pluralistic, 9 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-computation/ #Pluralistic 1/
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-computation/
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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/28/fog-o-war/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/28/fog-o-war/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/
pluralistic, 5 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/
pluralistic, 8 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again); and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again); and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/
pluralistic, 7 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Kickstarting the audiobook of The Lost Cause, my novel of environmental hope; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/02/the-lost-cause/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Kickstarting the audiobook of The Lost Cause, my novel of environmental hope; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/02/the-lost-cause/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/
pluralistic, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Autoenshittification; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Autoenshittification; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How I got scammed; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: How I got scammed; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/
pluralistic, 14 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: AI "art" and uncanniness; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: AI "art" and uncanniness; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/
pluralistic, 2 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: When private equity destroys your hospital; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/28/5000-bats/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: When private equity destroys your hospital; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/28/5000-bats/
pluralistic, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random Today's threads (a thread). Inside: Google's enshittification memos; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/ #Pluralistic 1/
Today's threads (a thread).
Inside: Google's enshittification memos; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/
pluralistic, 8 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/05/not-that-naomi/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/05/not-that-naomi/
pluralistic, 7 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/19/solid-tumors/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/19/solid-tumors/
pluralistic, 9 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Supervised AI isn't; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/23/automation-blindness/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Supervised AI isn't; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/23/automation-blindness/
pluralistic, 2 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Palantir's NHS-stealing Big Lie; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/08/the-fire-of-orodruin/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Palantir's NHS-stealing Big Lie; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/08/the-fire-of-orodruin/
pluralistic, 10 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Private equity ghouls have a new way to steal from their investors; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/20/continuation-fraud/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Private equity ghouls have a new way to steal from their investors; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/20/continuation-fraud/
pluralistic, 6 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/30/markets-remaining-irrational/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/30/markets-remaining-irrational/
pluralistic, 9 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Tesla's Dieselgate; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Tesla's Dieselgate; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/
pluralistic, 6 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/20/bloodletting/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/20/bloodletting/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How lock-in hurts design; Hey look at this; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/ #Pluralistic 1/ A photo of a 'desire path' - a path worn through the turf in a park where people have left the paved path and worn away the grass. The image crossfades so that the grassy lawn of the park is replaced by a 'code waterfall' as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Image: Belem (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desire_path_%2819811581366%29.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Inside: How lock-in hurts design; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/
A photo of a 'desire path' - a path worn through the turf in a park where people have left the paved path and worn away the grass. The image crossfades so that the grassy lawn of the park is replaced by a 'code waterfall' as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Image: Belem (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desire_path_%2819811581366%29.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: 2600's amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: 2600's amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/
pluralistic, 24 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/03/keyword-swarming/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/03/keyword-swarming/
pluralistic, 4 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/