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Pluralistic: Steven Brust’s “Lyorn” (09 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown’s first 100 days: How is she doing?
Community members say they value Brown's openness to feedback, but are still waiting to see how she executes on drug usage, homelessness and budgeting.
Big Tech Has a Big Cash Problem
Any acquisitions companies such as Apple, Amazon or Microsoft attempt will bring scrutiny and delays.
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs.
Pluralistic: How to shatter the class solidarity of the ruling class (08 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
A Very Short History of Working Class Struggle
From the dawn of agriculture to the coming age of artificial intelligence.
A Wharton professor explains why most jobs will be impacted by AI
Regardless of its nature, your job is likely to overlap with AI in the near future. That doesn’t mean your job will be replaced.
Fergie Chambers Is Heir to One of America's Richest Families -- and Determined to See the U.S. Fall
Fergie Chambers is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families — and a 'Professional Revolutionary' Determined to Overthrow the United States
Death is a Feature
When Parisians got tired of cemeteries during the French Revolution, they conscripted priests to relocate bones of more than six million deceased forebears to empty limestone quarries below the cit…
Nobody Gives a Hoot About Profit - The W. Edwards Deming Institute
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Deming's First Theorem: Nobody gives a hoot about profit People spend a great deal of time worrying about profits and claiming credit or diverting blame for profit results. So why did Dr. Deming say "Nobody gives a…
Home security cameras are driving neighbors apart
Christine Rosen on surveilling alone
What Happened to the 21st-Century City?
And how we can save it.
Antitax Nation
Michael Graetz’s new book explains how clever marketing duped America into shoveling more tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.
Biden Should Declare an Emergency at the Border—and Handle It Wildly Differently Than Trump
The president must address immigration to win in November. Here’s how.
As Drones Change the Nature of Warfare, U.S. Military Opens Anti-Drone School - Core77
Trainees at the Joint C-SUAS University try to knock DJI's out of the sky
Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: General Mills and cheaply bought “dietitians” co-opted the anti-diet movement (05 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The coming revolt against woke capitalism
The ‘progressive’ super-rich have no idea how much the public loathes them.
The Story So Far | Jason Rodriguez
A little recap of the last 4 or so years.
The Trap of Soulless Productivity | Hazel Weakly
If there’s one thing I wish I burn entirely to the ground and wipe away all traces and remnants of, its the misplaced notion that the productivity of Knowledge...
Uvalde mayor resigns "abruptly"
Cody Smith was elected in November 2022, when the Texas city held its the first mayoral election since a gunman spent an hour shooting 19 children and two teachers at…
Pluralistic: Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits (02 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
To Conform and To Perform
Freedom is a lie.
How Republicans Screw Workers
Efforts by Obama and Biden to enforce labor laws have been systematically undermined by right-wing courts and legislators. This should be a prime election theme.
Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Shows How To Cover Trump: Tell The Truth
For the last eight years or so, one thing has become quite clear: the media has been effectively unable to deal with Donald Trump and Trumpism. He is unique to our political system. He has no shame…
Forgotten Books And How To Save Them
On the Neglected Books site, there is a fine meditation on rescuing forgotten writers and their works from oblivion, and why this is important. As its author Brad Bigelow explains: I have…
Pluralistic: Humans are not perfectly vigilant (01 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
LinkedIn is not a social or professional network, it's a learning network
The world of work needs a new script
‘Climate Lockdown’
Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.