Pluralistic: Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us (09 Mar 2026)

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Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us: A billionaire is a machine for producing policy failures at scale.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Librarians Against DRM; Copyright maximalist MP is a pirate; "The Monster"; The perversity of self-destructing ebooks; Space opera cliches; Social software politics; Game in a browser's location bar; Map of sf/f; Group chat sucks; Jeep hack; Gandersauce.
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Pluralistic: The Right accuses their critics of the conspiracy they themselves engage in (10 Mar 2023)

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The Right accuses their critics of the conspiracy they themselves engage in: Teneo works exactly like their claims about the nonexistent Vast Leftist Conspiracy.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2018.
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