Pluralistic: Fintech bullies stole your kid's lunch money (26 Jul 2024)

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Fintech bullies stole your kid's lunch money: Taking 60 cents out of every reduced-lunch public school dollar.
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Pluralistic: Microsoft pinky swears that THIS TIME they'll make security a priority (14 Jun 2024)

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Microsoft pinky swears that THIS TIME they'll make security a priority: The monopolist's bargain was made to be broken.
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Pluralistic: The health industry's invisible hand is a fist (13 Jun 2024)

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The health industry's invisible hand is a fist: We've tried everything except for the thing that works everywhere else in the world.
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Pluralistic: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions (03 Jun 2024)

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Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions: Corruption is unimaginably wasteful.
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Pluralistic: Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress (30 Apr 2024)

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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress: The other gig economy.
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Pluralistic: General Mills and cheaply bought "dietitians" co-opted the anti-diet movement (05 Apr 2024)

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General Mills and cheaply bought "dietitians" co-opted the anti-diet movement: If Steve Bannon was a dietitian…
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Pluralistic: Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits (02 Apr 2024)

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Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits: "The Bezzle" is everting.
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Pluralistic: Async mugwump linkdump (30 Mar 2024)

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Async mugwump linkdump: A weekend assortment.
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Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024)

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Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis: We may not know what's in the box, but we can tell if it's been damaged in transit.
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Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024)

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The antitrust case against Apple: End of the line for Apple exceptionalism.
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