Pluralistic: 21 Sep 2021

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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
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Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2021

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Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.
This day in history: 2020
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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
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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

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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
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Pluralistic: 30 Aug 2021

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India's 'toxic' ed-tech giant: How Byju's hard-sells desperate parents into taking out predatory loans for their kids' education.
Podcasting "Utilities and Empires" and "FB's War on Switching Costs": A twofer from EFF's Deeplinks blog, on this week's podcast.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 28 Aug 2021

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The "work ethic" is a dirty trick we play on ourselves: Rationalizing away the pointlessness and indignity of low-waged work.
Facebook's war on switching costs: Network effects attract users, switching costs take them hostage.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2020.
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Pluralistic: 26 Aug 2021

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Vaccinate workers at (almost) any price: Corporate America sabotaged paid vaccination leave.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 25 Aug 2021

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Big Box stores' other shoe drops: Lowe's is a parasite that is killing its host.
Belarusian dictator pwned by "cyber-partisans": When a secretive autocrat has no more secrets.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 24 Aug 2021

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Are privacy and antitrust on a collision course?: Harmful dominance, democratic privacy controls, interop and illegitimate greatness.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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