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Phishers deploy fake contact-tracing warnings; Podcasting John Scalzi's The Last Emperox; Private equity blew millions on pro-surprise-billing ads while cutting doctor pay; Every Covid-19 Commerical is Exactly the Same; Multi-level dungeon built into the drawers of an old dresser; Talking bunker-busting with Trashfuture; Whole Foods has a union-busting "heatmap" app; Amazon workers plan nationwide walkout; Texas AG: We'll imprison people who warn about getting covid while voting; Australian regulator takes up Right to Repair for tractors; Smart bassinet can be remotely hacked; Covid did not escape from a Chinese lab
Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2020 all-in-it-together
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Today's links
- Phishers deploy fake contact-tracing warnings: Co-evolution of a virus with a scam
- Podcasting John Scalzi's The Last Emperox: Mutual aid in the time of pandemic
- Private equity blew millions on pro-surprise-billing ads while cutting doctor pay: Follow the (dark) money.
- Every Covid-19 Commerical is Exactly the Same: We're all in this together.
- Multi-level dungeon built into the drawers of an old dresser: 1981 Basic Set box-set cover rides again!
- Talking bunker-busting with Trashfuture: End of the world as we know, feeling fine.
- Whole Foods has a union-busting "heatmap" app: Solve for equilibrium between guard labor and guillotines.
- Amazon workers plan nationwide walkout: No warehouse workers, no Amazon.
- Texas AG: We'll imprison people who warn about getting covid while voting: Mess with Texas.
- Australian regulator takes up Right to Repair for tractors: John Deere reinvents sharecropping.
- Smart bassinet can be remotely hacked: Internet of Shit, parenting edition.
- Covid did not escape from a Chinese lab: Covid truthers are the new 9/11 truthers.
- This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading