Pluralistic: Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain; The Bezzle excerpt (Part IV) (21 Feb 2024)

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Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain: A search monopolist should never do a layoff, buyback or dividend for so long as it's enshittifying.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part IV): LA Sheriff's Deputies are the most violent gangs in LA.
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Pluralistic is four: Reflections on four years of Memex Method, Phase II.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part III): In which Steve Soul lawyers up.
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Middlemen without enshittification: Not every author can be a DIY author.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part II): Let's learn about copyright termination!
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An excerpt from The Bezzle: A George Clinton/Leonard Cohen-inspired royalty-theft caper.
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Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion: The process is the punishment.
The Lost Cause prologue, part 6: Big finish!
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Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke: The real DEI was the collective bargaining unit we formed along the way.
The Lost Cause prologue, Part V: Fuck around, find out.
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How workers get trapped by "bondage fees": Two-sided markets always lead to enshittification.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five: The final installment – now get the book!
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Iowa's starvation strategy: Maybe the cruelty IS the point?
The Red Team Blues tour: LA, San Diego, Burbank, San Francisco, PDX, Mountain View, Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Gaithersburg, DC, Toronto, Hay, Nottingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Berlin.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three: Danny does THE THING.
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How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back from the brink.
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Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok": My Medium column on a surveillance-free internet.
Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues: Meet Marty Hench and his "foolish and ungainly and luxurious tour bus."
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