Pluralistic: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search (24 Apr 2024)

Today's links

The specific process by which Google enshittified its search: Ed Zitron has Prabhakar Raghavan bang to rights.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
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The Sacklers woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for those darned meddling feds: A Supreme Court surprise might spell the end of one of the worst forms of elite impunity.
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This day in history: None
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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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McKinsey, consiglieri of the opioid crisis: "Without admitting any wrongdoing."
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This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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McKinsey For Kids (no, really): Give us a child when they are seven and they are ours for life.
Outing German spy agencies by mailing them Airtags: A threat-model parable.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Unions are finally fighting two-tier contracts: How the actual fuck did they fail to see through this bullshit decades ago?
McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge: Leaked slides document the lies, sleaze and profiteering.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Homeschool to prison pipeline: Michigan judge jails Black teenager with a learning disability for not doing lockdown homework.
Spain has been an NSO customer since 2015: Whistleblower leaks the receipts.
McKinsey waxes fat off coronavirus failures: McKinsey got $100m (and climbing!) for its role in the disastrous US coronavirus response.
Biden's $2T climate plan: It's at least an order of magnitude shy of what's needed.
PE's three kids in a trenchcoat fraud: How private equity bilked PPP for hundreds of millions.
Leakypick: Probing smart speakers for covert audio exfiltration.
Poesy slays: Praise for "Poesy the Monster Slayer."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading