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- Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026)Mar 07, 2026Cory Doctorow
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-haunted printer; 4th Amendment luggage tape; Sanders x small donors v media; US police killings tallied. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep
- Pluralistic: Blowtorching the frog (05 Mar 2026) executive-dysfunctionMar 05, 2026Cory Doctorow
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; Peter Watts v flesh-eating bacteria; American authoritarianism; Algebra II v Statistics for Citizenship; Ideas lying around; Banksy x Russian graffists; TSA v hand luggage; Hack your Sodastream; There were
- Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026)Mar 03, 2026Cory Doctorow
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; Martian creativity; Scott Walker's capital ringers; UK v adblocking; Shitty jihadi opsec. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'l
- Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026)Mar 02, 2026Cory Doctorow
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 of rights; Sanders media blackout. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'l
- Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)Feb 28, 2026Cory Doctorow
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"; Freeman Dyson on "The Information"; Korean Little Brother filibuster; Privacy isn't property; With Great Power Came No Responsibility; Unsellable A-holes; Cardboard Cthulhu; Chinese map fuzzing. Upcom
- Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026)Feb 26, 2026Cory Doctorow
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 v libraries; Rothfuss x Firefly; Bookseller seethings; If magazine; HBR v executive pay; Apple caves on encryption. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest bo
- Pluralistic: The whole economy pays the Amazon tax (25 Feb 2026)Feb 25, 2026Cory Doctorow
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; Make v Sony; American oligarchs' wealth (2011); New Librarian of Congress; The Mauritanian; Bossware. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep re
- Pluralistic: Socialist excellence in New York City (24 Feb 2026)Feb 24, 2026Cory Doctorow
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 antipiracy office will catch Firefox crooks; Batpole flip-top bust; "Order of Odd-Fish"; Scott Walker v fake Kochl; Billg wants to backdoor Microsoft; NSA spied on world leaders; Trump They Live mask; "Unicorns
- Pluralistic: Deplatform yourself (23 Feb 2026)Feb 23, 2026Cory Doctorow
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; 3DP v (c); Forced arbitration; Imperial Scott Walker; Keysigning ritual; Polyfingered robot dictaphone; DNS bug; Register of copyright damns term extension; How Anonymous decides; Christchurch quake pe
- Pluralistic: A perforated corporate veil (20 Feb 2026)Feb 20, 2026Cory Doctorow
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 organisms for third parties; "Citizens" are hired actors; Insured exoskeletons; Talking with Snowden and Gibson. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: Yo