Pluralistic: 14 Sep 2022 The Chokepoint Capitalism tour!

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The Chokepoint Capitalism tour: Ottawa, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles (and beyond!)
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This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 13 Sep 2022 Survival of the Richest

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Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 12 Sep 2022 Spotify is a ripoff, a Spotify exclusive

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Spotify steals from artists, a Spotify exclusive: More Chokepoint Capitalism stunt-publishing.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 10 Sep 2022 American healthcare did a fuckery, the White House has a plan for Big Tech big-data

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American healthcare did a fuckery: A trillion prices can't be wrong.
The White House has a plan for Big Tech: Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg and Joe Biden all agree.
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This day in history: 2002, 2017
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Pluralistic: 09 Sep 2022 How to die without getting rooked

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Guide to a ripoff-free funeral: Terminal-stage capitalism.
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This day in history: 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 08 Sep 2022 Billionaires as policy-failure factories; In Real Life, in real life

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Every billionaire is a factory for producing policy failures: On the "attack philanthropy" of Barre Seid.
The horrifying tale of a blockchain-based virtual sweatshop: "Anda's Game" was a warning, not a suggestion.
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This day in history: 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 07 Sep 2022 We published an Audible Exclusive about the monopolistic abuses of Audible

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How Audible steals from creators (an Audible exclusive): The only part of "Chokepoint Capitalism" available on Audible.
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This day in history: 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 24 Aug 2022 Moderna's Vaccine Apartheid

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Trump gave Moderna all the patent-waivers it needed to make a vaccine: And then Moderna fought against patent-waivers for that vaccine.
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This day in history: 2012, 2021
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Pluralistic: 23 Aug 2022 Tory UK is in serious trouble

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Tory Britain is crashing and burning: They got Brexit done.
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Pluralistic: 22 Aug 2022 Gmail will call the cops on you based on the content of your emails

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Google falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son: Filternets fail.
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This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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