Pluralistic: The real problem with anonymity (04 Mar 2024)

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The real problem with anonymity: The banal anonymity of evil.
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Pluralistic: The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle (03 Mar 2024)

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The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle: Name your price, get ebooks, back EFF!
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Pluralistic: Brinkwhump Linkdump (02 Mar 2024)

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Brinkwhump Linkdump: A varied mixture for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
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Pluralistic: Lies, damned lies, and Uber (29 Feb 2024)

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Lies, damned lies, and Uber: Uber wants to pay its Toronto drivers $2.50/hour (eh).
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Pluralistic: When private equity destroys your hospital (28 Feb 2024)

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When private equity destroys your hospital: Looters literally want to kill you.
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Pluralistic: Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms (27 Feb 2024)

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Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation.
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Pluralistic: Incomplete vs. overshoot (26 Feb 2024)

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Incomplete vs. overshoot: The horseshoe theory is really, really wrong.
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Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024)

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Vice surrenders: Literally the stupidest publishing strategy I've ever heard of (ever).
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Pluralistic: Dinkclump Linkdump; The Bezzle excerpt (Part VI) (23 Feb 2024)

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Dinkclump Linkdump: A rare, out-of-cycle linkdump.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part VI): The thrilling conclusion!
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