Pluralistic: Of course we can tax billionaires (15 Oct 2024)

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Of course we can tax billionaires: They disguise their demands ("don't tax billionaires") as observations ("it is technically impossible to tax billionaires").
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019
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Pluralistic: Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine" (26 Sep 2023)

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Brian Merchant's "Blood In the Machine": Reclaiming the Luddites from the victors' history.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: What comes after neoliberalism? (28 Mar 2023)

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What comes after neoliberalism? "There is no alternative" is really a demand, namely, "Stop trying to think of an alternative!"
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2021

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Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future.
Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure.
Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 16 Jun 2021

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Suing all of ad-tech: Will an EU country finally enforce the GDPR?
Interop Sci-Fi: Inside the Clock Tower, my interoperability sf for Consumer Reports.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 30 Jun 2020

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Impossible Music: Sean Williams's superb novel of Deafness and music theory.
Yanis Varoufakis on capitalism's self-destruction: And what to do about it.
India bans Chinese apps: Chekhov's Law, China-India cyberspace sovereignty edition.
Post-Trump trumpism: What will the right do after Trump's defeat?
Gilead's $3k covid med should sell for $10: And the research was funded by the US public.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 29 Jun 2020

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Female Furies: Cecil Castellucci finds the story that Jack Kirby missed.
How to break up Google: A making things company, not a buying things company.
Facebook and Trump collaborate on rule-rigging: You can't break the rules if you make the rules.
NYC housing lottery favors the least-needy: The private sector cannot and will not solve the housing crisis.
Podcast: Part 8 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Families are weird.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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