Today's links Trump's FCC abandons the future: Starlink is a technology that gets worse every time it acquires a customer. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bill Waterson's comics for Berkeley Breathed; Ian McDonald's research; BLM vs copyright bots;...
Today's links Installing Android phones in Blackberry chassis: From e-waste to a better phone. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Owning "freedom of expression"; Spider-silk thread; Auditing your body's code; RIP EL Doctorow; Little Brother RPG; Unper...
Today's links Conservatism considered as a movement of bitter rubes: And the grifters who love them. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Banana split history; Heinlein plots; Hacking a jeep Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Wh...
Today's links How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook: This isn't my usual crowdfunder! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Internet addiction, Dems fund DHS urban invasions, AI art and anti-cooption, FCC vs prison pr...
Today's links Conspiratorialism and neoliberalism: If "there is no such thing as society" then all evil must be the fault of evil individuals. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Groovy Congressional fallout shelter, MRI scans of food, "Network Nation"...
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: Where to find me. R...
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 to find me. Recent ...
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 true meaning Upcoming ...
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 mitigations. Upcoming appe...
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, EU interop, bossware....
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 pages, breaking up ...
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, breaking up Google, Female...
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: Where I've been. Latest ...
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 been. Latest books:...
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. Latest books: You keep r...
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: Where I've been. La...
Today's links Surveillance pricing lets corporations decide what your dollar is worth: From each according his ability (to pay). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances...
Today's links The case for a Canadian wealth tax: Lessons learned from previous attempts, applicable all over the world. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've b...
Today's links Daniel de Visé's 'The Blues Brothers': Far more than production gossip – an unmissable portrait of a turning point in American comedy and music. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where ...
Today's links Oregon bans the corporate practice of medicine: Karma for Unitedhealthcare, Part II. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin...
Today's links Your Meta AI prompts are in a live, public feed: Zuck thinks we've all forgotten about Beacon. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You k...
Today's links The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice: Anarchists, cryptids and haints (oh my). 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. Latest books: You keep ...
Today's links Farewell (for the moment): See you in mid-June! Object permanence: 2005, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll kee...
Today's links America is a scam: Welcome to the age of cheating. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em....
Today's links AI turns Amazon coders into Amazon warehouse workers: A reverse-centaur in the loop. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest book...
Today's links Who Broke the Internet, Part IV: The thrilling conclusion! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'...
Today's links Strange Bedfellows and Long Knives: My May 2025 Locus Magazine column. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep re...
Today's links The meritocracy to eugenics pipeline: The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. L...
