Pluralistic: 29 Jan 2022

Today's links

No, payday lenders aren't nice guys: Won't someone think of the poor usurers?
The Right to Repair: A stupendous new book on a very urgent subject.
This day in history: 2002, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Real penalties for covid evicters: The CFPB is set to euthanize some rentiers – and their lawyers.
McDonald's corporate wages war on ice-cream hackers: All the pasteurization in the world won't detoxify the mix of franchise agreements and rent-extraction.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Grace is cleared: The homeschool-to-prison pipeline is closed…for now.
Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble: Hasta la victoria siempre.
Failed State: Chris Brown's outstanding new ecopocalyptic cyberpunk legal thriller.
Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics: Gashapon funnies from 1966.
Sorting machines snatched from post offices: Administrative incompetence vs textualism?
Payday lenders are CFPB's pandemic aid: When the watchdogs switch sides.
Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal: Rule 48a applies even if the judge sees the prosecutor accept a bribe in the courtroom.
RSS WTF: An explainer for the newly awakened.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading