Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2021

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Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than it does on TVs themselves: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product.
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Pluralistic: 13 Nov 2021

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How to be safe(r) online: Ars Technica's excellent guide, by Sean Gallagher.
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Pluralistic: 12 Nov 2021

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American corporate criminals in the crosshairs (finally): Lisa Monaco says she's gonna enforce those bullshit deferred prosecution agreements.
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Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2021

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Risk compensation considered harmful: HPV vaccines, N95s, seatbelts, helmets and the Chicago Boys.
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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2021

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Stockholm's war on interoperability: An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy.
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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2021

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Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future.
Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure.
Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle.
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Pluralistic: 29 Oct 2021

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LaserWriter II: Tamara Shopsin's celebration of the heroic era of the Mac.
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Pluralistic: 28 Oct 2021

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The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped: But here's the bad news…
All of science gets a general index: For your text-mining pleasure, courtesy of Carl Malamud and Public Resource.
Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe.
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Pluralistic: 27 Oct 2021

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Hospital rings up $2755 upcharge by sending pregnant woman to ER: Poudre Valley Hospital is a clip-joint.
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Pluralistic: 26 Oct 2021

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Maxing out our global credit-card with authoritarian debt: Or, why countries are spending more on "border security" than the climate emergency.
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