Pluralistic: Petard (Part II) (31 Jan 2025)

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Petard (Part II): Systematizing and automating the struggle.
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Pluralistic: Petard (Part I) (30 Jan 2025)

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Petard (Part I): I fought the ISP and the ISP won.
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Pluralistic: All bets are off (29 Jan 2025)

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All bets are off: Tearing up the rulebook doesn't end the games, it just gets rid of the rules.
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Pluralistic: It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually (27 Jan 2025)

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It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually: Just end all the private-sector profiteering.
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Pluralistic: It's not a crime if we do it with an app (25 Jan 2025)

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It's not a crime if we do it with an app: How Big Potato and the other food cartels did greedflation and got away with it.
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Pluralistic: The first days of Boss Politics Antitrust (24 Jan 2025)

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The first days of Boss Politics Antitrust: Selective enforcement in a target-rich environment.
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Pluralistic: Defense (of the internet) (from billionaires) in depth (23 Jan 2025)

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Defense (of the internet) (from billionaires) in depth: "Nonprofits" can and do enshittify.
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Pluralistic: Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy" (22 Jan 2025)

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Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy": Regulatory capture, right there out in the open.
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Pluralistic: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025)

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Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital: Sure, they want "profit at all costs" but ask yourself, 'why is enshittification profitable?'
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Pluralistic: Pinkslump linkdump (18 Jan 2025)

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Pinkslump linkdump: New year, new grab-bag.
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