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Twiddler
Configurability for Me, But Not For Thee. Stephen Drake/CC BY 2.0 (modified) Tracking Exposed is a scrappy European nonprofit that attempts to understand how online recommendation algorithms work. They...
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Pluralistic: Pluralistic is three (19 Feb 2023)
Today's links Pluralistic is three: Time flies when you're writing blogs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications,...
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Pluralistic: Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU (20 Feb...
Today's links Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU: Why do Americans have to pay Intuit to tell the IRS things it already knows? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in...
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Pluralistic: Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds" (21 Feb 2023)
Today's links Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds": A return to "Lovecraft Country." This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current...
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Pluralistic: Fighting the privacy wars, state by state (23 Feb 2023)
Today's links Fighting the privacy wars, state by state: Treating Congress as damage and routing around it. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022...
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Pluralistic: This is your brain on fraud apologetics (24 Feb 2023)
Today's links This is your brain on fraud apologetics: The curious comfort of victim-blaming. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon:...
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United We Stand
Creation is collective — and so is bargaining. Biswarup Ganguly/CC BY 3.0, E Palen/CC BY 2.0, ViewIndiaThroughMyVisionalView/CC BY 4.0; modified For the second half of the 20th century, artists of all...
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Pluralistic: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then...
Today's links Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia: Corporate "recycling" programs are just obfuscated landfills. Hey look at this: Delights to...
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Twiddler" (27 Feb 2023)
Today's links Podcasting "Twiddler": What makes digital platforms so enshittification prone? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent...
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Pluralistic: VW wouldn't locate kidnapped child because his mother didn't pay...
Today's links VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits. Hey look at this: Delights to...
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