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Pluralistic: The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again); How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters (25 Jan 2023)


Today's links

  • The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again): Herd immunity is incompatible with shareholder capitalism.
  • How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters: "Yes, our beaches are the most beautiful, but our leaders are the dirtiest in the world, aren’t they?"
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 25, 2023February 1, 2023Tags big pharma, cambodia, dictators, facebook, guillotine watch, hun sen, meta, moderna, mrna, nym wars, pharma, public private partnerships, real names policy, streisand effect, sucker at the table, uncle sucker, vaccines

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