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pluralistic, 5 days ago to random

Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.

pluralistic, 6 days ago to random

Selfie.

Frida Kahlo's self portrait, photographed at the AKG in Buffalo, NY. (Eyes)
Frida Kahlo's self portrait, photographed at the AKG in Buffalo, NY. (Face)
Frida Kahlo's self portrait, photographed at the AKG in Buffalo, NY. (Frame)

pluralistic, 6 days ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Uplinkchump Linkdump; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/08/medley/

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pluralistic, 6 days ago to random

It's Linkdump Saturday! This is the day on which I clear the giant backlog of links from the previous week that I haven't managed to post in my newsletter's "Hey look at this" sections. This is my 19th linkdump; here's the previous 18 dumps:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/08/medley/#the-prospect

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pluralistic, 7 days ago to random

I can believe Elvis faked his death and went to work as a fry-cook, but this? This strains credulity.

pluralistic, 7 days ago to random

806 words (8134 total) on Enshittification (a nonfiction book about platform decay) #DailyWords

pluralistic, 7 days ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The airlines were patient zero in the junk-fee plague; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/07/drip-drip-drip/

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pluralistic, 7 days ago to random

If you ever have the misfortune to do business with Suburban Propane, double-check the price before you order. Suburban's listed prices are subject to "a safety practices and training fee, a tank rental fee, a transportation fuel surcharge, a restocking fee, a tank pickup fee, a minimum monthly purchase requirement fee, a system leak test fee, a reconnect fee, a will call fee, a forklift minimum delivery fee, a diagnostic fee...

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pluralistic, 8 days ago to random

860 words (7327 total) on Enshittification (a nonfiction book about platform decay) #DailyWords

pluralistic, 8 days ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: UK publishers suing Google for $17.4b over rigged ad markets; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/06/stealing-money-not-content/

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pluralistic, 8 days ago to random

Look, no one wants to kick Big Tech to the curb more than I do, but, also: it's good that Google indexes the news so people can find it, and it's good that Facebook provides forums where people can talk about the news.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/06/stolen-money-not-content/#content-free

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pluralistic, 8 days ago to random

There ain't no Sanity Clause

https://prospect.org/economy/2024-06-06-loaded-up-with-junk/

#JunkFees

See also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Sy6oiJbEk

pluralistic, 9 days ago to random

815 words (6466 total) on Enshittification (a nonfiction book about platform decay) #DailyWords

pluralistic, 9 days ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Surveillance pricing; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/

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The produce section of a grocery store, with Kroger's signage. It is animated. The image fades to a version in which all the hand-lettered price signs are replaced with code waterfalls as seen in the credit-sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The image fades again and the huge, menacing eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' appears in the center aisle, and all the prices have doubled. The image fades again and the doubled prices are replaced with the code waterfall again. The image then loops. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

pluralistic, 9 days ago to privacy

Noted anti-capitalist agitator Adam Smith had it right: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/#privacy-first-again

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The produce section of a grocery store, with Kroger's signage. It is animated. The image fades to a version in which all the hand-lettered price signs are replaced with code waterfalls as seen in the credit-sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The image fades again and the huge, menacing eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' appears in the center aisle, and all the prices have doubled. The image fades again and the doubled prices are replaced with the code waterfall again. The image then loops. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

pluralistic, 10 days ago to random

My God, what have I done?

A boom box in a spotlight on a black stage with a red curtain backdrop. It's the pantages theater screening of Stop Making Sense.
Me with a boom box in a spotlight on a black stage with a red curtain backdrop. It's the pantages theater screening of Stop Making Sense.

pluralistic, 10 days ago to random

871 words (5651 total) on Enshittification (a nonfiction book about platform decay) #DailyWords

dancingindystopia, 10 days ago to muzykametalowa Polish

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pluralistic, 10 days ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Joseph Cox's "Dark Wire"; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/04/anom-nom-nom/

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pluralistic, 10 days ago to random

No one was better positioned to tell the tale of the largest sting operation in world history than veteran tech reporter Joseph Cox, and tell it he did, in Dark Wire, released today:

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/04/anom-nom-nom/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-ndrangheta

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