{ "count": 23, "items": [ { "id": 19571, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/14/one-chokable-throat", "title": "Pluralistic: Capital formation (14 Aug 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Capital formation: Going legit means going mainstream. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: London Copyfighters x Speaker's Corner; TSA v lipstick; Long Beach v photographers; China x David Cameron's internet censorship; McMansion Hell; Copyrighting an MTG deck; \"Privacy preserving age verification\" delenda est. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin'", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-08-14T11:10:41.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19571" }, { "id": 18555, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners", "title": "Pluralistic: Surveillance vs guillotines (11 Aug 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Surveillance vs guillotines: Someone's gonna fleece these rubes, why not me? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DeCSS; Warhol Worm; Camgirls x Amazon wishlists; 2021 State of Tech (in 2001); RIAA v grieving family; Stasi disguises. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. 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 writin' 'em.", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-08-11T11:19:13.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18555" }, { "id": 17713, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city", "title": "Pluralistic: Digital sewer socialism (08 Aug 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Digital sewer socialism: Mamdani's Public Interest Technologists are what DOGE should have been. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Robot garage takes hostages; Thermostat ransomware; Correlate audience exhalations; Judges x TOR; Expectations management. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said,", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-08T09:04:00.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17713" }, { "id": 15969, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor", "title": "Pluralistic: Dualism (03 Aug 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Dualism: Why not both? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: UK's Great Firewall falls; Mint the coins; Virtual pets v DRM; Getty copyfrauds 47,000 photos; Net Mexico-US illegal migration is zero; Build a wall (around Trump Tower); Remote-hacking big rigs; Collectible AOL CDs; Indefinite Gitmo; Circuit City rips DVDs; Real Names policies are abusive failures; Escher in a water drop; Maximally code-like bugs. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne,", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-03T08:25:53.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15969" }, { "id": 15459, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it", "title": "Pluralistic: Better to beg forgiveness (31 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Better to beg forgiveness: Don't ring the doorbell at the house of no unless you absolutely must. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Poul Anderson; P2P at PC Forum; Waitress handed her own stolen ID by carded diner; PDX bans fixies; Digital Economy Bill was a stitch up; NZ copyright disconnection flowchart; Fry v Widdicombe on Catholic Church; Moxie Marlinspike profile; V&A bans sketching; Gernsback's intro to the first Amazing Stories; \"Simplicity.\" Up", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy,copyright-ip", "published_at": "2026-07-31T11:56:12.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15459" }, { "id": 15067, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy", "title": "Pluralistic: The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing (30 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing: Since 1850, San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce has been pissing in our mouths and calling it rain. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Wau Holland; Diebold voting machines suck; How to steal an RFID-locked car; Pirates are big spenders; You can't fight enshittification. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest b", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-30T12:51:03.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15067" }, { "id": 14654, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/29/la-la-la-la-la", "title": "Pluralistic: Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global (29 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global: The good globalism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Fonz thumps x Linux; CBC v DRM; Aussie mall v photos; English town x CCTVs; Pay no taxes x Big Tech; Games Workshop v gamers; Delta x surveillance pricing. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I s", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-29T08:09:34.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14654" }, { "id": 14291, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/hitl-ers", "title": "Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Discernment: How can you fact-check AI when you're asking it to teach you something you don't understand? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: How to help with computers; Batman equation; Fuck and the law; NC's racist voting law; Pregancy app is full of spyware; Stiglitz v Apple's \"tax fraud\"; Accelerometer fingerprinting; Sacklers v bankruptcy; Boss-politics antitrust. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent a", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-28T10:44:03.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14291" }, { "id": 13889, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/eucd-6", "title": "Pluralistic: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) (27 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump): Grant me the courage to change the things I can. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Chilling Effects; Billy Bragg v Myspace; Glenn Beck calls murdered Norwegian children \"Hitler Youth\"; Photog sues Getty for $1b copyfraud; Best paid CEOs perform worst; Olympics v \"Olympics\"; Alberta tar sands v \"hot lesbians\"; IoT security apocalypse; 3 Little Pigs in pidgin; The nasty party; Copyright extortionist infringed fel", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "copyright-ip,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-27T10:52:03.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13889" }, { "id": 13546, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty", "title": "Pluralistic: Apple's robo-repo (25 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Apple's robo-repo: Privatizing the risk premium, socializing its costs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Printed batteries; Monopoly credit cards; Mapping airport power outlets; EMI loves pirates; Mexican indigenous phone co-op; Sewer cover textiles; Surge pricing v antitrust; Carbon offsets v forest fires; Charter schools as money laundries. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've b", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "children-education,environment", "published_at": "2026-07-25T10:41:10.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13546" }, { "id": 13290, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income", "title": "Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links AI solipsists and AI cynics: You don't have to believe that AI \"works\" to believe that it's a good investment. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Malware v stolen computer; Industrial material made from old coffee and melted cups; Austro-Germany's weird tunnels; Health data v Silicon Valley; Amusement parks v load-balancing. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: Y", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "healthcare,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-24T10:21:03.