Pluralistic: 26 Feb 2021

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K-Zombies: Zombies conquer Korea.
Privacy is not property: Interests, not exclusive rights.
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Pluralistic: 25 Feb 2021

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Against hygiene theater: Wired: Ventilation. Tired: Handwashing. Fired: Sterilization.
Saving the planet is illegal: Time to torch the Energy Charter Treaty.
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Pluralistic: 24 Feb 2021

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Bossware and the shitty tech adoption curve: White collar workers, your blue collar comrades tried to warn you.
EVs as distributed storage grid: Go green, buy a bigger truck.
The Mauritanian: Hitler painted roses and GWB does portraiture.
Court rejects TSA qualified immunity: Government genital massages can be video-recorded.
Why Brits can no longer order signed copies of my books: Brexit!
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Pluralistic: 23 Feb 2021

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Private equity's nursing home killing spree: Pre- and post-covid.
Malcolm X's true killers: NYPD deathbed confessions confirms "conspiracy theory."
A voyage to the moon of 1776: Filippo Morghen's imaginary travelogue.
German covid coinages: Schadenfreude fur CoronaFußgruß.
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Pluralistic: 22 Feb 2021

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What Democrats need to do: Don't just stand there, govern.
Automated functional drone manufacture: Robutts stole my jerb.
Privacy Without Monopoly Pt 2: This week on my podcast.
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Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2021

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K-shaped recovery vs wealth taxes: Evita's spectre is haunting Argentina.
Facebook vs Australia: It's not a link-tax, it's collective bargaining.
The Paltrow-Industrial Complex: How Goop is cashing in on covid.
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Pluralistic: 20 Feb 2021

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Tech trustbusting's moment has arrived: The end of the beginning is at hand.
Signed copies of HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM: Relief for your screen-burned eyes.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 19 Feb 2021

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My talks with Edward Snowden and William Gibson: Two wonderful books for your TBR.
Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police: A deep postmortem and legal repercussions.
How Republicans froze Texas solid: Market Lysenkoists.
Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower: Big bezzle energy.
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Pluralistic: 18 Feb 2021

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Planet Money on HP's myriad ripoffs: Ink-stained wretches of the world, unite!
Strength in numbers: The crisis in accounting.
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Pluralistic: 17 Feb 2021

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Reverse centaurs and the failure of AI: Turkers all the way down.
Gorgeous, slipcased editions of public domain classics: Dave McKean's Crime and Punishment.
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