Pluralistic: 05 Aug 2021

Today's links

Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists: No more Mx Nice Intersectionalist.
Anti-vaxers cool the mark: Using sociology to understand the con.
Drone delivery crashes: What do AI, self-driving cars and Amazon drones have in common?
Facebook escalates war on accountability: Privacywashing vs Ad Observer.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Charter schools are money laundries: "The hidden world of charter schools operated for financial gain."
Disney parks and aggregate demand management: My ongoing series on Medium, for an age of supply shocks.
Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke: The Bootleg Fire is more evidence that markets can't solve the climate emergency.
Surge pricing violates antitrust law: Even the weaksauce version pushed by the econ establishment.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Improving the ACCESS Act: Six ways to make the most important tech law of the legislative season even better.
Juul's junk science: Reporting bias makes vaping's safety is a hazy mess.
Peloton bricks its treadmills: Your kids are dead because you didn't buy the subscription.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

How to cheat on your taxes: The rich are different from you and me.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Capitalism's crooked refs: Big Accounting and the bezzle.
Aaron Swartz, vindicated: Van Buren and the CFAA.
This day in history: 2006, 2011
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Scammers recycled covid nose-swabs: Indonesia had 1.6m infections and these supervillains helped export them.
Ed-tech apps spy on kids: Disciplinary Technology, SDKs, censorware, and education.
NY AG attributes Net Neutrality fraud to telcos: 18 million fraudulent comments filed in the FCC docket.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Green investing is a fraud: ESGs and other delusions.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Ad-tech is a bezzle: The subprime attention crisis is upon us.
Google's unionizing: Solidarity vs worker misclassification.
The Data Detective: How to truth with statistics.
Damon Knight's Why Do Birds is back: Reviving a grand master's comic masterpiece.
Endorsing the Forward 43 slate: For my California comrades.
This day in history: 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Antitrust and Facebook's paid disinformation: By all means, look at the mergers, but don't forget the outsourcing!
Daddy Daughter Xmas Podcast 2020: An annual tradition.
A lethally boring story: How pharma monopolists escape liability.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Fincen (they fucking knew all along): $2t in unpunished money laundering, leaked from the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
California's fire-debt: A century of mismanagement and PG&E;'s criminal neglect meets the climate emergency.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading