Pluralistic: Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers (29 Nov 2023)

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Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers: Welcome to the age of danegeld.
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Pluralistic: Insurance companies are making climate risk worse (28 Nov 2023)

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Insurance companies are making climate risk worse: How to break the climate insurance doom-loop.
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Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023)

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The real AI fight: Effective Accelerationists and Effective Altruists are both in vigorous agreement about something genuinely stupid.
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Pluralistic: The moral injury of having your work enshittified (25 Nov 2023)

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The moral injury of having your work enshittified: I missed my mother's funeral for this?
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Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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Pluralistic: The FTC has Big Pharma's number (23 Nov 2023)

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The FTC has Big Pharma's number: The sleazy game of Orange Book evergreening.
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Pluralistic: Don't Be Evil (22 Nov 2023)

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Don't Be Evil: My new Locus Column.
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Pluralistic: Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter" (21 November 2023)

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Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter": The market authoritarianism of a seastead childhood.
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Pluralistic: Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action (20 Nov 2023)

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Larry Summers' inflation scare-talk incinerated climate action: Now can we please stop listening to this ghoul?
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Pluralistic: Pinkdrunk Linkdump (18 Nov 2023)

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Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy.
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