Today's links The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism: It's going much [better|worse] than expected. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bricked EVs; Cross-stitched tracert. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent...
Today's links A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage: Score one for the good guys. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Douglas Copeland's depressing 10-year outlook; Unicorn poop; The brainwashing grift. Upcoming appearances: Where ...
Today's links They're just trying to earn a buck: No, they're taking what they can get. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Milk jug Storm Trooper; HIV-positive muppet; Optimal copyright; EU v NSA; Pig bomb; Maine's disgraceful public defenders; Google...
Today's links Blue Bonds: State debt is generative. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Why copyright wars matter; Car accidents aren't accidents. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readi...
Today's links When your ISP pays you: The New Deal keeps on giving. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Internet Archive scans books; Europe's Broadcast Flag; Three middle-finger salute; The enshittification of Prime. Upcoming appearances: Where to fin...
Today's links Decarbonization at a distance: A post-American century that runs on sunshine. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Human shields for Internet of Shit slumlords; Tubemap with one-bedroom flat prices; Years of Repair; Internet of Lying Thing...
Today's links Announcing the Enshittification tour: Come say hi, why dontcha? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: HP defeat device; It Gets Better; OPM hack endangers CIA in Beijing; Self-driving cars crash. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Rece...
Today's links Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack): Apple is out of low-hanging fruit. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Julia," HP DRM talk; Atheists know more theology than "Christians"; D&D v MMORPGs; Scandanavia's CSAM filter-cre...
Today's links The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh: Sweating (the assets) to the oldies. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dying on the job; Google audiocomplete blacklist; Lockheed Martin v. 'gathering information.' Upcoming appearances: Where ...
Today's links Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU: Yeah, right. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Thomas Ligotti's anhedonic philosophy; Catalan elections; Molly Crabapple's Syria. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearan...
Today's links Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine: What unions could (must!) do about app-based work. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dieselgate for everything; Roca Labs stops gagging, Adventures of a Dwergish Girl; the Batmobile is ...
Today's links The billionaires aren't OK: They're going to give us all Howard Hughes disease. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: KY Republican says the First Amendment protects bribes; Walt Disney's FBI; "The Sapling Cage." Upcoming appearances: Where...
Today's links The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it): Red-teaming the fossil fuel death cult's next move. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Contrastive reduplication; Happy Birthday is free; What the fuck is a PBM? Upcoming appearances: W...
Today's links It's still censorship (even if it doesn't violate the First Amendment): Communications monopolies create single points of failure. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Good emails; Dieselgate DRM; Precursor; London cops mug blogger; RFID c...
Today's links AI psychosis and the warped mirror: When you stare into the LLM… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: No such thing as shareholder supremacy; Intel's DRM'ed CPU; THIS COMPUTER IS NEVER OBSOLETE. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Rece...
Today's links Conspiratorialism's causal chain: A four-part begat. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Legal threats over HDCP leaks; Print your own TSA luggage keys; "A Natural History of Empty Lots." Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent app...
Today's links No such thing as selective censorship resistance: Age verification, or getting rid of Big Tech (pick one). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Ashley Madison passwords; Vivienne Westwood's tank; Victorious dancing baby; WIPO vs Creative C...
Today's links Wallet voting: On the uses and abuses of consumerism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Microsoft copyright crackdown against Russian dissidents; Corbyn wins Labour leadership; Bill Gates' monopolism; TiVo won't record DRM shows; HDCP l...
Today's links Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox: Not what the machine does, but who it does it to. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Themepunks; Data is a liability; Alexa for landlords; Qanon is the Protocols of the Elders of Zio. Up...
Today's links Hate the player AND the game: But above all, hate the crooked ump. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Library Tor nodes vs the DHS; Egg-board psyops; Fury Road amputation cosplay; NYPD's dirtiest cop. Upcoming appearances: Where to find ...
Today's links Trump steals $400b from American workers: You get a noncompete, and you get a noncompete, and you get a noncompete! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Spying baby-monitors; FBI tests spy-gear at Burning Man; Little Brother optioned by Pa...
Today's links Fingerspitzengefühl: IP vs process knowledge. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Buddhist hell theme-park; ORG launches; Yahoo spies for Beijing; Secret plan for border laptop-searches; BBC Creative Archive launches; Penn and Teller BBS;...
Today's links Stock buybacks are stock swindles: Raising the value of a stock without raising the value of the company. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Marshmellow longtermism; Physicists are not epidemiologists; CO asphyxiation accounts for half o...
Today's links Why Wikipedia works: Agreeing on source notability, not facts. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Zero History; XKCD cake; Kazaa judgment. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You kee...
Today's links Canny Valley: My little art-book is here! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Ballmer throws a chair; Bruce Sterling on Singapore; RIP David Graeber; Big Car warns of lethal Right to Repair. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent ...
Today's links The worst possible antitrust outcome: Hope you like enshittification. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Amazon drivers hang phones from trees; DVD Jon v Windows DRM; Chevron's dirty tricks. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent...
Today's links All (antitrust) politics are local: From data-centers to Ticketmaster. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Pokerbot back-channels; Little Robot; How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appear...
Today's links Darth Android: Pray I don't alter it further. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: We don't know why you don't want to have public sex; Hard Wired; Koko Be Good. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. ...
