{"id":4914,"date":"2023-10-01T00:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/pluralistic-the-internet-is-not-a-linkdump-truck-30-sept-2023"},"modified":"2023-10-01T00:33:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T00:33:38","slug":"pluralistic-the-internet-is-not-a-linkdump-truck-30-sept-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/pluralistic-the-internet-is-not-a-linkdump-truck-30-sept-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluralistic: The internet is not a (link)dump truck (30 Sept 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s links The internet is not a (link)dump truck: It’s a series of totally tubular links. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming\/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading The internet is not a (link)dump truck (permalink) The second decade of the 21st century is truly a bounteous time. My backyard has produced a bumper crop of an invasive species of mosquito that is genuinely innovative: rather than confining itself to biting in the dusk and dawn golden hours, these stinging clouds of flying vampires bite at every hour that God sends: https:\/\/themagnet.substack.com\/p\/the-magnet-081-war-with-mosquitoes Here in the twilight of capitalism’s planet-devouring, half-century orgy of wanton destruction, there’s more news every day than I can possibly write a full blog post about every day, and as with many weeks, I have arrived at Saturday with a substantial backlog of links that didn’t fit into the week’s “Hey look at this” linkdumps. Thus, the eighth installment in my ongoing, semiregular series of Saturday linkdumps: https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/tag\/linkdump\/ This week, the miscellany begins with the first hesitant signs of an emerging, post-neoliberal order. The FTC, under direction of the force-of-nature that is Lina Khan, has brought its long-awaited antitrust case against Amazon. I am very excited about this. Disoriented, even. When was the last time you greeted every day with a warm feeling because high officials in the US government were working for the betterment of every person in the land? It’s enough to make one giddy. Plus, the New York…Pluralistic: The internet is not a (link)dump truck (30 Sept 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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