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Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/
Published: December 5, 2025 14:34
Today's links The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI: My speech for U Washington's Neuroscience, AI and Society lecture series. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Pac Man ghost algorithms; The US wrote Spain's copyright law;…
Pluralistic: A year in illustration (2025 edition) (03 Dec 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/03/cannier-valley/
Published: December 3, 2025 18:05
Today's links A year in illustration (2025 edition): I think I'm getting the hang of this? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: HADOPI is born; Tea Party wants to disenfranchise renters; How to kill TPP; Mozilla ejects Thunderbird;…
Pluralistic: All the books I reviewed in 2025 (02 Dec 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/02/constant-reader/
Published: December 2, 2025 13:01
Today's links All the books I reviewed in 2025: A year in books. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: David Byrne v RIAA; Sam Buck vs Starbucks; Eek-A-Trad; Mesopotamian DRM; Distanced stage plays. Upcoming appearances: Where to find…
Pluralistic: Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta's feelings (01 Dec 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/01/erin-go-blagged/
Published: December 1, 2025 16:02
Today's links Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta: It's one thing to hire an ex-Meta lobbyist, another entirely if she's signed a non-disparagement contract. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.…
Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/disenshittification-nation/
Published: November 28, 2025 09:00
Today's links (Digital) Elbows Up: How Canada Can Become a Nation of Jailbreakers, Reclaim Our Digital Sovereignty, Win the Trade-War, and Disenshittify Our Technology. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Workaholic Goethe;…
Pluralistic: Normie diffusion and technophilia (27 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/27/early-adapters/
Published: November 27, 2025 12:00
Today's links Normie diffusion and technophilia: Who will seize the means of computation? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Centaur teddybears; Vaginal yeast sourdough; Snoopers Charter rebuttal; "The Paradox"; Bossware is unfair.…
Pluralistic: O(N^2) nationalism (26 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/26/difficult-multipolarism/
Published: November 26, 2025 12:33
Today's links O(N^2) nationalism: Trumpism can only be defeated throuh international nationalism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Paywall kremlinology; How to fix everything; Office365 is spyware; State-owned Amazon. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
Published: November 25, 2025 16:19
Today's links Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" : An enshittified search monopolist meets the worst health care system imaginable. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disaster fantasies; "Sea to…
Pluralistic: Cooking in Maximum Security (24 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/24/moca-moka/
Published: November 24, 2025 14:41
Today's links Cooking in Maximum Security: A companion volume to "Prisoners' Inventions." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Cursed house; Randall Munroe's stick figures; Reverse engineering a gig work platform; Barbie surveillance…
Pluralistic: Boss preppers (22 Nov 2025)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/22/eschatology-watch/
Published: November 22, 2025 19:08
Today's links Boss preppers: What does a captain of industry have to offer after the shit hits the fan? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Yahoo blocks webmail for adblockers; Badly forgiving student debt. Upcoming appearances:…