Pluralistic: What's a "public internet?" (25 Jun 2025)

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What's a "public internet?": You don't want Nigel Farage moderating your social media, right?
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Pluralistic: Surveillance pricing lets corporations decide what your dollar is worth (24 Jun 2025)

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Surveillance pricing lets corporations decide what your dollar is worth: From each according his ability (to pay).
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Pluralistic: The case for a Canadian wealth tax (23 Jun 2025)

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The case for a Canadian wealth tax: Lessons learned from previous attempts, applicable all over the world.
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Pluralistic: Daniel de Visé's 'The Blues Brothers' (21 Jun 2025)

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Daniel de Visé's 'The Blues Brothers': Far more than production gossip – an unmissable portrait of a turning point in American comedy and music.
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Pluralistic: Oregon bans the corporate practice of medicine (20 Jun 2025)

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Oregon bans the corporate practice of medicine: Karma for Unitedhealthcare, Part II.
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Pluralistic: Your Meta AI prompts are in a live, public feed (19 Jun 2025)

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Your Meta AI prompts are in a live, public feed: Zuck thinks we've all forgotten about Beacon.
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Pluralistic: The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice (18 Jun 2025)

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The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice: Anarchists, cryptids and haints (oh my).
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Pluralistic: Farewell (for the moment) (30 May 2025)

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Farewell (for the moment): See you in mid-June!
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Pluralistic: America is a scam (28 May 2025)

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America is a scam: Welcome to the age of cheating.
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