Today’s links Pluralistic is five: Blogging as a way of clawing back your attention. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 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 keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: All the rest. Pluralistic is five (permalink) Five years and two weeks ago, I parted ways with Boing Boing, a website I co-own and wrote for virtually every day for 19 years ago. Two weeks later – five years ago from today – I started my own blog, Pluralistic, which is, therefore, half a decade old, as of today. I’ve written an annual rumination on this most years since. Here’s the fourth anniversary post (on blogging as a way to organize thoughts for big, ambitious, synthetic works): https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/#synthesis The third (on writing without analytics): https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/drei-drei-drei/#now-we-are-three The second (on “post own site, share everywhere,” AKA “POSSE”): https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/19/now-we-are-two/#two-much-posse I wasn’t sure what I would write about today, but I figured it out yesterday, in the car, driving to my book-launch event with Wil Wheaton at LA’s Diesel Books (tonight’s event is in Seattle, with Dan Savage): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-with-dan-savage-picks-and-shovels-a-martin-hench-novel-tickets-1106741957989 I was listening to the always excellent Know Your Enemy podcast, where the hosts were interviewing Chris Hayes: https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/pay-attention-w-chris-hayes-OA3C8ZMp The occasion was the publication of Hayes’s new book, The Sirens’ Call, about the way technology interacts with our attention: https://sirenscallbook.com The interview was fascinating, and steered…Pluralistic: Pluralistic is five (19 Feb 2025)