Pluralistic: 17 Jan 2021

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Fighting fiber was the right's dumbest self-own: "We don't have to care. We're the [phone company|social media monopolist]."
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Pluralistic: 16 Jan 2021

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Pelosi kicks Katie Porter off the Finance Committee: Paging Upton Sinclair, Mr Sinclair to the white courtesy phone.
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Pluralistic: 15 Jan 2021

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Laura Poitras fired from First Look: She says it's because she spoke out on Reality Winner.
Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons": Procedural paper adventures for your pocket.
Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox: Only we can stop Qanon.
I was investigated by the FBI: It took 20 years!
Yugoslavia's Cold War obsession with Mexican music: Nonaligned Yumex gave us Celovečernji the Kid.
Machine learning is a honeypot for phrenologists: "AI" researchers just can't put away the fucking calipers.
Disneyland kills annual passes: No more Disney at a stroll.
Tesla's valuation is 1600x its profitability: Finacialization, in green and white.
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Pluralistic: 14 Jan 2021

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The Black Panther self-care method: A revolutionary idea.
Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles: "Storm the Capitol!" "Buy body armor!"
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Pluralistic: 13 Jan 2021

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20 years a blogger: Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting.
Will Biden bust trusts?: Obama's third term would be a disaster for antitrust.
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Pluralistic: 12 Jan 2021

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Mini retro computers: Oriol Ferrer Mesià's extraordinary 3D printed machines.
Bunkered, infectious, maskless Republicans infected Congress: Impossible to explain something to a Congressman whose caucus membership depends on his not understanding it.
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Pluralistic: 11 Jan 2021

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DC's security theater panned: The curtain-call's gonna be BRUTAL.
Weaponing and monetizing apophenia: 5G conspiracies have a business-model.
Awful voting-machine demands silence: ES&S; piggybacks censorship on Dominion's grievances.
Someone Comes to Town Part 27: My latest podcast installment.
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Pluralistic: 10 Jan 2021

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Busting myths about the Night of the Short Fingers: Jillian C York's "ongoing list."
Impeachment and realignment: What the Dems should do to shatter the GOP.
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Pluralistic: 09 Jan 2021

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Mashapedia: A third-party glossary of the technical concepts from Attack Surface.
The City We Became: Jemisin relitigates Jacobs v Moses, with Lovecraft refereeing.
Crowdsourcing a list of bad cops: Who's on the Brady List?
Censorship, Parler and antitrust: Just because it doesn't violate the First Amendment…
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Pluralistic: 08 Jan 2021

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Competition is Killing Us: Consumer harm considered harmful.
Predatory lender seeks national bank charter: Oportun led America in suing latinx borrowers during the pandemic.
Militarizing cops was a failure: Water still wet.
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