Pluralistic: Greenwashing set Canada on fire (16 Sept 2023)

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Greenwashing set Canada on fire: A generation of idealistic Canadian kids broke their backs every summer "planting thousands of blowtorches a day."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 2023's public domain is a banger (20 Dec 2022)

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2023's public domain is a banger: Hemingway! Holmes! Woolf! Pooh! Christie! Metropolis! Gershwin!
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Pluralistic: 26 Oct 2021

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Maxing out our global credit-card with authoritarian debt: Or, why countries are spending more on "border security" than the climate emergency.
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Pluralistic: 11 Aug 2021

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Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas: The Canada Variant is the most virulent "online harms" rule.
IRS leaks reveal billions reaped through ultra-wealthy lobbying on the tax bill: A cast of dozens.
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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.
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