Pluralistic: Freedom of reach IS freedom of speech (10 Dec 2022)

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Freedom of reach IS freedom of speech: The end-to-end principle is good, actually.
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Pluralistic: Monopoly's event-horizon (05 Dec 2022)

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Monopoly's event-horizon: The true capitalist singularity.
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This day in history: 2012
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Yes, It’s Censorship

Stop picking that nit, it’ll never heal.

A man’s screaming, open mouth. The interior has been filled with a Matrix-style “code waterfall” effect. — conall/CC BY 2.0 (modified)

American political discourse is sticky. It gets all over the place and it’s damned hard to dislodge. People in handcuffs all over the world demand their Miranda rights, and people arguing about social media all over the world are prone to saying “it’s only censorship when the government does it.”

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Pluralistic: 14 Oct 2022 Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic; Billionaire dilletantes vs good Democrats

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Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic: Trademark, like all "IP," is a tool to control critics, customers and competitors.
Billionaire dilettantes vs good Democrats: Even the best Democratic candidate is no match for the worst Republican when wealthy "Democratic" donors meddle.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012.
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Pluralistic: 20 Sep 2022 Book-banning wingnuts are a tiny, vocal minority

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Book-banning wingnuts are a tiny, vocal minority: The moral majority is neither.
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Pluralistic: 10 Feb 2022

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Welcome to the Palmerverse: Ada Palmer's Renaissance-informed science fictional futurism.
SEC vs private equity ripoffs: Personnel really are policy.
Neuromancer today: Eileen Gunn on the enduring significance and wonder of William Gibson.
Gators and Amazon tag-team small sellers: Amazon's bad conduct is good for (a certain kind of) business.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 18 Oct 2021

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Corporatism made John Deere ripe for a strike: Optimized for failure.
Copyfraudster censors investigation of implausible covid gadget: When a US law is used to censor Indian scientific reporting.
At last, a new Econ 101 textbook: CORE's "The Economy" vs homo economicus.
Podcasting "Dead Letters": Email could be the last federated internet technology – but it isn't.
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Pluralistic: 04 Sep 2021

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Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.
This day in history: 2020
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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: 06 May 2021

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Scammers recycled covid nose-swabs: Indonesia had 1.6m infections and these supervillains helped export them.
Ed-tech apps spy on kids: Disciplinary Technology, SDKs, censorware, and education.
NY AG attributes Net Neutrality fraud to telcos: 18 million fraudulent comments filed in the FCC docket.
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