@doctorow.pluralistic.net
I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
@doctorow.pluralistic.net PinnedToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Digital sewer socialism; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/f...
1/
@doctorow.pluralistic.netWhoosh
@doctorow.pluralistic.netYou're half right.
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@harbourfordyce.bsky.socialReposted by @doctorow.pluralistic.netTell that to the person flying to see their dying mother. Tell that to the person trying to return to their partner safe and sound. Tell that to the person sho just wants to get home and is barely holding it together to get theough TSA nd not encounter ICE. Don't be a dick.
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@doctorow.pluralistic.netBirchwood Resort of East Stroudsburg, Poconos, Pennsylvania operated from the 1950s until its closure in the early 2000s. Pictured is its bowling alley, just one of many activities offered to guests. deadmotelsusa.com/post/8301919...
@dreamseadrifter.bsky.socialReposted by @doctorow.pluralistic.netIt's an escalator. You're not standing in the way of capitalist bulldozers, you're just inconveniencing a few dozen tired travelers trying to get to their gate on time.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netHalloween still with Jamie Lee Curtis. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8301853...
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@doctorow.pluralistic.netFrontispiece and title page from On the Chewing of the Dead in their Graves by Michael Ranft. (Written 1725, this edition 1734) starrywisdomsect.tumblr.com/post/8301863...
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
@doctorow.pluralistic.netPascal Blanché. www.tumblr.com/orchidblack/...
@doctorow.pluralistic.netMemento Mori, Johann Elias Ridinger, engraving, c. 1760 www.tumblr.com/vintermorke/...
@doctorow.pluralistic.netThe Garden Cottages Motel of Rapid City, South Dakota has been closed since 2018. deadmotelsusa.com/post/8301823...
@kevinmarks.comReposted by @doctorow.pluralistic.netI inherited a long run of 1960s Analog from a friend of my father's when he was moving to Australia. Long gone now, but I did see a similar collection on sale in a Mountain View bookshop a few years ago.
@stevekenson.comReposted by @doctorow.pluralistic.netAs @johnrogers.bsky.social rightly cites, a billionaire is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuclear weapon in terms of the damage they can do and should be treated with the same seriousness by society.
@climatebook.bsky.socialReposted by @doctorow.pluralistic.netI had a copy of this very issue when I was a kid! Premise is that a 20th century bomber and pilot get time-transported back to WWI, but it proves surprisingly hard to use it to win the war. I miss those Analog pulp magazines on paper. I can't remember if I got the issue new, or in a bundle of
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
