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Pluralistic: 29 Jul 2020
Today's links
Break 'Em Up: Zephyr Teachout's trustbusting program for the 21st century.
Unauthorized Meat: Mellow Sous Vide journeys to the Internet of Shit.
Let's force Big Tech to interoperate: Here's why…and how.
No consequences for police violence at BLM actions: Propublica followed up on viral videos showing gross misconduct and found…crickets.
The Internet Archive defends online libraries: First filings from the Hachette lawsuit.
Bitcoin is not a socialist's ally: Yanis Varoufakis responds to Ben Arc.
Where "software" comes from: "In October, 1953, I coined the word 'software.'"
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on July 29, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags 1201, appliances, austerity, big tech, bitcoin, books, cdl, comcom, competition, competitive compatibility, conduct remedies, cronyism, drm, finance, gift guide, glam, history, impunity, internet archive, internet of shit, interoperability, iot, language, libraries, mellow sous vide, monetarism, monopolism, nothingburgers, policing, reviews, trustbusting, unauthorized bread, yanis varoufakis, zephyr teachout3 Comments on Pluralistic: 29 Jul 2020
Pluralistic: 06 Jun 2020
Today's links
White House street renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza": But when will Mayor Bowser rein in the violent white supremacists in Metro PD?
Little Green Men: Who are the secretive, armed men patrolling DC?
Kim Stanley Robinson on the Jobs Guarantee: Forced labor or dignified labor?
There's a bright side: Massive waves of voter registration, support for defunding the police.
Toxic familial surveillance: Tech supercharges intimate surveillance.
Consumer Reports joins the revolution: Which side are you on?
This day in history: 2005, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on June 6, 2020June 8, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags black lives matter, climate emergency, dc, defund police, doj, dsa, impunity, jobs guarantee, ksr, little green men, mmt, modern monetary theory, parenting, pavlina tcherneva, police, policing, privacy, racism, schneier, scholarship, science fiction, silver linings, stalkerware, surveillance, urban theory, voter registration, white supremacyLeave a comment on Pluralistic: 06 Jun 2020
Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2020
Today's links
Image Scrubber: An in-browser image sanitizer that doesn't require you to trust a random website.
Trump's bailout guy is making millions for his family: Justin Muzinich isn't a flamboyant villain like Mnuchin. He's a quiet villain.
Fix the police: What evidence says about police reform.
After Jim Crow, broken windows: Kelling and Zimbardo have a lot to answer for.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on June 2, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags administrative competence, administrative incompetence, broken windows, business, conflicts of interest, corruption, eric garner, evidence, i cant breathe, images, impunity, junk bonds, Justin Muzinich, matt taibbi, model minority, Muzinich and co, opsec, policing, protests, scholarship, trust no one, violenceLeave a comment on Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2020
Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020
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Wenceslaus Hollar's Pack of Knaves; Charlie Stross on how we'll screw up the "re-opening"; Ellen DeGeneres's union crew takes paycuts while Ellen records from home with non-union contractors; Health insurance industry in rosy good health; DoJ to convicted fraudsters: keep your money!; Reflections on fictional pandemics during a real one; Coop pandemic masks
Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020
Today's links
Wenceslaus Hollar's Pack of Knaves: "Count yourself lucky that you are not cooped up with this lot."
Charlie Stross on how we'll screw up the "re-opening": Helicopter money or collapse.
Ellen DeGeneres's union crew takes paycuts while Ellen records from home with non-union contractors: Unlike Jon Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, Samantha Bee, and Desus and Mero.
Health insurance industry in rosy good health: Billions in stock buybacks, 60% paycuts for doctors.
DoJ to convicted fraudsters: keep your money!: Settlement payments suspended until at least June.
Reflections on fictional pandemics during a real one: Naomi Kritzer on the prophetic meaning of 2015's "So Much Cooking."
Coop pandemic masks: Sold at cost, including Randotti skulls.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 17, 2020April 18, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags art, be kind, charlie stross, class war, coop, doj, ellen, ellen degeneres, etchings, fiction, fraud, gift guide, guillotine watch, impunity, knaves, late-stage capitalism, masks, medicare for all, naomi kritzer, old school, plague years, prescience, radicalized, randotti, re-opening, scabs, science fiction, skulls, so much cooking, themepunks, tv, united health, Wenceslaus Hollar, wendell potterLeave a comment on Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020
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