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April 9, 2026
Pluralistic: Cindy Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (09 Apr 2026)
Today's links Cindy Cohn's "Privacy's Defender": The history of digital rights, from the very beginning to this very moment. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Tariffs and ...
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April 8, 2026
Pluralistic: Process knowledge (08 Apr 2026)
Today's links Process knowledge: We also serve who stand and wash. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Chicken Little; "Anya's Ghost"; Ad-tech's algorithmic cruelty. Upcomin...
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April 7, 2026
Pluralistic: Switzerland's Goldilocks fiber (07 Apr 2026)
Today's links Switzerland's Goldilocks fiber: Public provision is a layered question. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: EU appoints henhouse fox (copyright); Emacs x Tron:...
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April 6, 2026
Pluralistic: Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages (06 Apr 2026)
Today's links Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages: Tech rights are labor rights (again). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Arthur C Clarke v Buddhis...
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April 4, 2026
Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026)
Today's links EU ready to cave to Trump on tech: Surrendermonkeys ahoy. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Among a Thousand Fireflies"; "fiscal" not "physical"; Ontario's ...
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April 2, 2026
Pluralistic: It's extremely good that Claude's source-code leaked (02 Apr 2026)
Today's links It's extremely good that Claude's source-code leaked: Careful what you wish for. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Elephantmen"; Eve Online war bankrolled b...
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April 1, 2026
Pluralistic: Trumpismo vs minilateralism (01 Apr 2026)
Today's links Trumpismo vs minilateralism: The enemy gets a vote. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: My new sigfile is unstoppable; TBL on the future of the web (2006); Won...
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March 31, 2026
Pluralistic: State Dems must stop ICE from stealing the midterms (31 Mar 2026)
Today's links State Dems must stop ICE from stealing the midterms: The literal least they can do. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Power-strip bug; "Peaceful Baghdad" was...
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March 30, 2026
Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026)
Today's links Market participation is exhausting: No one wants to be the sucker at the table. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: EMI DRM v Brazil; "The Information"; Genome...
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March 25, 2026
Pluralistic: The cost of doing business (25 Mar 2026)
Today's links The cost of doing business: "Market definition" is a denial-of-service attack on antitrust law. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Union Pacific v model railr...
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March 24, 2026
Pluralistic: Goodhart's Law vs "prediction markets" (24 Mar 2026)
Today's links Goodhart's Law vs "prediction markets": Putting a gun to the metric's head. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Apple v interop; Yahoo v the world; Rasputin v ...
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March 23, 2026
Pluralistic: Understaffing as a form of enshittification (23 Mar 2026)
Today's links Understaffing as a form of enshittification: A way to shift value from workers, patients and shoppers to investors. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Marvel ...
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March 19, 2026
Pluralistic: Love of corporate bullshit is correlated with bad judgment (19 Mar 2026)
Today's links Love of corporate bullshit is correlated with bad judgment: Synergizing the strategic inflection points on the global data network. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object per...
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March 17, 2026
Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026)
Today's links William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher: The Street Finds Its Own Alternatives For Things. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Prison for spamming; Dotcom layoffs;...
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March 16, 2026
Pluralistic: Tools vs uses (16 Mar 2026)
Today's links Tools vs uses: Don't fall for it. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Amazon coders x Amazon warehouse workers; Bruces's ETECH speech; Steven King x unions; Ta...
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March 14, 2026
Pluralistic: Corrupt anticorruption (14 Mar 2026)
Today's links Corrupt anticorruption: Notes from a target-rich environment. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Tentacle sphere; EU Venn; Obama v cryptography; Trump v prote...
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March 13, 2026
Pluralistic: Three more AI psychoses (12 Mar 2026)
Today's links Three more AI psychoses: Everybody calm down. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Jules, Penny and the Rooster"; Superinjunction; Harper Lee's kids v cheap pa...
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March 11, 2026
Pluralistic: AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit (11 Mar 2026)
Today's links AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit: In case there was ever any doubt. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Eggflation x excuseflation; H...
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March 10, 2026
Pluralistic: Ad-tech is fascist tech (10 Mar 2026)
Today's links Ad-tech is fascist tech: Surveillance advertising is just surveillance. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Washpo v Bernie; Activists v Saif Gadaffi's London ...
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March 9, 2026
Pluralistic: Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us (09 Mar 2026)
Today's links Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us: A billionaire is a machine for producing policy failures at scale. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permane...
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March 7, 2026
Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026)
Today's links The web is bearable with RSS: And don't forget "Reader Mode." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Eyemodule x Disneyland; Scott Walker lies; Brother's demon-ha...
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March 5, 2026
Pluralistic: Blowtorching the frog (05 Mar 2026) executive-dysfunction
Today's links Blowtorching the frog: If I must have enemies, let them be impatient ones. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bill Cosby v Waxy; Rodney King, 20 years on; Pet...
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March 3, 2026
Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026)
Today's links Supreme Court saves artists from AI: Just because you're on their side, it doesn't mean they're on your side. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: KKK x D&D...
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March 2, 2026
Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026)
Today's links No one wants to read your AI slop: If you must do this, for god's sake, do it privately. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: AOL email tax; Ebook readers' bill...
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February 28, 2026
Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
Today's links California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners: These are the right states' rights. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Octavia Butler; "Midnighters...
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February 26, 2026
Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026)
Today's links If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it): Trump wants Big Tech to win, not to play fair. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Harpercollins...
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February 25, 2026
Pluralistic: The whole economy pays the Amazon tax (25 Feb 2026)
Today's links The whole economy pays the Amazon tax: You can't shop your way out of a monopoly. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Math denial; Disney v young Tim Burton; M...
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February 24, 2026
Pluralistic: Socialist excellence in New York City (24 Feb 2026)
Today's links Socialist excellence in New York City: The real efficiency is insourcing and ending public-private partnerships. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: UK antipir...
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February 23, 2026
Pluralistic: Deplatform yourself (23 Feb 2026)
Today's links Deplatform yourself: Copyright infringement is your least entertainment dollar. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Lawer" threatens suit; Landmark metaphotos...
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February 20, 2026
Pluralistic: A perforated corporate veil (20 Feb 2026)
Today's links A perforated corporate veil: The Brazilian method for curbing corporate power. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Social media turned US parties into host org...
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