Pluralistic: What the fediverse (does/n't) solve (23 Dec 2022)

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What the fediverse (does/n't) solve: We can protect our communities from commodification, but it takes work.
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Pluralistic: Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill (22 Dec 2022)

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Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill: Crashing airplanes and starving old people.
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Pluralistic: How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store (21 Dec 2022)

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How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store: …and what we should do about it.
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Pluralistic: 2023's public domain is a banger (20 Dec 2022)

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2023's public domain is a banger: Hemingway! Holmes! Woolf! Pooh! Christie! Metropolis! Gershwin!
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Pluralistic: Better failure for social media (19 Dec 2022)

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Better failure for social media: The right of exit, freedom of reach, and technological self-determination.
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Pluralistic: The antitrust Twilight Zone (16 Dec 2022)

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The antitrust Twilight Zone: How rollups are destroying the productive economy and making the ultra-rich even richer.
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Pluralistic: How cable monopolists tricked conservatives into shooting themselves in the face (15 Dec 2022)

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How cable monopolists tricked conservatives into shooting themselves in the face: Blocking Gigi Sohn's FCC confirmation is really bad for all of us, but especially Red State America.
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Pluralistic: This "inflation" is different (14 Dec 2022)

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This "inflation" is different: New Stiglitz just dropped.
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Pluralistic: Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices (13 Dec 2022)

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Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices: It's 2022 and we're still fighting the browser wars.
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Pluralistic: Orphaned neurological implants (12 Dec 2022)

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Orphaned neurological implants: When the company that powers your nervous system decides to 'pivot.'
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