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13290" }, { "id": 13291, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime", "title": "Pluralistic: California's privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links California's privacy obstacle course: Malice or incompetence (why not both?). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Continuous partial attention, TSA is the worst; Trump's FCC v the future. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. 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 writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. California's privacy", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-23T10:27:55.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13291" }, { "id": 12800, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper", "title": "Pluralistic: Trump's America can't even win a rigged game (22 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Trump's America can't even win a rigged game: America has created a post-American world. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: \"Fagin\"; Scott McCloud on comics' future; Laurie Penny on Milo Yiannopoulos; Singaporean regulator rap; Conservatives as bitter rubes. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I sa", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-22T08:58:31.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12800" }, { "id": 12424, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers", "title": "Pluralistic: Dealing with dickovers (21 Jul 2026) dickovers", "summary": "Today's links Dealing with dickovers: The web is an open platform, and that matters. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Broadcast's bad week; Congress v wifi; EFF v DRM law; Snowden and bunnie's smartphone smartcase. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. 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 writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Deali", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-21T08:49:18.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12424" }, { "id": 11085, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/lucky-orifices", "title": "Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some absolute losers; Public interest internet; \"Close to the Machine\"; Gadget-friendly chinos; Gambiologia; Monkey selfie copyright; Prison towns v prison reform. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep rea", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "copyright-ip", "published_at": "2026-07-16T18:13:07.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11085" }, { "id": 2529, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor", "title": "Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids; Gary Larson v comics sharing; Planned LED obsolescence; PoGo v Black neighborhoods; Gnarlier trolley problems; Royal Society v cryptographic backdoors; Theresa May v climate change; Google v search; Facebook v facts. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Wher", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "children-education,environment", "published_at": "2026-07-14T11:10:45.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2529" }, { "id": 2533, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk", "title": "Pluralistic: Workplace \"flexibility\" isn't (11 Jul 2026)", "summary": "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 Alanya\"; ToS are the internet's biggest lie; Soviet jokes; Fox rapists v gag orders; GBAO is the future; \"Fun Family\"; Sacklers get to keep the loot. Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep ", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-07-11T08:54:28.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2533" }, { "id": 2537, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans", "title": "Pluralistic: \"Rights for robots\" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)", "summary": "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: Awkward questions for the entertainment industry; ISP v record label death penalty; Coming out on Splash Mountain; Negative Swiss bond yields; Are We Having Fun Yet? Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'e", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-10T09:52:06.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2537" }, { "id": 2541, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/07/going-global", "title": "Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)", "summary": "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: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Sex work synonyms; Carthedral; French pirates; Suffragette surveillance; Hidden library apartments; \"The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro\" x James Earl Jones; Farage quits; Peak indifference; Self publishing; Pepsi spies try to buy Coke formula; Steal this wiki; SF is the only lit people care enough a", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-07T12:24:15.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2541" }, { "id": 2545, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/03/rod-logic", "title": "Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)", "summary": "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 look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Real elections v reality TV; Copyright troll loses license; Who gets fed housing subsidies? Trump x forced labor. Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em,", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "jobs-economy,copyright-ip", "published_at": "2026-07-03T09:00:15.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2545" }, { "id": 2547, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters", "title": "Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)", "summary": "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: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Microsoft antitrust overturned; Scammer carves C64; RIP Jim Baen; GOP rep to constituent's child: \"drop dead\" (literally); CCTVs jacked for botnet; Olympic profitability lie; Human factors in health infosec; Exfiltration via computer fans; Congress's summer schedule: 9 working days; Antitrust is political antigra", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "healthcare,children-education", "published_at": "2026-06-29T16:34:57.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2547" }, { "id": 2548, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/zuckerstreisand-2", "title": "Pluralistic: Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers (27 Jun 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers: Under no circumstances should you rush out and read the book that prompted Mark Zuckerberg to demand $111m and eternal auctorial silence. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Flame warriors; Cryptography and casinos; TSA v dying 95 year old woman's adult diaper; Neoliberalism and Brexit; Beyond solutionism; How Thiel cheated with his Roth; Inequality's stabilizer; Palm Pilot school; Gillmor on PR flacks", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-06-27T11:14:05.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2548" }, { "id": 2549, "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/25/thieve-different", "title": "Pluralistic: Jailbreaking isn't theft (25 Jun 2026)", "summary": "Today's links Jailbreaking isn't theft: It wasn't progress when they did it, it's not piracy when we do it back to them. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Major AI breakthrough; Disney v Pooh tombstone; Vancouver riot kiss; Farage admits Brexit lies; Protecting the web from its founders; Sanders x Hillary; Surveillance pricing v your dollars. Upcoming appearances: Philadelphia, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearanc", "authors": "Cory Doctorow", "category": "org", "topics": "safety-alignment,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-06-25T09:37:35.000Z", "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2549" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }