Pluralistic: Uplinkchump Linkdump (08 Jun 2024)

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Uplinkchump Linkdump: A bushel of links for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: Surveillance pricing (05 Jun 2024)

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Surveillance pricing: They spy on you for many reasons, but also to rip you off.
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Pluralistic: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions (03 Jun 2024)

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Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions: Corruption is unimaginably wasteful.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: The Pizzaburger Presidency (29 May 2024)

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The Pizzaburger Presidency: Why the Biden administration talks so very little about the very small number of very good things it has done.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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Pluralistic: Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress (30 Apr 2024)

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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress: The other gig economy.
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Colophon: All the rest.

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Pluralistic: Antitrust is a labor issue (25 Apr 2024)

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Antitrust is a labor issue: Banning noncompetes is huge, but it's not all the FTC is doing!
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Pluralistic: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search (24 Apr 2024)

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The specific process by which Google enshittified its search: Ed Zitron has Prabhakar Raghavan bang to rights.
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Pluralistic: Precaritize bosses (19 Apr 2024)

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Precaritize bosses: When the ruling class tells you what motivates them, believe them the first time.
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Pluralistic: The unexpected upside of multinational monopoly capitalism (10 Apr 2024)

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The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy.
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Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024)

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Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice.
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This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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