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Pluralistic: A tale of three customer service chatbots (12 Nov 2025)
Today's links A tale of three customer service chatbots: Two were worse than useless, one betrayed its masters. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: General strike; We won't fly
Pluralistic: Theodora Goss's 'Letters From an Imaginary Country' (11 Nov 2025)
Today's links Theodora Goss's 'Letters From an Imaginary Country': Short stories so expertly spun you'll hardly know you've been ensnared. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "
Pluralistic: "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital" (10 Nov 2025)
Today's links "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital": It's a zero-sum game. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Corrupt CDs; 10,000 wax cylinders; EU wants cop
Pluralistic: Facebook's fraud files (08 Nov 2025)
Today's links Facebook's fraud files: 10% of gross ad revenue coming from fraudulent ads. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: FOIA for Theresa May; Paid patriotism; Antiusurpat
Pluralistic: The enshittification of labor (07 Nov 2025)
Today's links The enshittification of labor: Pavlina Tcherneva, getting her peanut butter in my chocolate. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 3D printing with tape-guns; TPP i
Pluralistic: The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world (06 Nov 2025)
Today's links The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world: If reality doesn't fit the theory, ignore reality. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object perman
Pluralistic: "Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works" (05 Nov 2025)
Today's links "Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works": Steampunk dinosaurs scratch-build a pressurized air-based, Turing complete, universal von Neumann machine. Hey look at this: Delig
Pluralistic: There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech (01 Nov 2025)
Today's links There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech: The path to a post-American internet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: D2020; Sony rootkit; Publi
Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025)
Today's links The internet was made for privacy: And unmade by regulators. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Materialist conspiratorialism; TSA ball-fondlers; Anonymous to do