Pluralistic: Canada's privatised shadow civil service (31 Jan 2023)

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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 29 Sep 2021

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Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between Thomas Piketty and Michael Hudson.
"Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism.
Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise.
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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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Pluralistic: 27 May 2021

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Workers want real jobs: Bosses want contract, temp and gig workers.
Canadians! #NoSiteBlocking: You have until May 31 to send comments against Bill C-10.
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Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2020

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Microchip "dark matter": An unpatchable, ecosystem-shattering security break.
Reset: Ron Deibert's Massey Lectures.
Rights of Nature and legal standing: Give precedence to humans and nature, not corporations.
Broadband wins the 2020 election: First, Denver and Chicago – now, the nation!
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Pluralistic: 25 Sep 2020

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A New American Manifesto: "Adapted from the Declaration of Independence."
Adventures of a Dwergish Girl: Daniel Pinkwater scores a bullseye on the absurd-normalcy firing range.
Trudeau promises massive covid stimulus: Fool me twice, you're the Prime Minister.
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Pluralistic: 03 Aug 2020

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A universal remote for killing people: It's really time to trade in your Medtronic Minimed insulin pump. Really.
New podcast episode: Part 12 of my reading of "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town.
The sordid tale of We Charity: Black Hat SEO, investigating critical journalist's children, and more.
NSO Group cyberweapons targeted Togo's opposition: Another dictator for NSO's reference customer list.
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