Pluralistic: Everyday homeowners are human shields for Wall Street's Internet of Shit slumlords (01 Oct 2024)

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Everyday homeowners are human shields for Wall Street's Internet of Shit slumlords: Put Wall Street landlords up against a wall.
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Pluralistic: Leveraged buyouts are not like mortgages (05 Aug 2024)

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Leveraged buyouts are not like mortgages: Corporate raiders and investment banks conspiring to steal companies.
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Pluralistic: Uplinkchump Linkdump (08 Jun 2024)

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Uplinkchump Linkdump: A bushel of links for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people (22 May 2024)

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How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people: The real estate speculator bezzle has a very ugly third act.
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Pluralistic: Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms (27 Feb 2024)

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Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation.
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Pluralistic: Housing is a labor issue (13 Dec 2023)

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Housing is a labor issue: The eternal labor September bodes well for the American housing crisis.
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Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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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: Rent control works (16 May 2023)

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Rent control works: 30-year, federally guaranteed fixed-rate mortgages = rent control for homeowners.
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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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