Pluralistic: Georgia's voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026)

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Georgia's voting technology blunder: It's possible for Dominion machines to suck, but not in the way that Tucker Carlson says they do.
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Pluralistic: 12 Apr 2021

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Fraud-resistant election-tech: A "transparent" ballot-marking device.
Big Tech's secret weapon is switching costs, not network effects: Mr Zuckerberg, tear down that wall.
Podcasting How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Part 2.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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