# normal technology (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover normal technology. Page: Feed: --- ## [Pluralistic: Born on technology's third base (21 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/21/world-historic-forces/) _2026-08-22 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Born on technology's third base: Material forces shape life-chances. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Glue; iPods v unions; RIP Jack Layton; Gibson on cities; Britain's sweatshop for terminally ill help-hcalls; NYPL's open CDN; Radical juries. Upcoming appearances: Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest… ## [Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/) _2026-08-20 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links The actual epistemic crisis: AI's assault on reality is an opportunistic infection. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disney goths; Running a con room party; Equation Group's fuggly sourcecode; "Bubble"; "The Weight." Upcoming appearances: Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em,… ## [Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/banaility/) _2026-08-19 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links The ordinariness of evil: Stop selling AI (bad). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dot-crash bumwad; AP v fair use; Nym Wars; What's ctrl-F? Pentagon lost $6.5T in a year; Voter ID is voter suppression; Become unoptimizable. Upcoming appearances: Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep… ## [Pluralistic: IP can't save you from AI (18 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/enron-corpus/) _2026-08-18 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links IP can't save you from AI: Property rights cannot substitute for labor rights and privacy rights. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Flying Brits v brown people; Probability neglect; Law v "enhanced patdowns"; Onion says Brits love paywalls; "Hench"; "Lessons in Magic and Disaster." Upcoming appearances: Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent… ## [Pluralistic: Jennifer Jenkins' 'Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture' (17 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/17/great-sousas-ghost/) _2026-08-17 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Jennifer Jenkins' 'Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture': The definitive textbook (with comics!). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Hair-gel bombers v bras; Hair-gel bombers v chemistry; AOL digs for spammer's platinum; Stross on infosec in 2061; In-game Ponzi; Snowden on Shadow Brokers hack; Life v understanding advanced math; "Greatest of Marlys!";… ## [Pluralistic: Capital formation (14 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/14/one-chokable-throat/) _2026-08-14 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Capital formation: Going legit means going mainstream. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: London Copyfighters x Speaker's Corner; TSA v lipstick; Long Beach v photographers; China x David Cameron's internet censorship; McMansion Hell; Copyrighting an MTG deck; "Privacy preserving age verification" delenda est. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney,… ## [Pluralistic: Model collapse (12 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/12/insurance-value-of-biodiversity/) _2026-08-12 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Model collapse: Living in a world that's trained on itself. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Wired v Dutch hackers; NYT v DMCA; Hair gel terrorist threat does not exist; AT T merger is a screwjob; Smart cities are stupid; RIP Reaganomics. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been.… ## [Pluralistic: Surveillance vs guillotines (11 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners/) _2026-08-11 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Surveillance vs guillotines: Someone's gonna fleece these rubes, why not me? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DeCSS; Warhol Worm; Camgirls x Amazon wishlists; 2021 State of Tech (in 2001); RIAA v grieving family; Stasi disguises. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest… ## [Pluralistic: The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/) _2026-08-10 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction: The only way to win is not to play. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Seymour Cray's tunnels; War on moisture; $5 wrench cryptanalysis; Nauru files; People's Ride; German transit upholstery fashion; Monopolies v small business; Linkedin will put you in ads; NZ Parliament kicks itself off the… ## [Pluralistic: Digital sewer socialism (08 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city/) _2026-08-08 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Digital sewer socialism: Mamdani's Public Interest Technologists are what DOGE should have been. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Robot garage takes hostages; Thermostat ransomware; Correlate audience exhalations; Judges x TOR; Expectations management. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances:… ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pK1xn5JsT11L) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Pluralistic: Eternal Sloptember (06 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/06/sin-is-when/) _2026-08-06 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Eternal Sloptember: Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without socializing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Delany x The Onion; Duran Duran x Second Life; Spammers x blog pings; Privacywashing v Doordash; Good ideas are popular. