Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)
Today's links Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids;…
Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)
Today's links Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? Why sell picks and shovels if you've already struck gold? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.…
Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026)
Today's links Workplace "flexibility" isn't: What the gig economy calls flexibility is just risk-shifting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Alanya to…
Pluralistic: "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)
Today's links "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy: When we were robots in Egypt… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Awkward questions for the…
Pluralistic: Post-political (09 Jul 2026)
Today's links Post-political: What a "leftist" is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT x OSCON; Parental spyware; "Resurrection Man"; Brexit do-over…
Pluralistic: Technocarcinization (01 Jul 2026)
Today's links Technocarcinization: Enshittification is the great leveler. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Grampa's backyard Disneyland; Elizabeth…
Pluralistic: Jailbreaking isn't theft (25 Jun 2026)
Today's links Jailbreaking isn't theft: It wasn't progress when they did it, it's not piracy when we do it back to them. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)
Today's links How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech: Their common enemies are Trump and his tech giants. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)
Today's links CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code: With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity. Hey look at…
Pluralistic: Molly Crabapple's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' (01 Jun 2026)
Today's links Molly Crabapple's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country': An essential book for this moment and for the moments that led to it. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.…
Pluralistic: The world has moved on (11 Jun 2026)
Today's links The world has moved on: Notes from the enshittocene. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Jpod"; Barlow v Glickman; Cyclist v bike lanes;…
Pluralistic: Shareholder supremacy and the precog CEO (13 Jun 2026)
Today's links Shareholder supremacy and the precog CEO: A bright line test that's totally unfalsifiable. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Msft v Linux…
Pluralistic: The (real) dead economy theory (17 Jun 2026)
Today's links The (real) dead economy theory: Vibes and memestocks, all the way down. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Jim Baen has had a stroke; Blame…
Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026)
Today's links Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid: First they came for the VPNs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Darwin's…
Pluralistic: Refining humanity (05 Jun 2026)
Today's links Refining humanity: What our technology is shows us what we're not. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: GNU Radio; France v "follow us on…
Pluralistic: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect" (30 Jun 2026)
Today's links Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect": A mystical tour-de-force that makes you feel like your mundane life until this point has all been a boring dream. Hey look at…
Pluralistic: The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (02 Jul 2026)
Today's links The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work": Sometimes, "I got it working" is fine, but sometimes it isn't. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.…
Pluralistic: The Big Con (19 Jun 2026)
Today's links The Big Con: Making the pile of shit bigger won't increase the number of ponies underneath it. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: TVA v…
Pluralistic: Criticizing the everything machine (06 Jun 2026)
Today's links Criticizing the everything machine: It slices, it dices, it even makes paperclips! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Parliament v DRM;…
Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)
Today's links Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search: We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
Pluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026)
Today's links Delusion as a service: Destructive diagnostics. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Gay Days at Disney World; Parametric 3D printable key;…
Pluralistic: The tedious power of storytelling (02 Jun 2026) must-we-pretend
Today's links The tedious power of storytelling: "Excitement" is to art as "falsifiablilty" is to science. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Lost Marx…
Pluralistic: Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme (12 Jun 2026)
Today's links Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme: Not even a QR code can produce a kissable pig. Hey look at…
Pluralistic: Naomi Kritzer's "Obstetrix" (09 Jun 2026)
Today's links Naomi Kritzer's "Obstetrix": When forced birth cultists become forced obstetrics militants. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DD-WRT;…
Pluralistic: Carneyism without Carney (30 May 2026)
Today's links Carneyism without Carney: Eh? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Replacing pharma patents with bounties; USTR v cheap leukemia meds;…
Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist (18 Jun 2026)
Today's links AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist: If 'risk + AI = risk – AI', then 'AI = 0'. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Napster x…
Pluralistic: AI and amateurism (15 Jun 2026)
Today's links AI and amateurism: When is generative content vernacular? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disney characters x clean underwear;…
Pluralistic: Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers (27 Jun 2026)
Today's links Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers: Under no circumstances should you rush out and read the book that prompted Mark Zuckerberg to demand $111m…
Pluralistic: Good politics (22 Jun 2026)
Today's links Good politics: Just make people's lives better. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: WWII online; Xbox security blunders; Homeless bloggers;…
Pluralistic: How the Epstein Class recruits (20 Jun 2026)
Today's links How the Epstein Class recruits: Oh wait, THAT'S what this was?! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MPAA blasted in WSJ; RFID skimmers;…