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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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February 19, 2026
Pluralistic: Six Years of Pluralistic (19 Feb 2026)
Today's links Six years of Pluralistic: Time flies when you're writing the web. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MBA phrenology; Sony's DRM CEO is out; Midwestern Tahrir;...
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February 17, 2026
Pluralistic: What's a "gig work minimum wage" (17 Feb 2026)
Today's links What's a "gig work minimum wage": The important rate is what you're paid when you're waiting for a job. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MBA phrenology; Son...
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February 16, 2026
Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026)
Today's links The online community trilemma: Reach, community and information, pick two. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bruces x Sony DRM; Eniac tell-all; HBO v PVRs; F...
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February 13, 2026
Pluralistic: Trump antitrust is dead (13 Feb 2026)
Today's links Trump antitrust is dead: The "populist right" was doomed to fail. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Premature internet activists; Privacy Without Monopoly; "...
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February 12, 2026
Pluralistic: Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir (12 Feb 2026)
Today's links Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir: There is power in the union. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Premature internet activists; Privacy Witho...
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February 11, 2026
Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026)
Today's links Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world: Recapturing $24t worth of transactions from Visa/Mastercard. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: API for C...
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February 10, 2026
Pluralistic: The Nuremberg Caucus (10 Feb 2026)
Today's links The Nuremberg Caucus: What do Democrats have to lose? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bradbury x LA monorails; Red Cross vs first aid kits; Wyden on CIA Se...
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February 9, 2026
Pluralistic: The Epstein class and collapse porn (09 Feb 2026)
Today's links The Epstein class and collapse porn: Buy the dip! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Web 1.0 logos; Legality of printing Catan tiles; Hamster strandbeest; Pac...
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February 7, 2026
Pluralistic: End of the line for video essays (07 Feb 2026)
Today's links End of the line for video essays: America's worst copyright law keeps getting even worse. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Payphone phaseout; Nvidia sock-pu...
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February 6, 2026
Pluralistic: Luxury Kafka (06 Feb 2026)
Today's links Luxury Kafka: US Immigration on the easiest setting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Whisky PC; Anitfeatures; Silicon Roundabout; Steampunk Etch-A-Sketch; ...
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February 5, 2026
Pluralistic: All laws are local (05 Feb 2026)
Today's links All laws are local: And no law knows how evitable it is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Whisky PC; Anitfeatures; Silicon Roundabout; Steampunk Etch-A-Sket...
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February 4, 2026
Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026)
Today's links Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World": A biopunk medical thriller from a major new talent. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Coconut volunteers...
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February 3, 2026
Pluralistic: Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box" (03 Feb 2026)
Today's links Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box": Short stories from a science fiction master at the top of his form. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DRM lobotomizes ...
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February 2, 2026
Pluralistic: Stock swindles (02 Feb 2026)
Today's links Stock swindles: A buyback is not just a dividend by another name. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Acme License-Plate Maker; IPV4 delenda est; Mandatory gun...
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January 30, 2026
Pluralistic: Threads' margin is the Eurostack's opportunity (30 Jan 2026)
Today's links Threads' margin is the Eurostack's opportunity: Move fast and break kings. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Frank Chu; MPAA x TSA; Flint truths; Pastel Q; B...
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January 29, 2026
Pluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026)
rj Today's links Disenshittification Nation: How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Obje...
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January 27, 2026
Pluralistic: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK) (27 Jan 2026)
Today's links Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK): There is nothing harder to stop than an idea whose time has come to pass. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Things My Gi...
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January 26, 2026
Pluralistic: Trump and the unmighty dollar (26 Jan 2026)
Today's links Trump and the unmighty dollar: "Flipping the table over in a poker game rigged in your favor because you resent having to pretend to play the game at all." Hey look at this: Delights ...
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January 22, 2026
Pluralistic: The petty (but undeniable) delights of cultivating unoptimizability as a habit (22 Jan 2026)
Today's links The petty (but undeniable) delights of cultivating ungovernability as a habit: Get good at being on hold. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Ventus"; Woody G...
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January 21, 2026
Pluralistic: Google's AI pricing plan (21 Jan 2026)
Today's links Google's AI pricing plan: From each according to their ability (to pay). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disney buys Pixar; Bruces on "vernacular video"; H...
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January 20, 2026
Pluralistic: AI is how bosses wage war on "professions" (20 Jan 2026)
Today's links AI is how bosses wage war on "professions": The only people *required* to tell their bosses to fuck off. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Enshittification v...
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January 19, 2026
Pluralistic: Social media without socializing (19 Jan 2026)
Today's links Social media without socializing: For Zuck, your friends are a problem to be solved. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Among Others"; Vagina tea-balls; MLK ...
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December 26, 2025
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com