Pluralistic: Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger" (05 September 2023)

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Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger": On late capitalism's double-vision and double trouble.
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Pluralistic: Open Circuits (14 August 2023)

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Open Circuits: The hidden beauty of electronics components.
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (31 July 2023)

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Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it: "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" comes out from Verso on Sept 5.
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Pluralistic: Linkty Dumpty (15 July 2023)

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Linkty Dumpty: Things I thought about when I was supposed to be on holidays.
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Pluralistic: Links, dumped (10 June 2023)

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Links, dumped: A grab-bag of delicious miscellania.
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Pluralistic: The long lineage of private equity's looting (02 June 2023)

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The long, bloody lineage of private equity's looting: Or, if you prefer, "plundering."
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "Hopeland" (30 May 2023)

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Ian McDonald's "Hopeland": A novel so eerily good it almost made me angry.
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This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth" (27 May 2023)

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Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth": Swords, sorcery and swooning romance, in a series that is tantalyzingly close to completion.
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Pluralistic: Justice Warriors (22 May 2023)

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Justice Warriors: Matt Bors', Ben Clarkson's and Felipe Sobriero's scorchingly brilliant, viciously funny, dystopian sf graphic novel.
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Pluralistic: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free (24 Apr 2023)

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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
Happy Independent Bookstore Day: It lasts a week!
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