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July 16, 2026
Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)
Today's links Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some a...
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July 14, 2026
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; Gary Larson v comics...
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July 13, 2026
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. Object permanence: ...
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July 11, 2026
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 Alanya"; ToS are th...
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July 10, 2026
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 entertainment indus...
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July 9, 2026
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 petition; Workplace...
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July 7, 2026
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 permanence: Sex wor...
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July 3, 2026
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 this: Delights to de...
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July 2, 2026
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. Object permanence: ...
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July 1, 2026
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 Warren on monopolies; S...
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June 30, 2026
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 this: Delights to dele...
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June 29, 2026
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 permanence: Microsoft a...
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June 27, 2026
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 and eternal auctori...
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June 25, 2026
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 permanence: Major AI breakth...
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June 23, 2026
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 tortoise; ISPs con...
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June 22, 2026
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; Thermal printer rac...
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June 20, 2026
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; Post-Soviet inventions;...
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June 19, 2026
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 SETI@Home; Telemarkete...
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June 18, 2026
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 librarians; Flickr API reci...
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June 17, 2026
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 Apple for iTunes D...
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June 15, 2026
Pluralistic: AI and amateurism (15 Jun 2026) 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; Transparent Pontiac; Makers ...
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June 13, 2026
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 geeks; James Joyce ...
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June 12, 2026
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 this: Delights to dele...
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June 11, 2026
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; Judge v copyright tro...
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June 9, 2026
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; iTunes DRM is illegal; ...
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June 6, 2026
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; Colbert's commencement...
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June 5, 2026
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 Twitter"; Aaronsw vind...
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June 4, 2026
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; Fine against sculptu...
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June 2, 2026
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 Bros musical; USPTO ...
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June 1, 2026
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. Object permanence...
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