Pluralistic: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia (26 Feb 2023)

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Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia: Corporate "recycling" programs are just obfuscated landfills.
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Pluralistic: How tech changed global labor struggles for better and worse (02 Dec 2022)

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How tech changed global labor struggles for better and worse: Seize the means of computation!
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Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2022

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A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak: Sunshine won't disinfect anything on its own.
The people's disruption: Tech rights are workers' rights.
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Pluralistic: 08 Jul 2021

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Indonesia's gig work tech resistance: Tuyul apps and the IT of the Road.
Owning a sports-team is a plute's get-out-of-tax-free card: Here's what to do about it.
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Pluralistic: 06 May 2021

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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.
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