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've… [Listen](https://web.archive.org/web/20060818220142/http://movies.crooksandliars.com/HYHEMix.mp3) ## [Pluralistic: Google is a scammer's paradise (05 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/absentee-landlord/) _2026-08-05 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Google is a scammer's paradise: The internet's absentee landlord. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS; EZ realistic corpse; $300m login button; Short Uber; Who goes AI? Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll… [Listen](http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg) ## [Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/) _2026-08-04 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Post-American compute for a post-American Internet: Building cooperative human rights computing infrastructure in Puerto Rico, the EU, Canada and Mexico. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Urine Luck; Germany v pornoscanners; Moorcock's 3-day novels; Women's voices can never be "right"; Drone delivery v reality; Abortion activists: TNG; AI coders are a… ## [Pluralistic: Dualism (03 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor/) _2026-08-03 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Dualism: Why not both? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: UK's Great Firewall falls; Mint the coins; Virtual pets v DRM; Getty copyfrauds 47,000 photos; Net Mexico-US illegal migration is zero; Build a wall (around Trump Tower); Remote-hacking big rigs; Collectible AOL CDs; Indefinite Gitmo; Circuit City rips DVDs; Real Names policies are abusive failures;… ## [Pluralistic: Why businesses lie about AI (01 Aug 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/) _2026-08-01 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Why businesses lie about AI: Humoring the boss all the way into bankruptcy. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Vinge x NYT; Syklarov x publishers; Human hair castles; Gingrich's bot army; Accessibility v Web DRM; David Byrne x WinXP; Furries don't fuck in fursuits; AI's pogo-stick grift. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London,… ## [Pluralistic: Better to beg forgiveness (31 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it/) _2026-07-31 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Better to beg forgiveness: Don't ring the doorbell at the house of no unless you absolutely must. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Poul Anderson; P2P at PC Forum; Waitress handed her own stolen ID by carded diner; PDX bans fixies; Digital Economy Bill was a stitch up; NZ copyright disconnection flowchart; Fry v Widdicombe on Catholic Church; Moxie… ## [Pluralistic: The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing (30 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/) _2026-07-30 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing: Since 1850, San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce has been pissing in our mouths and calling it rain. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Wau Holland; Diebold voting machines suck; How to steal an RFID-locked car; Pirates are big spenders; You can't fight enshittification. Upcoming appearances:… ## [Pluralistic: Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global (29 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/29/la-la-la-la-la/) _2026-07-29 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global: The good globalism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Fonz thumps x Linux; CBC v DRM; Aussie mall v photos; English town x CCTVs; Pay no taxes x Big Tech; Games Workshop v gamers; Delta x surveillance pricing. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances:… ## [Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/hitl-ers/) _2026-07-28 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Discernment: How can you fact-check AI when you're asking it to teach you something you don't understand? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: How to help with computers; Batman equation; Fuck and the law; NC's racist voting law; Pregancy app is full of spyware; Stiglitz v Apple's "tax fraud"; Accelerometer fingerprinting; Sacklers v bankruptcy; Boss-politics… ## [Pluralistic: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) (27 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/eucd-6/) _2026-07-27 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump): Grant me the courage to change the things I can. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Chilling Effects; Billy Bragg v Myspace; Glenn Beck calls murdered Norwegian children "Hitler Youth"; Photog sues Getty for $1b copyfraud; Best paid CEOs perform worst; Olympics v "Olympics"; Alberta tar sands v "hot lesbians"; IoT… [Listen](https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200709/r184705_686227.mp3) ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SazE0FKYJ0fh) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Pluralistic: Apple's robo-repo (25 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty/) _2026-07-25 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Apple's robo-repo: Privatizing the risk premium, socializing its costs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Printed batteries; Monopoly credit cards; Mapping airport power outlets; EMI loves pirates; Mexican indigenous phone co-op; Sewer cover textiles; Surge pricing v antitrust; Carbon offsets v forest fires; Charter schools as money laundries. Upcoming… ## [Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/) _2026-07-24 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links AI solipsists and AI cynics: You don't have to believe that AI "works" to believe that it's a good investment. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Malware v stolen computer; Industrial material made from old coffee and melted cups; Austro-Germany's weird tunnels; Health data v Silicon Valley; Amusement parks v load-balancing. