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->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links EU ready to cave to Trump on tech : Surrendermonkeys ahoy. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : "Among a Thousand Fireflies"; "fiscal" not "physical"; Ontario's pusher premiere can't distribute vaccines; You need your head examined (if you trust an AI therapist); Women tell Pence about their periods; Zombie economy and digital arm-breakers; The trouble with tariffs. Upcoming ap...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links It's extremely good that Claude's source-code leaked : Careful what you wish for. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : "Elephantmen"; Eve Online war bankrolled by casino; Phishers take Mattel for $3m; Sanders wins 6 primaries, CNN airs Jesus "documentary"; Cuba is a vaccine powerhouse; Embroidered Toast; Mass layoffs at ATT. Upcoming appearances : Toronto, Montreal, Toronto, Sa...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Trumpismo vs minilateralism : The enemy gets a vote. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : My new sigfile is unstoppable; TBL on the future of the web (2006); Wonder Woman sweater pattern; Unpatchable drug cabinets; 50-building mural; DRM v (the next) Netflix. Upcoming appearances : Toronto, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Berlin, NYC, Hay-on-Wye, London. Recent appear...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links State Dems must stop ICE from stealing the midterms : The literal least they can do. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Power-strip bug; "Peaceful Baghdad" was actually Istanbul; Disney pirates Disney font; AMC v day-and-date; SF growth chart; Cuba’s meritocratic free med schools; Trump strategist v Trump; Monopoly so fragile. Upcoming appearances : Montreal, London, Berlin, ...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Market participation is exhausting : No one wants to be the sucker at the table. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : EMI DRM v Brazil; "The Information"; Genome patenter v copyright troll (let them fight); Green investing isn't; Trump loves Big Tech; Kleptones' "24 Hours"; Lasermonks; Ransomware hospital; News co-ops; AI "art" sucks; Swisscom wifi is $838/24h; Millennials don'...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links The cost of doing business : "Market definition" is a denial-of-service attack on antitrust law. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Union Pacific v model railroads; Warners v Potter fans; NYT's trademark trolling; Why Rebecca Black mashups suck; Jabba the peep; Grenfell costs v tenants. Upcoming appearances : Berkeley, Montreal, London, Berlin, Hay-on-Wye. Recent appearances ...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Goodhart's Law vs "prediction markets" : Putting a gun to the metric's head. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Apple v interop; Yahoo v the world; Rasputin v the Haunted Mansion; Opening chord from A Hard Day's Night; Mondrian Pong; "IP": Patent trolls v Apple. Upcoming appearances : Berkeley, Montreal, London, Berlin, Hay-on-Wye. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Understaffing as a form of enshittification : A way to shift value from workers, patients and shoppers to investors. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Marvel v "superhero"; What's a photocopier?; "Up Against It"; "Medusa's Web"; AI can't do your job; Coping with plenty; "The Shakedown"; Chickenized reverse-centaurs; France v iTunes; Copyfight discipline; Mystery lobbyists; "...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Love of corporate bullshit is correlated with bad judgment : Synergizing the strategic inflection points on the global data network. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Bluetooth headsets; Fruit sticker decoder; iPod batteries v DRM; Bruces's SXSW keynote; Piracy isn't funding terrorism; Hope v optimism; Identical twin time-travel prank; Prisoners draw corporate crooks; Spanis...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher : The Street Finds Its Own Alternatives For Things. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Prison for spamming; Dotcom layoffs; Ethernet action-figures; UK libel reform; "Poe's Detective"; God's customer service center; "Making Hay"; Alexa privacy Valdez. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest book...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Tools vs uses : Don't fall for it. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Amazon coders x Amazon warehouse workers; Bruces's ETECH speech; Steven King x unions; Tax-free S&P 500 companies; Make Pop Rocks; "Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Car Hacker's Handbook"; Pirates in Iceland. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep read...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Corrupt anticorruption : Notes from a target-rich environment. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Tentacle sphere; EU Venn; Obama v cryptography; Trump v protesters; Amazon coders x Amazon warehouse workers; Bruces's ETECH speech; Steven King x unions; Tax-free S&P 500 companies. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books :...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Three more AI psychoses : Everybody calm down. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : "Jules, Penny and the Rooster"; Superinjunction; Harper Lee's kids v cheap paperbacks; 3D printed cat battle-armor; Black sf. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books : Like I said, I'...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit : In case there was ever any doubt. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Eggflation x excuseflation; Haunted Mansion stretch portraits; "Lost Souls"; Time Magazine x the first Worldcon; Obama v Freedom of Information Act; Ragequitting jihadi doxxes ISIS; OSI v DRM in standards. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. R...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Ad-tech is fascist tech : Surveillance advertising is just surveillance. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Washpo v Bernie; Activists v Saif Gadaffi's London mansion; Spacefaring v contract language; Tuna-can tiffin pail; France v encryption. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' '...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us : A billionaire is a machine for producing policy failures at scale. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Librarians Against DRM; Copyright maximalist MP is a pirate; "The Monster"; The perversity of self-destructing ebooks; Space opera cliches; Social software politics; Game in a browser's location bar; Map of sf/f; G...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links The web is bearable with RSS : And don't forget "Reader Mode." Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Eyemodule x Disneyland; Scott Walker lies; Brother's demon-haunted printer; 4th Amendment luggage tape; Sanders x small donors v media; US police killings tallied. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep readin' em, I...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Blowtorching the frog : If I must have enemies, let them be impatient ones. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : Bill Cosby v Waxy; Rodney King, 20 years on; Peter Watts v flesh-eating bacteria; American authoritarianism; Algebra II v Statistics for Citizenship; Ideas lying around; Banksy x Russian graffists; TSA v hand luggage; Hack your Sodastream; There were always enshittif...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Supreme Court saves artists from AI : Just because you're on their side, it doesn't mean they're on your side. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : KKK x D&D; Martian creativity; Scott Walker's capital ringers; UK v adblocking; Shitty jihadi opsec. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep readin' em, I'll keep wr...

->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links No one wants to read your AI slop : If you must do this, for god's sake, do it privately. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : AOL email tax; Ebook readers' bill of rights; Sanders media blackout. Upcoming appearances : Where to find me. Recent appearances : Where I've been. Latest books : You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books : Like I said, I'll keep writi...