Pluralistic: Linkdump Minkchump (16 Dec 2023)

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Linkdump Minkchump: A thoroughly assorted Saturday.
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Pluralistic: Amazon is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023)

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Amazon is a ripoff: New Amazon paradox just dropped.
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Pluralistic: Big Tech's "attention rents" (03 Nov 2023)

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Big Tech's "attention rents": Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm.
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Pluralistic: The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline (29 Sept 2023)

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The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline: Finding suckers is the one thing ad-targeting is good at.
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Pluralistic: How the kleptocrats and oligarchs hunt civil society groups to the ends of the Earth (24 August 2023)

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How the kleptocrats and oligarchs hunt civil society groups to the ends of the Earth: The carrot is charitable giving, the stick is SLAPP suits and cyberweapons.
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Pluralistic: The surprising truth about data-driven dictatorships (26 July 2023)

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The surprising truth about data-driven dictatorships: No autocrat is more powerful than GIGO.
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Pluralistic: Why are so many Californians homeless? (12 July 2023)

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Why are so many Californians homeless?: It's not "homeless migration."
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Pluralistic: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange (20 May 2023)

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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.
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Pluralistic: Venture predation (19 May 2023)

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Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!
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Pluralistic: Ostromizing democracy (04 May 2023)

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Ostromizing democracy: To counter antidemocratic libertarians, we need an analytical assessment of group problem-solving.
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