking about sexual assault;…
Pluralistic: A tale of three customer service chatbots (12 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/11/sorry-to-bother-you/
Published: November 12, 2025 06:03
Today's links A tale of three customer service chatbots: Two were worse than useless, one betrayed its masters. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: General strike; We won't fly; Green tea doesn't promote weight-loss. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: Theodora Goss's 'Letters From an Imaginary Country' (11 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/11/athena-club/
Published: November 11, 2025 10:45
Today's links Theodora Goss's 'Letters From an Imaginary Country': Short stories so expertly spun you'll hardly know you've been ensnared. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Agent To the Stars"; Smart TV spying; 3D printing and…
Pluralistic: "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital" (10 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/10/zero-sum-zero-hours/
Published: November 10, 2025 12:15
Today's links "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital": It's a zero-sum game. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Corrupt CDs; 10,000 wax cylinders; EU wants copyright on links; Sony rootkit; Humbling math-papers;…
Pluralistic: Facebook's fraud files (08 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/08/faecebook/
Published: November 8, 2025 15:36
Today's links Facebook's fraud files: 10% of gross ad revenue coming from fraudulent ads. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: FOIA for Theresa May; Paid patriotism; Antiusurpation. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent…
Pluralistic: The enshittification of labor (07 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/07/postwar-social-contract/
Published: November 7, 2025 15:32
Today's links The enshittification of labor: Pavlina Tcherneva, getting her peanut butter in my chocolate. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 3D printing with tape-guns; TPP is the worst; HP ends customers' lives. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world (06 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/06/vertical-blinds/
Published: November 6, 2025 12:57
Today's links The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world: If reality doesn't fit the theory, ignore reality. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: The Master Switch; Dueling useless machines;…
Pluralistic: "Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works" (05 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/05/xor-xand-xnor-nand-nor/
Published: November 5, 2025 16:40
Today's links "Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works": Steampunk dinosaurs scratch-build a pressurized air-based, Turing complete, universal von Neumann machine. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Google Print vs…
Pluralistic: There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech (01 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/redistribution-vs-predistribution/
Published: November 1, 2025 19:56
Today's links 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. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/losing-the-crypto-wars/
Published: October 31, 2025 16:29
Today's links The internet was made for privacy: And unmade by regulators. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Materialist conspiratorialism; TSA ball-fondlers; Anonymous to dox 1,000 Klansmen; Amazon hates private property; The…
Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/worker-frightening-machines/
Published: October 29, 2025 14:00
Today's links When AI prophecy fails: Hating workers is a hell of a drug. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: SCOTUS lets the FBI kidnap Americans; Inequality perverts justice; Free the McFlurry! Upcoming appearances: Where to find…
Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/
Published: October 28, 2025 15:16
Today's links Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off": A self-defense guide for creative workers. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Gingerbread Phantom Manor; Orwell estate censors 1984; The Abbadon; Ferris wheel…
Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/
Published: October 27, 2025 13:41
Today's links Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death: The bifurcation of justice is always and ever a prelude to fascism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: CCTV botnets; CEOs and random chance; Foxconn v Trump. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/
Published: October 23, 2025 19:57
Today's links Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs: When your shitty boss is a shitty app and you're not even allowed to call yourself an employee. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Correcting the…