
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 tortoise; ISPs conspire to create copyright jail; Waxy v fair use; Broken Windows is BS; Google is a machine-learning company; "Writing the Other"; Canadian wealth-tax.
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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; Thermal printer racing game; Robbing a bank to get healthcare in jail; Crumb v Trump; "The Blues Brothers"; Bagelheads; Pickpocket training mannequin; Windmill joke; Singularity skepticism; GPU Dieselgate; Peleton bricks treadmills; Juul's junk science.
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- Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: Good politics (22 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; Post-Soviet inventions; "Farthing"; "Dirty, Drunk and Punk"; Dweb v founders' frailty; Tax cheating made simple; Oregon v corporate medicine.
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- Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
- Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: How the Epstein Class recruits (20 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 SETI@Home; Telemarketers v DHS batphones; Matt Stone's MPAA censorship memo; Stonehenge pocket watch; W3C v security research; Congressional mass-shooting response simulator; Dynastic wealth; Gig economy astroturf; Meta publishes your AI prompts.
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- Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
- Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: The Big Con (19 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 librarians; Flickr API reciprocity; KFC's Mega Jug v diabetes research; Hambone virtuoso; Google fiber x binding arbitration; "The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice."
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- Colophon: All the rest.
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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 Apple for iTunes DRM; France v the internet; "Rotters"; 1901 undersea cables; Washington Post wants Trump coverage blackout; Taxes are for the little people; Gamer lifecycle; Ghanian postal song; "What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower": Murder of Jo Cox; 12 year old doxed by anti-vaxers; Hong Kong bookseller recants forced confession.
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- Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
- Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: The (real) dead economy theory (17 Jun 2026)"