By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026(I really hope Trump's plan to rename it the "Strait of Trump" catches on, so that his name in invoked with every tanker that traverses the strait, weakening the dollar and America's power - a very fitting legacy.) 12/ 140
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026For the past quarter-century, I've fought the US Trade Representative in various international fora, as the USTR piled all kinds of conditions America's trading partners that made it impossible to pursue any kind of technological sovereignty: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3... 13/pluralistic.netPluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 120
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026Every now and then, I think about how *furious* the USTR must be, watching Trump blunder through all the subtle traps they wove around the planet. 14/ 130
