Pluralistic: 07 Apr 2021

Today's links

Leaked NYPD "goon squad" manual: The NYPD isn't "undertrained" – the cruelty is the point.
Door Dashers organize app-defeating solidarity: The #DeclineNow movement vs Tony's Casino.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 26 Mar 2021

Today's links

Dreaming and overfitting: The Overfitted Brain Hypothesis has a lot of explanatory power.
Dirty NYPD cops can't lose: The secret legal defense fund for the indefensible.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 19 Mar 2021

Today's links

Chevron bought the US justice system: It was cheaper than paying its $9.8b fine for ecocide.
Chickenized reverse-centaurs: Can Amazon drivers get justice?
Announcing "The Shakedown": Rebecca Giblin and I wrote a book about creative worker exploitation!
This day in history: 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 18 Feb 2021

Today's links

Planet Money on HP's myriad ripoffs: Ink-stained wretches of the world, unite!
Strength in numbers: The crisis in accounting.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 14 Feb 2021

Today's links

Big Pharma will claim opioid fines as tax-deductions: A fine is a price…the price of doing business.
This day in history: 2006
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Pluralistic: 10 Feb 2021

Today's links

Crooked cops play music to kill livestreams: Beverly Hills Police Department Sergeant Billy Fair blasting Sublime's Santeria.
Duke is academia's meanest trademark bully: Empirically speaking, that is.
Tory donors reap 100X return on campaign contributions: Stochastic corruption.
A criminal enterprise with a country attached: Ladies and Gentlebeings, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 25 Jan 2021

Today's links

Plute buys mayor's house and serves eviction papers: How money is power, and how power corrupts.
Podcast of Someone Comes to Town: Part 29 – closing in on the terminal edition!
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 23 Jan 2021

Today's links

Stop saying "it's not censorship if it's not the government": I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Trump's swamp gators find corporate refuge: The Swamped project.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 16 Jan 2021

Today's links

Pelosi kicks Katie Porter off the Finance Committee: Paging Upton Sinclair, Mr Sinclair to the white courtesy phone.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 14 Dec 2020

Today's links

Situation Normal: The long-overdue second Leonard Richardson novel
China's best investigative stories of 2020: A glimpse into some very brave and dedicated reporters' work.
Where money comes from: And what tax is for.
Raising money for Chelsea Manning: The whistleblower and torture survivor needs our help.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town part 26: My last podcast of 2020.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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