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- Pluralistic: Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir (12 Feb 2026)Feb 12, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir: There is power in the union. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Premature internet activists; Privacy Without Monopoly; "Broad Band"; Yazidi supersoldiers; I was a Jeopardy! clue. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin'
- Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026)Feb 11, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world: Recapturing $24t worth of transactions from Visa/Mastercard. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: API for Congress; Steampunk fetish mask; Hillary x AOL login screen; Suffragist Valentines; Musk x Intuit vs the American people. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Lates
- Pluralistic: The Nuremberg Caucus (10 Feb 2026)Feb 10, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links The Nuremberg Caucus: What do Democrats have to lose? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bradbury x LA monorails; Red Cross vs first aid kits; Wyden on CIA Senate spying; Coates x Sanders; Nerdy Valentines; Duke U, trademark troll; "The Murder Next Door." Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readi
- Pluralistic: The Epstein class and collapse porn (09 Feb 2026)Feb 09, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links The Epstein class and collapse porn: Buy the dip! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Web 1.0 logos; Legality of printing Catan tiles; Hamster strandbeest; Pactuator; Michican bans oral; Blooks; Yours is a very bad hotel; Yippie Disneyland invasion model; Floppy toccata; Happy Birthday trolls owe $14m; Jughead is ace; Snowden for teens. Upcoming appearances: W
- Pluralistic: End of the line for video essays (07 Feb 2026)Feb 07, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links End of the line for video essays: America's worst copyright law keeps getting even worse. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Payphone phaseout; Nvidia sock-puppets; Love picking; Fake locksmiths. 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
- Pluralistic: Luxury Kafka (06 Feb 2026)Feb 06, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Luxury Kafka: US Immigration on the easiest setting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Whisky PC; Anitfeatures; Silicon Roundabout; Steampunk Etch-A-Sketch; MLMs as mirror-world organizers. 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 k
- Pluralistic: All laws are local (05 Feb 2026)Feb 05, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links All laws are local: And no law knows how evitable it is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Whisky PC; Anitfeatures; Silicon Roundabout; Steampunk Etch-A-Sketch; MLMs as mirror-world organizers. 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'
- Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026)Feb 04, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World": A biopunk medical thriller from a major new talent. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Coconut volunteers; Astro Noise; Rich old men behind "Millennials Rising"; Stop the "Stop the Steal" steal; "Chasing Shadows." Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You
- Pluralistic: Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box" (03 Feb 2026)Feb 03, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box": Short stories from a science fiction master at the top of his form. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DRM lobotomizes “human memory”; Crayola hex values; Tattoo artists copyright customers' bodies. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep w
- Pluralistic: Stock swindles (02 Feb 2026)Feb 02, 2026Cory Doctorow
Today's links Stock swindles: A buyback is not just a dividend by another name. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Acme License-Plate Maker; IPV4 delenda est; Mandatory gun-ownership; Sukey; Ross and Carrie x LRH; Criti-hype. 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