Pluralistic: 08 Aug 2022

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Podcasting "So You’ve Decided to Unfollow Me": On the joys of writing to find your people, rather than pleasing a hypothetical audience.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2022

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Epson boobytrapped its printers: "For your protection."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 05 Aug 2022

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Uber's still not profitable: An effective wealth transfer of $2.8 billion from labor to capital in just three months.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2022

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A TRAP for workers: Oops, we re-invented indenture.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 02 Aug 2022

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The high cost of "self-funded" Democrats: Rich dilletantes will not save us.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 01 Aug 2022

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Podcasting "View A SKU": A plan to turn Amazon into a dumb pipe.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 29 Jul 2022

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Spending $200b to relocated doomed communities will save $1T: The best time to start a 100-year project was a century ago, the second best time is now.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 28 Jul 2022

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Your computer is tormented by a wicked god: Bootkits are why we can't have nice things.
Peter Thiel's evil, but he's not an "evil genius": How to criticize self-mythologizing villains.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 27 Jul 2022

Today's links

"War Against All Puerto Ricans": Required reading for the eve of a new independence referendum.
Dashcam repo: Cruising the streets with a license plate camera to win debt-collector bounties.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2017
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Pluralistic: 26 Jul 2022

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"A Half-Built Garden": Ruthanna Emrys's stunning First Contact novel.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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