Pluralistic: 09 Aug 2021

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Podcasting "Managing aggregate demand": What antitrust law tells us about the moral way to cope with demand that outstrips supply.
The 22 Murders of Madison May: Max Barry's existential interdimensional crime thriller.
When your boss wants an AI camera in your bedroom: "Work from home" is really "live at work."
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2021

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Doordash privacywashes its war on workers: Tech rights are workers' rights.
End bankruptcy shopping: No more Sacklers, ever.
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Pluralistic: 06 Aug 2021

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Scammers sell griefers social media banning services: And charge their victims 100x more to get un-banned.
Facebook's official disinformation research portal is a bad joke: Especially compared with the independent Ad Obervatory, which the company wants to destroy.
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Pluralistic: 05 Aug 2021

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Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists: No more Mx Nice Intersectionalist.
Anti-vaxers cool the mark: Using sociology to understand the con.
Drone delivery crashes: What do AI, self-driving cars and Amazon drones have in common?
Facebook escalates war on accountability: Privacywashing vs Ad Observer.
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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2021

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Vaccine refusal and health insurance: Insurers to unvaccinated: "Drop dead."
Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis: But they asked the states to hand it out.
Utilities governed like empires: One bad account disconnection can cost you everything.
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Pluralistic: 03 Aug 2021

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Elite debt hits record heights: How the rich get free money and don't pay taxes on it.
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Pluralistic: 02 Aug 2021

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Machine learning sucks at covid: Every "AI" covid tool was useless.
Podcasting "Are We Having Fun Yet?": The first three parts of my ongoing Medium series on queueing, aggregate demand management and theme parks.
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Pluralistic: 01 Aug 2021

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Github pledges legal aid for interoperators: Youtube-dl's legacy.
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Pluralistic: 30 Jul 2021

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Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again): Terms of service banning fan art launch alongside a new transmedia subscription service.
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Pluralistic: 29 Jul 2021

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Bankruptcy and elite impunity: The Sacklers offer billions of reasons to overthrow the system.
Stories from Black women's customer service hell: The women who answer the phone when you call Disney, Airbnb, Carnival and others.
Tracking you with accelerometer signatures: Yet another latent unique identifier with horrifying consequences.
Unauthorized cups: RFID-equipped disposable cups deny water to homeless people.
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