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Pluralistic: MAGA crackup (18 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/18/winning-is-easy/
Published: July 18, 2025 16:45
Today's links MAGA crackup: Not just Epstein (but also Epstein). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Postapocalyptic Disney World, UK schools' "anti-radicalization" software; Blueleaks, EU kills US data-sharing Upcoming appearances:…
Pluralistic: Ellen Ullman's "Close to the Machine" (16 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/16/beautiful-code/
Published: July 16, 2025 16:35
Today's links Ellen Ullman's "Close to the Machine": "Technophilia and Its Discontents." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Unethical ethicists; McKinsey covid profiteering; Homeschool-to-prison pipeline Upcoming appearances: Where…
Pluralistic: When Google's slop meets webslop, search stops (15 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/inhuman-gigapede/
Published: July 15, 2025 19:42
Today's links When Google's slop meets webslop, search stops: Botshit, botshit everywhere. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: White Wolf's pay-to-play; Penn on artistic satisfaction, California antitrust v Google; Project 2025's…
Pluralistic: Semantic drift versus ethical drift (14 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/14/pole-star/
Published: July 14, 2025 13:02
Today's links Semantic drift versus ethical drift: Locking things open vs locking in freedom. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Riepl's law; video patents; NSA global surveillance; Smart speaker triggers; roller derby covid…
Pluralistic: Trump's not gonna protect workers from forced labor (03 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/03/states-rights-trumps-wrongs/
Published: July 3, 2025 09:29
Today's links Trump's not gonna protect workers from forced labor: But states hate noncompete "agreements." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Non-Singularity futures, CBP corruption, Sun Ra's syllabus, Snowden on Little Brother,…
Pluralistic: Tessa Hulls's "Feeding Ghosts" (2 Jul 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/02/filial-piety/
Published: July 2, 2025 08:13
Today's links Tessa Hulls's "Feeding Ghosts": A phantasmagorical memoir of intergenerational trauma and reconciliation. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Toronto G20 police riot, why I'm leaving London, BBC's Right to Be Forgotten…
Pluralistic: How much (little) are the AI companies making? (30 Jun 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/30/accounting-gaffs/
Published: July 1, 2025 05:41
Today's links How much (little) are the AI companies making?: Ed Zitron does the math. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Wil Wheaton on /., G20 Toronto; London's war on photograhy, debating C-11 on Twitter with James Moore,…
Pluralistic: Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity (28 Jun 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/28/mamdani/
Published: June 28, 2025 13:17
Today's links Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity: Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances:…
Pluralistic: Bill Griffith's 'Three Rocks' (27 Jun 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/27/the-snapper/
Published: June 27, 2025 14:40
Today's links Bill Griffith's 'Three Rocks': The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've…
Pluralistic: Surveillance is inequality's stabilizer (26 Jun 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/26/autostabilizer/
Published: June 26, 2025 17:25
Today's links Surveillance is inequality's stabilizer: Guard labor vs guillotine insurance. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been.…
Pluralistic: What's a "public internet?" (25 Jun 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/25/eurostack/
Published: June 25, 2025 17:13
Today's links What's a "public internet?": You don't want Nigel Farage moderating your social media, right? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances:…