Pluralistic: The health industry's invisible hand is a fist (13 Jun 2024)

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The health industry's invisible hand is a fist: We've tried everything except for the thing that works everywhere else in the world.
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Pluralistic: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions (03 Jun 2024)

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Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions: Corruption is unimaginably wasteful.
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Pluralistic: AI is a WMD (09 May 2024)

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AI is a WMD: Advon is a force-multiplier for enshittification.
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Pluralistic: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands (03 May 2024)

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Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands: "Site reputation abuse" goes beyond third party content farms.
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Pluralistic: The unexpected upside of multinational monopoly capitalism (10 Apr 2024)

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The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy.
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Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024)

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Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice.
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Pluralistic: Async mugwump linkdump (30 Mar 2024)

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Async mugwump linkdump: A weekend assortment.
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Pluralistic: The credit card fee victory is a defeat (28 Mar 2024)

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The credit card fee victory is a defeat: Small cartels beat large industries every time.
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Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024)

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Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis: We may not know what's in the box, but we can tell if it's been damaged in transit.
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Pluralistic: Bullies want you to think they're on your side (13 Mar 2024)

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Bullies want you to think they're on your side: Bosses (not migrants) take workers' wages, and corporations (not readers) want writers' money.
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