Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2021

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Recommendation engines and "lean-back" media: The failure of "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" and linear programming.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
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Pluralistic: 04 Jun 2021

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Capitalism's crooked refs: Big Accounting and the bezzle.
Aaron Swartz, vindicated: Van Buren and the CFAA.
This day in history: 2006, 2011
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Pluralistic: 03 Jun 2021

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Efficiency is very inefficient: Resiliency is not a market good.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2021

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NYC's driver-owned Uber alternative: Platform cooperativism needs interoperability, though.
Amazon running scared from arbitration at scale: The right kind of automation.
How the Dutch helped CBS cheat on its taxes: Onshore-offshore and the IP shell-game.
This day in history: 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 01 Jun 2021

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Canadian telco monopolists run the show: The CRTC just put Teksavvy out of business.
Google cheats on location privacy: Part of the attribution con.
The antitrust case against Prime: The dotted line to higher prices.
This day in history: 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 27 May 2021

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Workers want real jobs: Bosses want contract, temp and gig workers.
Canadians! #NoSiteBlocking: You have until May 31 to send comments against Bill C-10.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 26 May 2021

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Monopolists are winning the repair wars: Again.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 25 May 2021

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We promised this vaccine waiver 20 years ago: The WTO was always a scam.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 24 May 2021

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Podcasting "The Memex Method": Reading my inaugural Medium column for my podcast.
Watomatic, for lower Whatsapp switching costs: Comcom in action.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 23 May 2021

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How the Sacklers rigged the game: Kickstarting the opioid epidemic and escaping with a fortune bigger than the Rockefellers'.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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