I. F. Stone - Wikipedia

Society
dark sides of social media – Harold Jarche
Presidents May Not Unilaterally Dismantle Government Agencies
That’s not how separation of powers works under the U.S. Constitution.
Knowledge tech that's subtly wrong is more dangerous than tech that's obviously wrong. (Or, where I disagree with Robin Sloan.)
Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
What We're Fighting For
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance
A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how shitty things have gotten, but how said shittiness
The public domain keeps culture vibrant. Why is it shrinking?
Use this article … 95 years after I’m dead.
Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
USPS is a Failed Sovereign Wealth Fund
The road to riches isn't paved with stamps.
Work at the Mill
Or, the Story of Digital Equipment Corporation
The man who discovered media codes and how to resist them
Morpheus is ready for some discourse theory, in The Matrix (1999). How do you analyze something that is imaginary, symbolic, and exerts its power only in our...
It doesn’t Paine me to say
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Beyond Government And Resistance
For those of you new here, this is a staple of the show: every so often we (I) gear up and write a series on some of the bigger things going on, because I can't fit them into a 1,200-word letter. This week and probably for a few after
Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results - 2024presgeresults.pdf
Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
Pluralistic: “The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets” (07 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
How Democrats Can Counter Musk’s Coup with Repetition
The importance of repetition
'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook
In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”
Flooding Trump and Musk’s zone
How to deal with their tyranny
Jakob Nielsen about IQ and usability
Attempts to classify people into intelligence categories has been going on for many hundreds of years, but none have perhaps proven as prevalent as the intelligence quotient (IQ). The origins of IQ can be traced back to a 1905 test designed by French psychologists Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon to
Matisse’s muse: new exhibition dedicated to the illegitimate daughter he spent a lifetime painting
Marguerite, who survived diphtheria and torture by the Gestapo, is the focus of Musée d’Art Moderne showcase
The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
No More Fake Strikes
Joe Burns takes a critical look back at the many “general strikes” called in recent years.
El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment
Understand the implications of Bitcoin's downfall in El Salvador. Learn about the failed economic bet and its impact on the country's financial stability.
Another Food Recall? More Than 2 Million Donuts Just Got Pulled
More than 2 million donuts have been recalled due to Listeria risk—but many were sold under private-label brands like Dunkin'. Here’s what consumers need to know.
Ephemeralization - P2P Foundation
Ephemeralization - Wikipedia
Ephemeralization, a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller in 1938, is the ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing," that is, an accelerating increase in the efficiency of achieving the same or more output (products, services, information, etc.) while requiring less input (effort, time, materials, resources, etc.).[1] The application of materials and technology in modern cell phones, compared to older computers and phones, exemplify the concepts of ephemeralization whereby technological advancement can drive efficiency in the form of fewer materials being used to provide greater utility (more functionality with less resource use). Fuller's vision was that ephemeralization, through technological progress,[2] could result in ever-increasing standards of living for an ever-growing population. The concept has been embraced by those who argue against Malthusian philosophy.[1]
Deleuze and Guattari - Wikipedia
Gilles Deleuze, a French philosopher, and Félix Guattari, a French psychoanalyst and political activist, wrote a number of works together (besides both having distinguished independent careers).
Gustavo Gutiérrez - Wikipedia
Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz was a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America. His 1971 book A Theology of Liberation is considered pivotal to the formation of liberation theology. He held the John Cardinal O'Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and was a visiting professor at universities in North America and Europe.