Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: O(N^2) nationalism; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/26/difficult-multipolarism/
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Discussion
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: O(N^2) nationalism; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/26/difficult-multipolarism/
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The task you discussed is monumental and should not be limited to governments.
Individual, municipal and state or province level digital sovereignty is important as well.
I would love the ability to flip the nationalistic America or whatever first into digital sovereignty first talking point stealing every last sentiment right wing libertarians has spent hundreds of millions of dollars proselytizing to Americans.
Call it IP theft
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O(N^2) nationalism: Trumpism can only be defeated throuh international nationalism.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115616057501022993
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Hey look at this
* On contrarian history https://going-medieval.com/2025/11/25/on-contrarian-history/
* Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices https://www.wired.com/story/game-theory-explains-how-algorithms-can-drive-up-prices/
* Part 1: My Life Is a Lie https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* The American Pay Cut That Gave Us Obama and Trump, Twice https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html (h/t Hacker News)
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#20yrsago Transformers costumes that turn into cars and jets https://web.archive.org/web/20051127021810/http://www.marksprojects.com/costumestrans.htm
#15yrsago London police brutally kettle children marching for education https://web.archive.org/web/20101126000126/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/11/children-police-kettle-protest
#15yrsago Kremlinology with Rupert Murdoch: what do the Times paywall numbers mean? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/nov/25/times-paywall-cory-doctorow
#10yrsago Ifixit is the new Justice League of America and Kyle Wiens is its Superman https://web.archive.org/web/20151125125009/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-fix-everything
#5yrsago Random Penguin to buy Simon & Schuster https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the-peoples-amazon/#merger-to-monopoly
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#5yrsago A state-owned Amazon https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the-peoples-amazon/#correo-compras
#5yrsago Office 365 spies on employees for bosses https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the-peoples-amazon/#clippys-revenge
#5yrsago Tech in SF https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the-peoples-amazon/#asl
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Yesterday's threads: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" ; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115611354700018840
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