Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024)

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The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs: "Self-regulation is to regulation as self-importance is to importance."
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Pluralistic: 04 Apr 2020

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Private equity looting public health in a pandemic: The math is part of the con.
MacGuyver mask tutorial: Crafter/filmmaker marriages for the win.
Prescient Reagan-era text-adventures: What we can learn from the 1985 Infocom game "A Mind Forever Voyaging."
Landlord accidentally organizes rent strike: When you're threatening 300 tenants, don't CC them all on on the email.
The Pandumbic: Fox News is a suicide cult.
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