Every now and then I start to think it could be fun and even useful to buy a Kindle. Then I read stuff like Amazon remotely wipes woman’s Kindle, and come to my senses.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Linda Qiu, the article's author, begins her online bio with, "I help readers sort through political spin through research and reporting." Uh-huh. March 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- "Because we think we can get away with it." I doubt anyone has standing to object unless someone in the payment chain were to seek a declaratory judgement. This seems ripe for Anti-Deficiency Act prosecutions, absent pardons, come the Restoration. Wish we had legislator or taxpayer standing. March 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Family: Sarah Lorr, How Should a Mother Feel?, JOTWELL (March 27, 2026) (reviewing Elizabeth Kukura, Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence, 57 Ariz. St. L. J. 557 (2025)), family.jotwell.com/how-should-a.... March 27, 2026 Jotwell
- Friend @wendyg.bsky.social flags www.terrygodier.com/the-last-qui... which do elegantly points out how much devices demand of us. Analog watch, old car, glad I've resisted IoT except for weather-wise sprinkler. And update trap, except phone. And computers. And router... March 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Better than a baby beaver video. What Happens When a Whale Is Born? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... March 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I’d recommend an alternate reader and uploading the books via app (e.g., I have a nook color hacked into running android and upload content using Calibre or Dropbox). The convenience of the kindle is amazon’s whispernet, which is how the manage/remotely wipe the content; remove whispernet and you lose the one-click convenience but also the worry that your recently bought book will disappear.