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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 days ago

Pope's meeting with Kim Davis not an endorsement - Vatican

The Vatican insists the Pope's meeting with gay marriage row clerk Kim Davis in Washington was not an endorsement of her position.

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@rbos@mastodon.novylen.net replied · 2 days ago

@pluralistic
Cancer diagnosis? I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck...

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 days ago

@rbos Thank you.

@DavidReed@mastodon.online replied · 3 days ago

@pluralistic "It turns out that when there's a lot more demand for a given mineral, people who've previously disregarded potential sources of that material suddenly pipe up with information about where (a lot) more of it can be found." As if guided by an invisible hand.

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Cambridge, MA; Washington, #DC and #Brooklyn!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

John H "looking for work" :zenbrowser: :linux: :rick:

@mrclark@infosec.exchange replied · 3 days ago

@pluralistic
Any of these going to be streamed as I'm at least a 4 1/2 hour drive from the nearest tour location?

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 days ago

@mrclark NY will be, still checking on the rest, and as many as poss will be recorded and posted (there's also a documentary crew following me and recording some of these dates, so they'll be incorporated into an eventual doc - you can support their crowdfunder by pre-purchasing a download and two cinema tickets here: https://www.patreon.com/Enshittified)

@ahoyboyhoy@floss.social replied · 3 days ago

@pluralistic already sold out in BK, congratulations!

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library

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I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.

The American Prospect

The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months

Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat Control, which EFF has strongly opposed since it was first introduced in 2022, keeps being mildly...

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

Woodward County, Oklahoma: Why do so many here doubt climate change? | CNN

CNN’s John D. Sutter visits Woodward County, Oklahoma, which has one of the highest rates of skepticism about climate change in the United States.

The London Underground Rent Map: Where You Can't Afford to Live, by Stop

Jesus Hyde Park Corner, relax.

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 days ago

The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world

Volkswagen didn’t make a faulty car: they programmed it to cheat intelligently. The difference isn’t semantics, it’s game-theoretical (and it borders on applied demonology).

First look: Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet

I received my $50 Fire tablet yesterday, and spent the next few hours playing with it. It’s been an education, to be sure. The tablet is similar to an ordinary Android tablet in a lot of ways, but just different enough to fall into an uncanny valley of frustration.

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