Pluralistic: Why aren’t AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Why aren’t AI companies competing directly with their customers? Why sell picks and shovels if you’ve already struck gold? Hey look at this:…
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Pluralistic: Workplace “flexibility” isn’t (11 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Workplace “flexibility” isn’t: What the gig economy calls flexibility is just risk-shifting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: “Alanya to…
Pluralistic: “Rights for robots” and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)
Today’s links “Rights for robots” and the AI slavery fantasy: When we were robots in Egypt… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…
Pluralistic: Post-political (09 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Post-political: What a “leftist” is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT x OSCON; Parental spyware; “Resurrection Man”; Brexit do-over…
Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)
Today’s links How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech: Their common enemies are Trump and his tech giants. Hey look at this:…
Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)
Today’s links CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code: With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity. Hey…
Pluralistic: The difference between “today’s task” and “accretive work” (02 Jul 2026)
Today’s links The difference between “today’s task” and “accretive work”: Sometimes, “I got it working” is fine, but sometimes it isn’t. Hey look at this:…
Pluralistic: Technocarcinization (01 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Technocarcinization: Enshittification is the great leveler. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Grampa’s backyard Disneyland; Elizabeth Warren on monopolies; Spotify…
Pluralistic: Jo Walton’s “Everybody’s Perfect” (30 Jun 2026)
Today’s links Jo Walton’s “Everybody’s Perfect”: A mystical tour-de-force that makes you feel like your mundane life until this point has all been a boring…
Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)
Today’s links Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search: We’re All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This. Hey look at this:…