Pluralistic: 27 Sep 2021

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Podcasting "Breaking In": Why you shouldn't take career advice from successful writers.
Democrats, health care monopolies, and market failures: Market health care is a fatal disease.
Shelter is a toxic asset: NIMBYism is a fatal disease.
This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 26 Sep 2021

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The Scholars of Night: John M Ford was a goddamned WIZARD.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 24 Sep 2021

Today's links

Demonopolizing the internet with interoperability: My op-ed in the Communications of the ACM
This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 23 Sep 2021

Today's links

The Halloween Moon: A YA novel from Nightvale creator Joseph Fink.
The music monopolists: Thinking outside the antitrust box.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 22 Sep 2021

Today's links

Gig workers around the globe: One disease, many pathologies.
Mutual Aid and David Graeber: A new, illustrated edition of Kropotkin's masterpiece, with an introduction from the great, much-missed hero of Occupy.
Facebook algorithm boosts pro-Facebook news: Orwell was an optimist.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 21 Sep 2021

Today's links

The Actual Star: Monica Byrne's millennium-spanning tour-de-force climate novel.
Ignore career advice from established writers: We don't know anything about breaking in today.
The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever used: Sustainable, upgradeable, repairable and powerful.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2021

Today's links

Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.
This day in history: 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 03 Sep 2021

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Gun-maker demands Sandy Hook children's disciplinary records: Remington finds new depths of depravity to plumb.
ALEC pushed voter suppression bills: And then lied about it.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 01 Sep 2021

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Eviction is over (if we want it): The Big Bag of Money Method.
This day in history: 2001, 2020
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Pluralistic: 31 Aug 2021

Today's links

Inequality, not gerontocracy: Who killed interest rates?
Monopoly power and political corruption: Starve the (corporate) beast, shrink it until it fits in a bathtub.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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