Pluralistic: Expedia amazoned hotel rooms (15 Oct 2026)
Today's links Expedia amazoned hotel rooms: Everything more expensive for everyone, monopolies everywhere, and we're all screwed. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
Pluralistic: Bundestrojaner (13 Oct 2026)
Today's links Bundestrojaner: You can't make people more secure by making them less secure. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 sitcom; Jon Norman v…
Pluralistic: Thwarted (09 Oct 2026)
Today's links Thwarted: Behold the awesome destructive power of a fully operational billionaire. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Anthrax v National…
Pluralistic: How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist (12 Oct 2026)
Today's links How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist: If you care about labor justice and artists' rights, stop focusing on copyright. Hey look at this: Delights to…
Pluralistic: Amazon achieves enshittification inception (04 Sep 2026)
Today's links Amazon achieves enshittification inception: Cheating on your fraud is a hell of a thing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Electrolite is…
Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026)
Today's links The actual epistemic crisis: AI's assault on reality is an opportunistic infection. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disney goths; Running…
Pluralistic: Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs (22 Sep 2026)
Today's links Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs: A "settlement" that promises less than nothing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Warren on taxing…
Pluralistic: IP can't save you from AI (18 Aug 2026)
Today's links IP can't save you from AI: Property rights cannot substitute for labor rights and privacy rights. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Flying…
Pluralistic: Textured (18 Sep 2026)
Today's links Textured: The surprises are what matter. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Mr Dressup; Oligarch sucker-punch; ICC v CEOs. Upcoming…
Pluralistic: Unpermissioned research (02 Sep 2026)
Today's links Unpermissioned research: Fighting Trump means preserving the internet, which means scraping. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Leaked…
Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026)
Today's links The ordinariness of evil: Stop selling AI (bad). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dot-crash bumwad; AP v fair use; Nym Wars; What's…
Pluralistic: Disloyalty (07 Oct 2026)
Today's links Disloyalty: Air Canada's frequent flier fuckery. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Indie booksellers v internet; Coke pays dieticians to…
Pluralistic: Swapping money for expertise (06 Oct 2026)
Today's links Swapping money for expertise: Money can't buy me love. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Tempo"; Yahoo censors MEP's torture debate video;…
Pluralistic: Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026)
Today's links Scrutinized: Pervert glasses vs the authentic self. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DRM-free in the UK; Maple-leaf roses; Italian…
Pluralistic: Anti-vax/anti-trust (09 Sep 2026)
Today's links Anti-vax/anti-trust: Remembering saves lives. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disneyland prisoner; HOAs v xeriscaping; Copyright Office x…
Pluralistic: The age of disinvention (25 Aug 2026)
Today's links The age of disinvention: 🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥️1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Metacrap; CmdrTaco retires;…
Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026)
Today's links How Canada can help Americans and defeat America: True Carneyism has never been tried. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Brazil v AIDS drug…
Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026)
Today's links The Claude Delusion: What if we're the ones having hallucinations? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v sex; 9/11 v flags; US customs v…
Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026)
Today's links LLMs are real, AI is fake: No, it didn't "go rogue." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Why 9/11 Means We Must Support My Politics; Blogs x…
Pluralistic: On the sincerity of AI bosses (17 Sep 2026)
Today's links On the sincerity of AI bosses: Fascism is always an incoherent bundle. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v spam; PalmOS x WTC…
Pluralistic: Born on technology's third base (21 Aug 2026)
Today's links Born on technology's third base: Material forces shape life-chances. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Glue; iPods v unions; RIP Jack…
Pluralistic: Everybody pees (15 Sep 2026)
Today's links Everybody pees: Even Jeff Bezos. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Zune won't play Microsoft files; Papercraft 1:1 Mustang; Third gender…
Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026)
Today's links Preparing for a post-Trump internet: You'd better hope it's also a post-American internet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Barnum and…
Pluralistic: Inefficiency is bad, actually (11 Sep 2026)
Today's links Inefficiency is bad, actually: Now, "resiliency" on the other hand… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Canada's DMCA; Socialism x Pledge of…
Pluralistic: Jennifer Jenkins' 'Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture' (17 Aug 2026)
Today's links Jennifer Jenkins' 'Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture': The definitive textbook (with comics!). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…
Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? (14 Sep 2026)
Today's links But do you use keyboard shortcuts?: AI people are WEIRD. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Changeling"; Sony Rootkit vs CD drives;…
Pluralistic: Lindsay Owens's "Gouged" (29 Sep 2026)
Today's links Lindsay Owens's "Gouged": The end of a fair price and what that means for your wallet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Doonesbury on…
Pluralistic: How corporate America built a better Roach Motel (07 Sep 2026)
Today's links How corporate America built a better Roach Motel: Hostages beat customers every day. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 3-hole punches;…
Pluralistic: Itch scratching (25 Sep 2026)
Today's links Itch scratching: Love, care and self-actualization. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 x Viridians; Announcing Wikipedia; Infinite…
Pluralistic: Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts (01 Oct 2026)
Today's links Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts: The big P only matters if the small p is in play. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…
Pluralistic: Economic probabilities for our grandchildren (03 Oct 2026)
Today's links Economic probabilities for our grandchildren: If only data centers would stop hogging all the copper. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…
Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026)
Today's links How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
Pluralistic: Google skates (05 Sep 2026)
Today's links Google skates: Another federal judge loses a game of peek-a-boo. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Memory-hacking ads; "Dzur"; NZ Ministry…
Pluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026)
Today's links Priceful: So worthless we can tell you what it's worth. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Nasdaq allows post-9/11 penny stocks; USAF can…