Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026)

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Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world: Recapturing $24t worth of transactions from Visa/Mastercard.
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The Nuremberg Caucus: What do Democrats have to lose?
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The Epstein class and collapse porn: Buy the dip!
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End of the line for video essays: America's worst copyright law keeps getting even worse.
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Luxury Kafka: US Immigration on the easiest setting.
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All laws are local: And no law knows how evitable it is.
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Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World": A biopunk medical thriller from a major new talent.
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Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box": Short stories from a science fiction master at the top of his form.
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Stock swindles: A buyback is not just a dividend by another name.
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