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Pluralistic: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s “A City On Mars” (09 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The New Digital Dark Age
Online trust will reach an all-time low thanks to unchecked disinformation, AI-generated content, and social platforms pulling up their data drawbridges.
Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy - Schneier on Security
The Last Word On Nothing | The Completion Portfolio
Democrats Could Score Big by Blocking This Revolver
Demetrios Kouzoukas’s nomination battle offers the perfect opportunity for Democrats to prove themselves to voters.
Why and Where the Working Class Turned Right
A new book documents the lost (and pro-Democratic) world of Pennsylvania steelworkers and how it became Republican.
The most popular grocery stores in the U.S.
Walmart is the most popular grocery store chain nationwide.
Only 700 new IT jobs were created in the US in 2023
Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be an IT pro says Janco
The Greatest Book on Nationalism Keeps Being Misread
“Imagined Communities” is far weirder than you remember.
You can’t fight fascism by expanding the police state
We won’t reverse the damage done by Trumpism—like the attack on the Capitol—by doubling down on authoritarian policies like surveillance, policing, and censorship. We need to address systemic injustice at its root.
The New News Business – Doc Searls Weblog
North Americanism Turns 30
NAFTA and USMCA have dramatically reshaped Mexico.
What’s Your Go-to Comfort Media?
I reckon most of us have certain books, movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, and other media that we turn to when we need some comfo
Why the right is eating the left’s lunch
Progressives have abandoned the working class and embraced the oligarchs.
The News Business – Doc Searls Weblog
Seattle Should Be Proud That It Has the Country's Highest Minimum Wage
We live in very interesting (economic) times.
The Oppressive Culture of Air Travel
Put it into perspective: Back in the 1930s, you’d spend tens of thousands in today’s money crossing the Atlantic from New York to the UK. The whole thing
The Cooperative That Could
How S Group became Finland’s most dominant retailer
Capitalism and Anti-Natalism
Why having children is a moral dilemma.
Book notes: Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
Book notes on "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge" by John Willis
Pandemic Migration Patterns Continue – The Antiplanner
The Last Word On Nothing | Number the Days
You Are Entering the Infernal Triangle
Authoritarian Republicans, ineffectual Democrats, and a clueless media
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now
New maps show how much more crowded the sea is than previously known.
To Own the Future, Read Shakespeare
Tech and the liberal arts have always been at war. Don’t assume Silicon Valley will win.
Ten Principles for a Democratic AI Future
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform our world, revolutionize industries, and shape our…
The Beach Yearns for Freedom
The year in review.
Everywhere is the same place when you're drinking
I remember the first time I was ever scared in my life
America is unprepared to fight a war on three fronts
The democratic world is sleepwalking once again towards military disaster