Pluralistic: 19 May 2022

Today's links

Your mom is a tech ninja: Your boss? Not so much.
The impossible scam of US drug plans: Even the guy who invented them can't figure them out.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 18 May 2022

Today's links

A(nother) way in which Facebook is the 21st Century's tobacco industry: Millions for front groups who insist that only Mark Zuckerberg can save us from Xi Jinping.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 17 May 2022

Today's links

How Big Pharma bribed docs to overprescribe opioids: Analysis from UCSF's "Opioid Industry Documents" repository.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 16 May 2022

Today's links

Amy's Kitchen, a case-study in the problems with consumerism: You are not an ambulatory wallet.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 12 May 2022

Today's links

A useful, critical taxonomy of decentralization, beyond blockchains: Not all who decentralize are bros.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 May 2022

Today's links

The (billionaires') case against billionaires: Turns out, we live in a society.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 09 May 2022

Today's links

At the FTC, a quiet, profound shift on antitrust: Listening to "those who have experienced firsthand the effects of mergers and acquisitions beyond antitrust experts."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 07 May 2022

Today's links

Safegraph follows people into abortion clinics and then sells the data: And then they lie about it.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 05 May 2022

Today's links

A New York law to end Wall Street's pension ripoff: The ex-suckers flip the card table.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 04 May 2022

Today's links

The eye-glazing scam of Medicare drug plans: Six tiers and none of them mean a fucking thing.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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