Today's links Antitrust is a labor issue: Banning noncompetes is huge, but it's not all the FTC is doing! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books … | Continue reading
Today's links The specific process by which Google enshittified its search: Ed Zitron has Prabhakar Raghavan bang to rights. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've … | Continue reading
Today's links "Humans in the loop" must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed: The particular torments of reverse-centaurs are drastically under-theorized. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: … | Continue reading
Today's links Paying for it doesn't make it a market: But competition does. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll ke … | Continue reading
Today's links Greedflation, but for prisoners: The first-ever survey of national prison commissary prices is a fucking nightmare. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've … | Continue reading
Today's links Precaratize bosses: When the ruling class tells you what motivates them, believe them the first time. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. La … | Continue reading
Today's links Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism": "Competition is for losers." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep read … | Continue reading
Today's links The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant: Blair Fix, Henry Farrell and Maria Farrell know more about Marty Hench than I do. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to fi … | Continue reading
Today's links Rebecca Roque's "Till Human Voices Wake Us": A brilliant technorealist teen thriller/murder mystery. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Lat … | Continue reading
Today's links How to screw up a whistleblower law: We want kingpins, not powerless underlings. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You … | Continue reading
Today's links Twinkfrump Linkdump: All the miscellany that didn't make it. This day in history: 2019, 2023 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'll keep … | Continue reading
Today's links No, "convenience" isn't the problem: Enshittification isn't caused by "lazy consumers." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest boo … | Continue reading
Today's links The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: None Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, … | Continue reading
Today's links Steven Brust's "Lyorn": A master at the peak of his abilities, having the time of his life. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest … | Continue reading
Today's links How to shatter the class solidarity of the ruling class: Maybe we can use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: W … | Continue reading
Today's links General Mills and cheaply bought "dietitians" co-opted the anti-diet movement: If Steve Bannon was a dietitian… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been … | Continue reading
Today's links Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. … | Continue reading
Today's links Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits: "The Bezzle" is everting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2022 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You ke … | Continue reading
Today's links Humans are not perfectly vigilant: And that's bad news for AI. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, … | Continue reading
Today's links Async mugwump linkdump: A weekend assortment. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 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'll k … | Continue reading
Today's links Subprime gadgets: What a remote-brick app tells us about debt collection in the age of trusted computing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been … | Continue reading
Today's links The credit card fee victory is a defeat: Small cartels beat large industries every time. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep w … | Continue reading
Today's links End of the line for corporate sovereignty: ISDSes are on the ropes, and not a moment too soon. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' … | Continue reading
Today's links Meatspace twiddling: Cyberspace may never evert, but it can certainly prolapse. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'e … | Continue reading
Today's links Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis: We may not know what's in the box, but we can tell if it's been damaged in transit. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. L … | Continue reading
Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024) Like this: Like Loading... Author Cory DoctorowPosted on March 24, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags apple, boeing, conspiratorialism, corruption, dma, epistemological crisis, epistemology, eu, inequality, … | Continue reading
Today's links Someday, we'll all take comfort in the internet's "dark corners": The Sea of Enshittification is rising and your online home will eventually be flooded. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to fin … | Continue reading
Today's links The antitrust case against Apple: End of the line for Apple exceptionalism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You keep r … | Continue reading
Today's links Why Millennials aren't leaving Tiktok: It's the same reason that Boomers can't leave Facebook. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Lates … | Continue reading
Today's links Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections: But they rarely beat the Dem establishment in primaries. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent app … | Continue reading
Today's links Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell: As ever, the important thing isn't what the gadget does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where … | Continue reading
Today's links The Coprophagic AI crisis: Even the mystical account of AI's glorious future fails on its own terms. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, even … | Continue reading
Today's links Bullies want you to think they're on your side: Bosses (not migrants) take workers' wages, and corporations (not readers) want writers' money. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Rece … | Continue reading
Today's links Your car spies on you and rats you out to insurance companies: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. This day in history … | Continue reading
Today's links The Foilies: Come for the self-own, stay for the absurd cop theories. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You … | Continue reading
Today's links Palantir's NHS-stealing Big Lie: And the everyday miracle of Trusted Research Environments. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and mo … | Continue reading
Today's links 1900s futurism: Karl Schroeder on the profound conservativism of 20th Century sf. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest … | Continue reading
Today's links Electrons, not molecules: Renewables don't generate above-average returns for Exxon's shareholders. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and … | Continue reading
Today's links You can't shop your way out of a monopoly: Any election where you vote with your wallet will be won by the people with the thickest wallets. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent … | Continue reading
Today's links The real problem with anonymity: The banal anonymity of evil. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You keep rea … | Continue reading
Today's links The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle: Name your price, get ebooks, back EFF! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: Yo … | Continue reading
Today's links Brinkwhump Linkdump: A varied mixture for the weekend. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Brinkwhump Linkdump (permalink) Once again, I find myself arriving at t … | Continue reading
Today's links Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/ … | Continue reading
Today's links Lies, damned lies, and Uber: Uber wants to pay its Toronto drivers $2.50/hour (eh). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading L … | Continue reading
Today's links When private equity destroys your hospital: Looters literally want to kill you. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading … | Continue reading
Today's links Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent … | Continue reading
Today's links Incomplete vs. overshoot: The horseshoe theory is really, really wrong. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading I … | Continue reading
Today's links Vice surrenders: Literally the stupidest publishing strategy I've ever heard of (ever). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019, 2023. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, curren … | Continue reading