Ah, that new toaster smell...

New toaster review: Yep, this is toast. Toaster works. Not much else to say about it.

I think the strange individuals who left negative reviews of this cheap electrical appliance were putting too much faith in the transformative powers of twice-cooked bread. It's a toaster. It makes toast. What the fuck else were they hoping for?

@MarkAsser

There is apparently a smart toaster for nearly £500 that is all the rage on tickety tock

@TheBreadmonkey @MarkAsser

I wonder if that £500 toaster stops working when the company goes bust because it's linked to the cloud or something, like Unauthorized Bread by @pluralistic

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

Unauthorized Bread: Real rebellions involve jailbreaking IoT toasters

Cory Doctorow's book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here's an excerpt.

Ars Technica