Pluralistic: Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead (01 Apr 2023)

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Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead: Pixsy's predators no longer welcome.
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Pluralistic: We should ban TikTok('s surveillance) (30 Mar 2023)

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We should ban TikTok('s surveillance): And Google's, Apple's, and Facebook's surveillance, too.
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Pluralistic: Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy (29 Mar 2023)

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Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy: When Rousseau comes to Hobbeswarts.
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Pluralistic: What comes after neoliberalism? (28 Mar 2023)

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What comes after neoliberalism? "There is no alternative" is really a demand, namely, "Stop trying to think of an alternative!"
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Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)

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Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores: Walmart's jackals, picking over the remains.
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Pluralistic: The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules) (25 Mar 2023)

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The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules): Dobbs, SVB, the Internet Archive, antitrust and the law's foundation in norms, not consistency.
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Pluralistic: The "small nonprofit school" saved in the SVB bailout charges more than Harvard (23 Mar 2023)

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The "small nonprofit school" saved in the SVB bailout charges more than Harvard: It's got a private ski-hill!
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting the Red Team Blues audiobook, which Amazon won't sell (21 Mar 2023)

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Kickstarting the Red Team Blues audiobook, which Amazon won't sell: Narrated by Wil Wheaton!
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Pluralistic: Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing (21 Mar 2023)

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Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing: Finally, the non-tech sector can hire technical workers.
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk" (20 Mar 2023)

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Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk": Why today's Luddites should be smashing apps.
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