Pluralistic: 15 May 2021

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Newsom's California fiber dream: 100gbs symmetrical to every home in the state or bust!
The S&L crisis perfected finance crime: The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
Big Pharma's vicious battle against universal covid vaccination: Ghost-writing memos for GOP "public servants."
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Pluralistic: 12 May 2021

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Crooked Timber's Ministry for the Future Seminar: It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
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Pluralistic: 30 Apr 2021

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Experian doxes the world (again): And the breach is still ongoing.
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Pluralistic: 22 Apr 2021

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The awesome destructive power of a billionaire: Ihor Kolomoisky destroyed lives in the midwest, Ukraine, and elsewhere.
Banks made bank on covid overdraft charges: Charing the poorest people in America a 3,500% APR.
Moxie hacks Cellebrite: Aesthetically pleasing files versus strict input-checking.
Fighting FLoC is compatible with fighting monopoly: Not all competition is good competition.
EFF sues Proctorio over copyfraud: The sleaze never stops.
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Pluralistic: 20 Apr 2021

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Real penalties for covid evicters: The CFPB is set to euthanize some rentiers – and their lawyers.
McDonald's corporate wages war on ice-cream hackers: All the pasteurization in the world won't detoxify the mix of franchise agreements and rent-extraction.
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Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2021

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Mass-action lawsuit against Facebook: Digital Rights Ireland wants to make the other GDPR shoe drop.
$100m deli made $35k in 2019/20: What the fuck is going on with Your Hometown Deli?
"Anti-voter-suppression" companies are lobbying to kill HR1: Keep your eyes on the prize.
People's Choice Communications: An ISP owned by striking Charter workers that diverts profits to its customers.
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Pluralistic: 24 Mar 2021

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Green investing is a fraud: ESGs and other delusions.
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Pluralistic: 14 Feb 2021

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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: 28 Jan 2021

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Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight: First Nations treaties do not sign away electromagnetic franchises.
How apps steal your location: A deep dive into the murky depths of surveillance markets.
Understanding /r/wallstreetbets: More than a bull run, a symbiosis of a market maker and market destroyers.
Knowledge is why you build your own apps: Outsourcing software development squanders vital understanding.
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Pluralistic: 16 Jan 2021

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Pelosi kicks Katie Porter off the Finance Committee: Paging Upton Sinclair, Mr Sinclair to the white courtesy phone.
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