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🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I’ve been waiting for Doctorow’s take on this, and it’s good. I’m an Apple user, but Doctorow’s criticisms all ring true to me.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Dammit, I literally just started following Motherboard again.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Fascinating post. Grateful for Doctorow’s honesty at his being scammed and interested in the idea that lowering quality of services through AI trains us to accept fraud.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides (16 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Some interesting thoughts here from Doctorow. Makes me want to put more effort into OER.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s “A City On Mars” (09 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I’ve wanted to read this book for a while, but Doctorow has really sold me on it.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: An adversarial iMessage client for Android (07 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I’m an Apple user, but that never stops me from agreeing with Doctorow’s critiques.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I haven’t been following this debate, but Doctorow and White’s points resonate with me.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Kickstarting the audiobook of The Lost Cause, my novel of environmental hope (02 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I backed this before Kickstarter could even say “Hey, you’ve backed stuff from Doctorow in the past…”
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Bill Willingham puts his graphic novel series “Fables” into the public domain (15 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Appreciate Doctorow’s detailed (and expert) perspectve here.
🔗 linkblog: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/07/govern-yourself-accordingly/'
Appreciate Doctorow’s thinking here.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: The surprising truth about data-driven dictatorships (26 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Interesting stuff from Doctorow. If I can, I want to work it into my data science textbook for next semester.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that’s what you prefer) (17 May 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I have been furious with Intuit since ProPublica did their great reporting on this, but I’ve continued to use TurboTax because the system is broken. Very excited for this news, and I appreciate Doctorow’s passionnate take.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: 07 Oct 2022 “Don’t install spy on a privacy lab,” and other lessons for university provosts – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
There is so much of both horrible and hopeful in this story. The way we’re normalizing surveillance is really worrying, and I’m glad some people are fighting back.
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Why do we let inkjet printers get away with this nonsense?
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: 16 Feb 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Doctorow tackles the grossest parts of ed tech. It’s a great read.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Pluralistic: 28 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Intellectual property can be a human rights issue.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Doctorow has some good thoughts on surveillance capitalism here.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Pluralistic: 19 Aug 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Cory Doctorow has THOUGHTS about data. I may use this in my data science class this semester.