Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023)

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Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes: Twiddled to death through algorithmic wage discrimination.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 02 May 2022

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Podcasting "Revenge Of the Chickenized Reverse Centaurs": The relationship between algorithms, interoperability and worker power.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2021

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Doordash privacywashes its war on workers: Tech rights are workers' rights.
End bankruptcy shopping: No more Sacklers, ever.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 07 Apr 2021

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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.
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Pluralistic: 16 Feb 2021

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Uber loses (another) $6.8b: The market can stay predatory longer than you can stay angry.
Ring helped LAPD spy on BLM protests: The public-private surveillance partnership from hell.
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Pluralistic: 19 Sep 2020

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Attack Surface vs Audible: My Publishers Weekly op-ed.
Foodcrime: The tech predators destroying America's restaurants.
We Are Beautiful: 3D printable anatomical models of real bodies.
Precursor: Andrew "bunnie" Huang's new open source hardware mobile platform.
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Pluralistic: 18 May 2020

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Ada Palmer, being brilliant for 2.5h: On the Singularity Podcast.
Restaurateur wreaks algorithmic vengeance upon Doordash: Nonconsensual delivery services vs arbitrage.
England's storks are back: A 600 year old deep cut.
See through walls with free software: TEMPEST, GNU Radio style.
Universal broadband now: Broadband is a human right.
Airgap-busting malware: Probabilistic sneakernet injections.
Deliveroo, without Deliveroo: The problem isn't the service, it's the social arrangements.
Podcast: Part 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Have your read all those books?
US insurers say paying for pandemic treatment is "selfless": Blind boxes r us.
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