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh,… ## [Pluralistic: California's privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/) _2026-07-23 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links California's privacy obstacle course: Malice or incompetence (why not both?). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Continuous partial attention, TSA is the worst; Trump's FCC v the future. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin'… ## [Pluralistic: Trump's America can't even win a rigged game (22 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/) _2026-07-22 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Trump's America can't even win a rigged game: America has created a post-American world. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Fagin"; Scott McCloud on comics' future; Laurie Penny on Milo Yiannopoulos; Singaporean regulator rap; Conservatives as bitter rubes. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances:… ## [Pluralistic: Dealing with dickovers (21 Jul 2026) dickovers](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers/) _2026-07-21 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Dealing with dickovers: The web is an open platform, and that matters. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Broadcast's bad week; Congress v wifi; EFF v DRM law; Snowden and bunnie's smartphone smartcase. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll… ## [Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/lucky-orifices/) _2026-07-16 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some absolute losers; Public interest internet; "Close to the Machine"; Gadget-friendly chinos; Gambiologia; Monkey selfie copyright; Prison towns v prison reform. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney,… ## [Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor/) _2026-07-14 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids; Gary Larson v comics sharing; Planned LED obsolescence; PoGo v Black neighborhoods; Gnarlier trolley problems; Royal Society v cryptographic backdoors; Theresa May v climate change; Google v search; Facebook v facts.… ## [Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/) _2026-07-13 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? Why sell picks and shovels if you've already struck gold? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Pro-logging Lorax; Anti-DRM picture book; Whose cops did America train? Day on a Device; Theresa May x Fresh Prince; Ratfucking Corbyn supporters; Infosec v W3C DRM; Remix Public Enemy; Hungary's Cold… ## [Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/) _2026-07-11 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Workplace "flexibility" isn't: What the gig economy calls flexibility is just risk-shifting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Alanya to Alanya"; ToS are the internet's biggest lie; Soviet jokes; Fox rapists v gag orders; GBAO is the future; "Fun Family"; Sacklers get to keep the loot. Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton,… ## [Pluralistic: "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans/) _2026-07-10 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy: When we were robots in Egypt Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Awkward questions for the entertainment industry; ISP v record label death penalty; Coming out on Splash Mountain; Negative Swiss bond yields; Are We Having Fun Yet? Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South… ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xKYGtaLCZIO4) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Pluralistic: Post-political (09 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/) _2026-07-09 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Post-political: What a "leftist" is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT x OSCON; Parental spyware; "Resurrection Man"; Brexit do-over petition; Workplace email spying; Record label internet death penalty; News should be cheap, free and chaotic; "Jughead". Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent… ## [Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/07/going-global/) _2026-07-07 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech: Their common enemies are Trump and his tech giants. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Sex work synonyms; Carthedral; French pirates; Suffragette surveillance; Hidden library apartments; "The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro" x James Earl Jones; Farage quits; Peak indifference; Self… ## [Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/03/rod-logic/) _2026-07-03 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code: With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Real elections v reality TV; Copyright troll loses license; Who gets fed housing subsidies? Trump x forced labor. Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne,… ## [Pluralistic: The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (02 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/02/canonization/) _2026-07-02 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work": Sometimes, "I got it working" is fine, but sometimes it isn't. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Series of tubes; Paralyzed teen beaten bloody by TSA; "Ultra unreal" Chinese lit; London property prices v Brexit; Biden v surprise billing; "Feeding Ghosts." Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh,… ## [Pluralistic: Technocarcinization (01 Jul 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/01/ontogeny/) _2026-07-01 · Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow_ Today's links Technocarcinization: Enshittification is the great leveler. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Grampa's backyard Disneyland; Elizabeth Warren on monopolies; Spotify v Apple (antitrust edn); Exxon lobbyist confesses; "When the Sparrow Falls." Upcoming appearances: London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where…