The Case for Blogging in the Ruins

In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholic Church condemned it, Diderot's collaborators abandoned him, his publisher secretly censored entries behind his back, and he worked

Pluralistic: Why Wikipedia works (05 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Introduction to Wikipedia - June 2025

Learn how Wikipedia content is created

Our Online Homes Need Infastructure - The History of the Web

A home online is about as essential as it gets. But we need to make that easier. Where are we heading to build this new web together?

I give you feedback on your blog post draft but you don't send it to me

I say to you the same things I say to everyone, but it's good.

Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

The blogosphere is in full bloom. The rest of the internet has wilted

As blogging pioneer Dave Winer’s site turns 30, it’s a reminder that good writing and thinking has flourished beyond the reach of social media

The Gift of Comments

Before the rise of social media as the web’s public conversation space, where I felt it happened well, was across the comment space of blogs. As distributed as it was, it might have been a &#…