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: 04 Feb 2022

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A covid vaccine for your airways: The promising science of nasal spray vaccines.
Rail monopolies destroyed the American supply chain: Heads they win, tails we lose.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 29 Nov 2021

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The once and future mass-resignation and what it means for working people: On David Dayen's "The Great Escape."
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 28 Nov 2021

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The Cuban vaccines: Omicron, vaccine apartheid, WTO TRIPS waivers and the false hope of viruses "gentling" themselves.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 06 Oct 2021

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We paid to develop Merck's covid pill: And now they're charging us a 4,000% markup on it.
This day in history: 2016, 2020.
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Pluralistic: 26 Aug 2021

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Vaccinate workers at (almost) any price: Corporate America sabotaged paid vaccination leave.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2021

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Vaccine refusal and health insurance: Insurers to unvaccinated: "Drop dead."
Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis: But they asked the states to hand it out.
Utilities governed like empires: One bad account disconnection can cost you everything.
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Pluralistic: 02 Aug 2021

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Machine learning sucks at covid: Every "AI" covid tool was useless.
Podcasting "Are We Having Fun Yet?": The first three parts of my ongoing Medium series on queueing, aggregate demand management and theme parks.
This day in history: 2020, 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001
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Pluralistic: 16 May 2021

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Who owns the covid vaccines: Socializing risk and privatizing gain for fun and profit.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
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