Pluralistic: The meritocracy to eugenics pipeline (20 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part III (19 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Nuclear Winter from a Pakistan-India War Could Kill 2 Billion | naked capitalism
Even a limited nuclear conflict could cause years of potentially devastating impacts to climate and societies.
'Gingers' or White Redheads Are Invited to The 'Black Cookout,' But Here are Some Ground Rules
Black empathy toward "Gingers" went beyond understanding, as Black folks extended an invitation to the cookout, but not so fast...
How do we get to The Intention Economy? – ProjectVRM
Not long after The Intention Economy came out in May, 2012, Robert Thomson, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal, wanted the book's opening chapter to serve as the cover essay of the Marketplace section of an upcoming issue. Harvard Business Review Press didn't like that idea, so I wrote an original piece based on the book,…
cadaver: WebDAV command-line client | Abdul Wahab Junaid
What is Cadaver? Cadaver is a command-line WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) client for Unix-like systems, including Kali Linux. It allows
On Patriotism
Beyond Flags and Anthems—The Moral Courage to Defend Democracy
Reverse engineering the life that I wanted to have
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of interviewing Niko Stratis about her new book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. You can read an excerpt here.
A little ghost for the offeringThe Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by
They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now?
Many of those who were loudest in denouncing cancel culture then are now curiously silent in the face of Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech.
Pluralistic: Are the means of computation even seizable? (14 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Trump’s CFPB kills data broker rule (15 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Why has American pop culture stagnated?
Predictably, my theories are all technological and economic.
Mexican Activists Are Building Digital Defenses Against Big Tech Colonialism
Communities are learning digital security and building autonomous servers to take control of their own data.
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch
Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one
scalable stupidity – Harold Jarche
An SOS From American Democracy
Why the Global Democratic Community Must Respond Before It’s Too Late
Is this autocracy?
by Marci Shore
The GOP’s Obsession With Women Having Babies Looks A Lot Like The Past
The Trump administration's policy ideas to incentivize women to have more kids resemble those pushed by authoritarian regimes throughout history.
Some Rob You with a Six-Gun/ Some With a Fountain Pen: On Civil War By Other Means
Imagine if we were at war with a foreign power that bombed most of the federal buildings in Washington, destroying the records and functions of those departments and killing millions of federal workers – bombs falling on Health and Human Services, on the Justice Department, the Department of Interior, Veterans Affairs,
Progressives should care that the global population is set to fall
Don’t let polarization distract you from one of the most important issues the world faces.
What Happens When No One Enforces the Law
The collapse of voting rights enforcement at DOJ is not policy drift. It’s sabotage.
Effective Accelerationism Is Just Technological Authoritarianism With a Smile
Why Humanity—and Dignity—Shouldn't Surrender to Technological Inevitability
How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups
Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up,
Zuckerberg Admits Enshittification Is The Point
The tech CEO just confirmed what we already know: Big Tech is deliberately worsening users’ online experience.
Who Is the Only President to Receive a Purple Heart?
Who is the only President to receive a Purple Heart? What is the story behind this President's entitlement to the Purple Heart?
Purple Heart - Wikipedia
Every US President Who Saw Combat In The Military
Out of all of those to serve as president of the United States, 31 served in the military in some capacity. But have you ever wondered which US presidents saw combat in the military? Only 17 presidents actually actively fought in wars and other conflicts during their time in service.
All...
Rutherford B. Hayes - Wikipedia
John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia
The Story Behind JFK's 'Ask Not' Inauguration Speech
In the weeks leading up to the Fourth of July, we're publishing three excerpts from The President's Speech by C. Edwin Vilade, a book that tells the story