Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part III (19 May 2025)

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Who Broke the Internet? Part III: The paradox of "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox."
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Pluralistic: Plinkpump linkdump (17 May 2025)

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Plinkpump linkdump: A blogging sabbath.
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Pluralistic: Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People' (23 Apr 2025)

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Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People': "Too big to care."
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Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (18 Apr 2025)

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Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case: A folder on his desktop called "mens rea."
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Pluralistic: Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn't give a shit about breast cancer (12 Apr 2025)

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Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn't give a shit about breast cancer: They owe $421 million for denying 91% of charges for breast reconstruction.
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Pluralistic: Zuckerberg in the dock (11 Apr 2025)

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Zuckerberg in the dock: Facebook is finally going on trial.
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Pluralistic: Trump loves Big Tech (24 Mar 2025)

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Trump loves Big Tech: So much for the "Khanservatives."
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Pluralistic: Eggflation is excuseflation (10 Mar 2025)

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Eggflation is excuseflation: We don’t have egg companies in the business of making eggs anymore, we have egg companies in the business of exploiting egg shortages.
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Pluralistic: Premature Internet Activists (13 Feb 2025)

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Premature Internet Activists: The retconning of tech rights.
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Pluralistic: Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy" (22 Jan 2025)

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Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy": Regulatory capture, right there out in the open.
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