Prosecutions Have Never Been This Vindictive—or Meritless
Trump threatens the rule of law like it's his job
Society
The Veruca Salt Strategy Has Metastasized
Japan’s deferential theater aboard a U.S. carrier marked the moment Trump’s indulgence diplomacy became the global norm.
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System | naked capitalism
The twilight of capitalism and what comes after late neoliberal capitalism runs its course during the interregnum.
The real reason why Democrats are so unpopular
Does the case for centrism stand up to scrutiny?
Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love | naked capitalism
Investors believe that companies and industries in "red" areas will be hit harder by tariff blowback than those in "bluer" regions.
The Great Return to Work: Hybrid Roles & New Normal of Silicon Valley Startupland - HackerRank Blog
Introduction: a new operating system for work Over the past six months, I’ve been talking...
The Guillotine Still Falls
A love letter to the Enlightenment that both Effective Altruism and the dictatorship of virtue forgot
Tucker Carlson Just Showed Us the Future—And It’s Worse Than We Thought
Tucker Carlson sat down with Nick Fuentes yesterday.
On the frontier of caring
Adopt a Station is a way to compensate for the funding lost to US public radio stations when the CPB shut down. No state is more dependent on public radio, or hurt by lost CPB funding, than Alaska.…
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The US Is "Getting a Real Strong Handle" on South America "in a Lot of Ways", According to Trump | naked capitalism
Does he mean handle or choke-hold?
Buying the Military
What can one say
AI is fuelling a poverty of imagination ⊗ Why nothing about AI is inevitable
No.376 — Fungi as your Futurist ⊗ Offshoring automation ⊗ Solid state batteries for electric vehicles ⊗ Fast and tiny probes for interstellar travel
Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Gold, Greed and Cowardice
Trump's corporate and billionaire supporters are emboldening him as he pursues his path of destruction. History proves the future does not bode well for them.
Museum’s Treasures to Be Sold as Founder Faces $50 Million Legal Bill
Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the museum’s “Pachinko King” founder.
The Cook and the Chef: Musk's Secret Sauce — Wait But Why
The thing I learned from Elon Musk that changed the way I think about life.
Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon’s chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The Last Word On Nothing | Trump, Caribou, and the Road to Nowhere
The Vice President Just Proved He Means It
JD Vance just proved he meant it.
How you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculation
Electric bills were already rising. AI data centers are making it worse.
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
Pluralistic: Microsoft, Tear Down That Wall! (15 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: The AI that we’ll have after AI (16 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Why Democrats aren't talking about climate change much anymore
As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.
Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
The neo-reactionary dream meets the law of the strong.
The PirateWires Method
A case study in how sophisticated cowards attack truth-tellers while serving power