Pluralistic: Quinque gazump linkdump (12 Oct 2024)

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Quinque gazump linkdump: A sprinkling of inklings for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: SoCal Gas spent millions on astroturf ops to fight climate rules (19 August 2023)

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SoCal Gas spent millions on astroturf ops to fight climate rules: And then fraudulently billed it all to their customers.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2008, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed (11 Feb 2023)

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After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed: Civil War-era brake systems were good enough for General Sherman…
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 22 Apr 2021

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The awesome destructive power of a billionaire: Ihor Kolomoisky destroyed lives in the midwest, Ukraine, and elsewhere.
Banks made bank on covid overdraft charges: Charing the poorest people in America a 3,500% APR.
Moxie hacks Cellebrite: Aesthetically pleasing files versus strict input-checking.
Fighting FLoC is compatible with fighting monopoly: Not all competition is good competition.
EFF sues Proctorio over copyfraud: The sleaze never stops.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 01 Dec 2020

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Ohio spends tax dollars to destroy Ohio: Kroger's state subsidies funnelled to "ghost kitchens."
Diving bell drawings: Pictures of the deep, drawn in a mid-19th C submersible.
Distanced stage plays: The first online arts centre in the English-speaking world.
Double your EFF donation: Up to $319,000 in donations matching.
Emotional deck: Crowdfunding the Becoming Dragon deck.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 22 Jul 2020

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Ukrainian steampunk masks: The gorgeous work of Dmitriy and Aleksandra Bragin.
OTF spared (for now): Trump's administrative incompetence saves the US Agency for Global Media from becoming Global Breitbart.
Insurers are secret, powerful police reformers: Money talks, bullshit walks.
Ohio GOP leadership arrested for racketeering: Largest corruption scandal in Ohio history.
Little Brother as a role-playing game: Notes from the Fiction & RPG Podcast.
Anti-facial recognition tool: Fawkes will alter your images in ways that are invisible to humans but confounding for algorithms.
Kentucky AG sues top GOP donors: Kentucky's Republican lawmaker is the best kind of class-traitor.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 09 May 2020

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Armed Michigan voters escort their state rep to work: If the police won't stop the flu klux klan…
Konstantine Anthony for Burbank City Council: A candidate for working Burbankers.
Flooding Ohio's "work-refusal" snitchline: Volcano gods go hungry tonight.
Brett Favre received $1.1m in welfare money for speeches he never gave: Part of Mississippi's $98m corruption scandal.
The real Lord of the Flies kids were really nice to each other: Another paradise built in hell.
Phil Ochs rarities: Treasures from a lost and beautiful radical musician and writer.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 18 Mar 2020

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Ethiopian factory sports Jack Ma quotes: Global trade currents are shifting fast.
Charter orders all workers to keep showing up: Even the 15% of its workforce who could work from home.
MAGA firefighters dismiss coronavirus as Democrat hoax: And/or a Chinese bioweapon.
Flatter Me, a compliments card game: Kickstarting now.
American Airlines blew billions, now it wants a bailout: Socializing losses, privatizing gains.
John Green's mutual aid manifesto: The only way through is together.
How to split a single ventilator for four patients: Peer-reviewed simulations.
Bigoted Republican Congressjerk votes against coronavirus relief because it might cover same-sex partnerships: Rep Andy Biggs wants to send us all to meet Jesus.
Epidemiology and public health in 14 minutes: An epidemiologist and an sf writer make an outstanding science communications team.
3D printed ventilator hero got a patent threat: Human rights vs property rights.
If nothing is for sale, how will covid stimulus work? Can you fix a supply shock with stimulus?
How to make your own toilet paper: A craft for your isolated kiddos.
Plague precautions from 1665: No feasting, but you can tipple in a bar until 9PM.
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