Today's links Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed: The better things are for your boss, the worse they are for you. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dr Bruce Sterling; Buddy Holly's overnight bag; Zombie postcapitalism. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. 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. Friction cannot be...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
n 2023 and 2024, the American Dialect Society and the Macquarie Dictionary selected “enshittification” as their respective “word of the year.” The more-than-vaguely-vulgar-sounding word — and make no mistake, it IS an actual word as outlined by Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com — has a strong definition: when products and services decline in quality over time, or […] The post HH: A broken foot, a grumpy cat and the enshittification of college football appeared first on NonDoc.| NonDoc
This is Part 2 of a two-part essay on AI’s growing grip on human relationships.| BEEW
And we have the receipts. We have history's ledger as proof. Run your finger through any century and you'll come upon entries so appalling they read like ...| BEEW
What a freaking summer. Gaza, Iran, Epstein, Mamdani, Exploding debt, Imploding Dems, B2 Bombers, Active Shooters, AI Doomers… wtf!!!.| BEEW
Ask anyone over 40 these days (and far too many under 40), and they'll tell you humanity is doomed. AI will enslave us. \ Society will collapse on us. \...| BEEW
インターネットがクソになったのは「歴史の大いなる流れ」のせいでも「ネットワーク効果」「規模の経済」のせいでもない。大メタクソ化は、記憶に新しい時代の、名前のわかる特定の個人の下した、特定の政策判断の結果なのだ。 The post インターネットを壊したのは誰か? first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
支配的企業は成長企業ではなくなる。その瞬間、将来の成長に対する投資家の信念が崩れ去り、我先に過大評価された株式を精算しようと「売り」ボタンに殺到する――Amazonは常にそのような脅威と隣り合わせなのだ。 The post Amazonがプライバシー設定をなし崩しで破壊、Alexaの音声アップロードを強行 first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
テックワーカーとギグワーカーの連帯こそが、テック企業のボスに勝ち、クソテクノロジー採用曲線を打ち破る唯一の道だ。 The post 「Amazonコーダーの未来」は「Amazon倉庫労働者の現在」を見ればわかる first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
Remember when technology felt like magic? Long before the sleek, genius-staffed Apple Store, before soulless big-box electronics warehouses, before the in...| BEEW
A Seattle-based programmer/musician who makes games, comics, and bad decisions.| beesbuzz.biz
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We live in smaller filter bubbles than we may realise.| The lost outpost
Musks Plattform X wird von einer weiteren Exodus-Welle erfasst. Vor allem der Konkurrent Bluesky profitiert davon, während das unkommerzielle und dezentrale Fediverse leer ausgeht. Woran liegt das?| netzpolitik.org
Just over a year ago I wrote this post, drawing on lyrics from The Who and the Rolling Stones to explain my lingering scepticism about Bluesky. After being fooled by Elon Musk, should we trust Bluesky? I wasn’t fully convinced then, was more convinced in the past 12 months, and […]| Jon Worth Euroblog
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Dhole Moments is not a music blog. I will not pretend to be an expert on music, music theory, or music appreciation. But it goes even further than that: I am so untalented at music that I exert a v…| Dhole Moments
I've written a tool for creating a searchable archive of all your Reddit data.| xavd.id