Pluralistic: Alissa Quart's 'Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream' (10 Apr 2023)

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Alissa Quart's 'Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream': Divided we fall.
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Pluralistic: Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk (08 Apr 2023)

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Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk: Ad targeting isn't "efficient."
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Pluralistic: Clarence Thomas and the generosity of a far-right dark-money billionaire (06 Apr 2023)

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Clarence Thomas and the generosity of a far-right dark-money billionaire: Harlan Crow showered the judge with millions in off-the-books, illegal "gifts."
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Pluralistic: Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models (04 Apr 2023)

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Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models: We could have nice things, but computer says no.
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Pluralistic: The problem with economic models (03 Apr 2023)

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The problem with economic models: Ideology disguised as math.
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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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