Today's links Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander: Handcuffs for the invisible hand. 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 rea … | Continue reading
Today's links You were promised a jetpack by liars: AIs and self-driving cars are the new jetpacks. 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 … | Continue reading
Today's links Utah's getting some of America's best broadband: Public goods for the win. 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 … | Continue reading
Today's links Even if you think AI search could be good, it won't be good: It's just too goddamned easy to cheat. 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 … | Continue reading
Today's links AI "art" and uncanniness: "A meaning that does not stem from organizing intention." 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: … | Continue reading
Today's links Algorithmic feeds are a twiddler's playground: "They 'trust me.' Dumb fucks." 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 ke … | Continue reading
Today's links AI is a WMD: Advon is a force-multiplier for enshittification. 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 The disenshittified internet starts with loyal "user agents": A tool should work for its user, not its manufacturer. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances … | Continue reading
Today's links Amazon illegally interferes with an historic UK warehouse election: "One click to quit" for unions, but not for Prime. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Upcoming appeara … | Continue reading
Today's links Rosemary Kirstein's "The Steerswoman": An unexpected and delightful series that almost disappeared. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. R … | Continue reading
Today's links Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands: "Site reputation abuse" goes beyond third party content farms. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent app … | Continue reading
Today's links CDA 230 bans Facebook from blocking interoperable tools: Unfollow Everything rises from the grave. 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. Lates … | Continue reading
Today's links Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage: Nothing good has the acronym 'MRSA.' 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. … | Continue reading
Today's links Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress: The other gig economy. 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' … | Continue reading
Today's links Cigna's nopeinator: When computer says no, doctors are the moral crumple-zone. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' … | Continue reading
Today's links The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes. 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. La … | Continue reading
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
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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