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Inside: Decarbonization at a distance; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/02/there-goes-the-sun/
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Turns out that, on top of everything else, solar panels are also a tool against desertification:
It's a win-win-win-win proposition.
@pluralistic
Cancer diagnosis? I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck...
@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.
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
Any of these going to be streamed as I'm at least a 4 1/2 hour drive from the nearest tour location?
@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)
@pluralistic already sold out in BK, congratulations!
Decarbonization at a distance: A post-American century that runs on sunshine.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115306313944299122
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Hey look at this
* The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-30-government-has-been-shut-down-for-months/
* I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/nyregion/zelle-chase-banking-scam.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.mifp.13j7oh96HfpC&smid=url-share
* Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0
* 18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It https://www.404media.co/18-lawyers-caught-using-ai-explain-why-they-did-it/
* The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer https://aadl.org/node/647334
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#15yrsago Stuttgart police use overwhelming force against peaceful protestors concerned about new train station https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-world-from-berlin-germany-shocked-by-disproportionate-police-action-in-stuttgart-a-720735.html
#10yrago Apple removes Ifixit’s repair manuals from App Store https://www.ifixit.com/News/7401/ifixit-app-pulled
#10yrsago Theoretical “auto-brothel” attack on mechanics’ computers could infect millions of cars https://www.wired.com/2015/10/car-hacking-tool-turns-repair-shops-malware-brothels/
#10yrsago France’s plan to legalize mass surveillance will give it the power to spy on the world https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/frances-government-aims-give-itself-and-nsa-carte-blanche-spy-world
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#10yrsago Tube-map labelled with one-bedroom flat rental rates https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/london/london-underground-rent-map
#10yrsago Nuanced profile of the Oklahoma County where “no one believes in climate change” https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/opinions/sutter-climate-skeptics-woodward-oklahoma/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
#10yrsago Judge John Hodgman is back in the NYThttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/judge-john-hodgman-on-a-christmas-wish.html?_r=0
#10yrsago Fuerdai: Paris Hilton with Chinese characteristics https://web.archive.org/web/20151002094642/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-10-01/children-of-the-yuan-percent-everyone-hates-china-s-rich-kids
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#10yrago New $50 Kindle Fire won’t recognize sideloaded ebooks on SD cards https://web.archive.org/web/20151002213918/https://teleread.com/chris-meadows/first-look-amazons-50-fire-tablet/
#10yrsago Landmark patent case will determine whether you can ever truly own a device againhttps://www.wired.com/2015/10/can-use-gadgets-may-hinge-printer-ink-case/?mbid=social_twitter
#10yrsago Internet of Things That Lie: the future of regulation is demonology https://web.archive.org/web/20151002063110/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rinesi20150925
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#10yrago New $50 Kindle Fire won’t recognize sideloaded ebooks on SD cards https://web.archive.org/web/20151002213918/https://teleread.com/chris-meadows/first-look-amazons-50-fire-tablet/
#10yrsago Landmark patent case will determine whether you can ever truly own a device againhttps://www.wired.com/2015/10/can-use-gadgets-may-hinge-printer-ink-case/?mbid=social_twitter
#10yrsago Internet of Things That Lie: the future of regulation is demonology https://web.archive.org/web/20151002063110/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rinesi20150925
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