Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm. — Tomorrow (Nov 4), I’m keynoting the Hackaday Supercon in Pasadena, CA. The thing is, any feed or search result is “algorithmic.” “Just show me the things posted by people I follow in reverse-chronological order” is an algorithm. “Just show me products that have this SKU” is an algorithm. “Alphabetical sort”…

2008, 2018. — Tomorrow (Nov 4), I’m keynoting the Hackaday Supercon in Pasadena, CA. #15yrsago The Essential Groucho https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/03/the-essential-groucho/ #5yrsago Swedish ISP punishes Elsevier for forcing it to block Sci-Hub by also blocking Elsevier https://torrentfreak.com/swedish-isp-protest-site-blocking-by-blocking-rightsholders-website-and-more-181102/ #5yrsago Disneyland’s laundry used “gamification” as an “electronic whip,” leading to worker stress and injuries https://aeon.co/essays/how-employers-have-gamified-work-for-maximum-profit

2003, 2013, 2018. Yesterday, Tor.com published my latest short story, “The Canadian Miracle,” set in the world of my forthcoming (Nov 14) novel, The Lost Cause. I am serializing this one on my podcast! Here’s part one. #20yrsago Mieville on Tolkien https://web.archive.org/web/20031025054631/https://www.panmacmillan.com/features/china/debate.htm #10yrsago Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s polls go up after he’s caught lying about crack-smoking video https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/mayor-rob-fords-approval-rating-ticks-upward-with-news-of-crack-video/article_a70fbaa2-eb4c-53ac-b732-d1ed3ab14002.html

If conservatives were really interested in millennial life-chances, they’d demand inheritance taxes, not Social Security cuts. — Today, Tor.com published my latest short story, “The Canadian Miracle,” set in the world of my forthcoming (Nov 14) novel, The Lost Cause. I am serializing this one on my podcast! Here’s part one. The very instant the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, American conservatives (in both parties)…

A new short story in the world of “The Lost Cause.” — “The Canadian Miracle” is a short story published today by Tor.com; it’s set in the world of The Lost Cause, my forthcoming Tor Books novel. I’m serializing it on my podcast! Here’s part one. Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. — Fred Rogers (1986) …

2013, 2018, 2022. — #10yrsago Reply to Tennessee prosecutor who doesn’t want to be called “the Government” by defendant https://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/11/captain-justice.html #10yrsago EFF: being forced to decrypt your files violates the Fifth https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/new-eff-amicus-brief-argues-fifth-amendment-prohibits-compelled-decryption #10yrsago Portraits of Walmart’s parking-lot nomads https://www.wired.com/2013/11/walmart-parking-lots/

“All of the above” is a highly selective proposition. — This morning (Oct 31) at 10hPT, the Internet Archive is livestreaming my presentation on my recent book, The Internet Con. There is only one planet in the known universe capable of sustaining human life, and it is rapidly becoming uninhabitable by humans. Clearly, this warrants bold action — but which…

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018. — This morning (Oct 31) at 10hPT, the Internet Archive is livestreaming my presentation on my recent book, The Internet Con. #20yrsago Web archiving legal in the UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3231483.stm #15yrsago Jonathan Carroll’s The Ghost in Love: magical and wonderful fantasy novel about ghosts and love and nostalgia https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/31/jonathan-carrolls-the-ghost-in-love-magical-and-wonderful-fantasy-novel-about-ghosts-and-love-and-nostalgia/

$46.5 billion incinerated and he’s richer than ever. — Tomorrow (Oct 31) at 10hPT, the Internet Archive is livestreaming my presentation on my recent book, The Internet Con. Think of everything that makes you miserable as being caught between two opposing, irresistible, irrefutable truths: “Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops” (Stein’s Law) “Markets can remain irrational longer…