Pluralistic: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes' (11 May 2023)

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'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes': The pervasive, predatory sleaze of Homevestor, "the #1 homebuyer in the USA."
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Pluralistic: 23 Nov 2022 Citizens United and the FTX meltdown

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Citizens United and the FTX meltdown: The Keating Five were amateurs.
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Pluralistic: 07 Jun 2022

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James Bridle's "Ways of Being": Dispatches from the more than human world.
Fake Christian health insurance and other big cons: If you have to trick people into hearing your message, you are in a cult.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 27 May 2022

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Wework founder raises $70m for blockchain-based, "voluntary" carbon credits: It's a scam matrioshka.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: 04 May 2022

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The eye-glazing scam of Medicare drug plans: Six tiers and none of them mean a fucking thing.
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Pluralistic: 28 Mar 2022

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Podcasting "The Byzantine Premium": The contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy.
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Pluralistic: 01 Dec 2021

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Fintech is a scam, a listicle in eight parts: $91.5b/year, doubling every year.
Teaching thread management with puzzle games: Rocky's Boots, 2021 edition.
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Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021

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The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
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Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2021

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Mass-action lawsuit against Facebook: Digital Rights Ireland wants to make the other GDPR shoe drop.
$100m deli made $35k in 2019/20: What the fuck is going on with Your Hometown Deli?
"Anti-voter-suppression" companies are lobbying to kill HR1: Keep your eyes on the prize.
People's Choice Communications: An ISP owned by striking Charter workers that diverts profits to its customers.
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Pluralistic: 18 Feb 2021

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Planet Money on HP's myriad ripoffs: Ink-stained wretches of the world, unite!
Strength in numbers: The crisis in accounting.
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