Pluralistic: 04 Mar 2022

Today's links

How English libel law enables Russian kleptocrats: Tories and Putin's cronies are both impedance-matched and comorbid.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 02 Mar 2022

Today's links

Defi and Shadow Banking 2.0: Leverage, rigidity and bank runs.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 01 Mar 2022

Today's links

How "hollowed" hotels are destroying worker rights: REITs aren't just for money laundering.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 28 Feb 2022

Today's links

Podcasting "We Should Not Endure a King": Antitrust is a leftist cause.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 27 Feb 2022

Today's links

Amazon's $31b "ad business" isn't: They getcha coming and going.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021.
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Pluralistic: 24 Feb 2022

Today's links

Mass arbitration attack could bring Intuit to its knees: Justice for the millions ripped off by Turbotax's "Free File" fraud.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 22 Feb 2022

Today's links

Podcasting Part III of "The Internet Heist": In which the cartel gives itself a veto over your family life.
China hamstrings its Big Tech: "National champions" are neither.
This day in history: 2007, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2022

Today's links

A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak: Sunshine won't disinfect anything on its own.
The people's disruption: Tech rights are workers' rights.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 19 Feb 2022

Today's links

Pluralistic is two: Still at it!
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Pluralistic: 18 Feb 2022

Today's links

Tech platforms' playbook inevitably produces dumpster-fires: Anil Dash's amazing "broken tech/content culture cycle."
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2021
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