Pluralistic: Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house (04 June 2023)

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Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house: When the editorial page leaks into the news.
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Pluralistic: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things (03 June 2023)

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Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things: We just need to tax the rich.
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Pluralistic: The long lineage of private equity's looting (02 June 2023)

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The long, bloody lineage of private equity's looting: Or, if you prefer, "plundering."
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Pluralistic: To save the news, ban surveillance ads (31 May 2023)

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To save the news, ban surveillance ads: No publisher will ever beat ad-tech at spying, but no tech company will ever understand a publisher's content better than they do.
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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "Hopeland" (30 May 2023)

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Ian McDonald's "Hopeland": A novel so eerily good it almost made me angry.
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Monopolizing turds

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Monopolizing turds: The FDA granted a pharma company a literal monopoly on shit.
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Pluralistic: Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth" (27 May 2023)

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Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth": Swords, sorcery and swooning romance, in a series that is tantalyzingly close to completion.
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Pluralistic: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown (26 May 2023)

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How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown: Bonus: it'll also kill Trump's alarmingly good chances for a second term.
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Pluralistic: To save the news, shatter ad-tech (25 May 2023)

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To save the news, shatter ad-tech: Structural separation will help the news claim their fair share.
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Pluralistic: Justice Warriors (22 May 2023)

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Justice Warriors: Matt Bors', Ben Clarkson's and Felipe Sobriero's scorchingly brilliant, viciously funny, dystopian sf graphic novel.
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