Pluralistic: How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy (14 June 2023)

Today's links How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy: Monopsony, junk fees and market power. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, cu … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media (13 June 2023)

Today's links Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media: The final installment in my EFF series on saving the news. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around" (12 June 2023)

Today's links Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around": A theory of change based on shovel-ready ideas. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Links, dumped (10 June 2023)

Today's links Links, dumped: A grab-bag of delicious miscellania. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Links, dumped (permalink) It's Saturday, which means: time for a lin … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Capitalists hate capitalism (09 June 2023)

Today's links Capitalists hate capitalism: Merck's version of "market pricing" is "whatever we ask for." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: To save the news, repeal the app tax (07 June 2023)

Today's links To save the news, repeal the app tax: The latest in "saving the news from Big Tech." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading To sav … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: A business model for bankrupting the oil companies(06 June 2023)

Today's links A business model for bankrupting the oil companies: Incentives matter (and that matters). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house (04 June 2023)

Today's links Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house: When the editorial page leaks into the news. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appe … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things (03 June 2023)

Today's links Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things: We just need to tax the rich. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Washington State's capital … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The long lineage of private equity's looting (02 June 2023)

Today's links The long, bloody lineage of private equity's looting: Or, if you prefer, "plundering." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, cu … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: To save the news, ban surveillance ads (31 May 2023)

Today's links To save the news, ban surveillance ads: No publisher will ever beat ad-tech at spying, but no tech company will ever understand a publisher's content better than they do. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colo … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "Hopeland" (30 May 2023)

Today's links Ian McDonald's "Hopeland": A novel so eerily good it almost made me angry. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Ian McDona … | Continue reading


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Monopolizing turds

Today's links Monopolizing turds: The FDA granted a pharma company a literal monopoly on shit. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Mono … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth" (27 May 2023)

Today's links Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth": Swords, sorcery and swooning romance, in a series that is tantalyzingly close to completion. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearan … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown (26 May 2023)

Today's links How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown: Bonus: it'll also kill Trump's alarmingly good chances for a second term. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publicatio … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: To save the news, shatter ad-tech (25 May 2023)

Today's links To save the news, shatter ad-tech: Structural separation will help the news claim their fair share. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Justice Warriors (22 May 2023)

Today's links Justice Warriors: Matt Bors', Ben Clarkson's and Felipe Sobriero's scorchingly brilliant, viciously funny, dystopian sf graphic novel. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange (20 May 2023)

Today's links Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Dumping links lik … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Venture predation (19 May 2023)

Today's links Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current readin … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How to save the new from Big Tech (18 May 2023)

Today's links How to save the news from Big Tech: Four prescriptions from EFF. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading How to save the news … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer) (17 May 2023)

Today's links The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer): After years of expensively purchased delay, Turbotax and its fellow tax-profiteers are losing the fight to make you pay them to tell the government what it already knows. Hey look at this: Delights to d … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Rent control works (16 May 2023)

Today's links Rent control works: 30-year, federally guaranteed fixed-rate mortgages = rent control for homeowners. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writi … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher (15 May 2023)

Today's links Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher: Dublin is a made town. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current read … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Revenge of the Linkdumps (13 May 2023)

Today's links Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir? This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Revenge of the Linkdumps (permalink) If you've followed … | Continue reading


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

Today's links 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes': The pervasive, predatory sleaze of Homevestor, "the #1 homebuyer in the USA." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, u … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms (10 May 2023)

Today's links Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms: Don't just try to make platforms better – make them less important. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appear … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits (09 May 2023)

Today's links KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits: Too big to fail, too big to jail, and an existential risk to civilization. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/re … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: California to smash prison e-profiteers (08 May 2023)

Today's links California to smash prison e-profiteers: The Public Utility Commission to the rescue! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, cur … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1) (06 May 2023)

Today's links Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America: Unions don't just improve wages, they create stable careers. On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1): The power of a great interlocutor. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in h … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk (05 May 2023)

Today's links Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk: We swapped pandemic aid, new spending and minimum wage hikes for wage suppression and mass layoffs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Re … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Ostromizing democracy (04 May 2023)

Today's links Ostromizing democracy: To counter antidemocratic libertarians, we need an analytical assessment of group problem-solving. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, curre … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point (03 May 2023)

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Pluralistic: Oops! All linkdump! (02 May 2023)

Today's links Oops! All linkdump!: The old ways are best. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Oops! All linkdump! (permalink) In 1997, Jorn Barger coined the term "web-log" to … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank" (01 May 2023)

Today's links When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank": "…with a computer." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Whe … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets (29 Apr 2023)

Today's links The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets: Maybe the map IS the territory? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, c … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending (27 Apr 2023)

Today's links Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending: Microsoft won't be allowed to buy Activision. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels (26 Apr 2023)

Today's links Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels: Hospices are unregulated, heavily subsidized charnel houses. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, curre … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it (25 Apr 2023)

Today's links How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it: Most Favored Nation is my least favorite scam. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2103, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent a … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free (24 Apr 2023)

Today's links How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment." Happy Independent Bookstore Day: It lasts a week! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in hi … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower; Red Team Blues Chapter 1, part four (20 Apr 2023)

Today's links Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower: The BC Appeals Court drops a *terrible* decision in Ian Linkletter's anti-SLAPP against Proctorio. Red Team Blues Chapter One, part four: "I was pickpocketed, guv'nah!" Hey look at this: … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Iowa's starvation strategy; The Red Team Blues Tour; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three (19 Apr 2023)

Today's links Iowa's starvation strategy: Maybe the cruelty IS the point? The Red Team Blues tour: LA, San Diego, Burbank, San Francisco, PDX, Mountain View, Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Gaithersburg, DC, Toronto, Hay, Nottingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Berlin. Red Team … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: How tech does regulatory capture; Part 2 of the Red Team Blues serial (18 Apr 2023)

Today's links How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories. Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back from the brink. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok"; Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues (17 Apr 2023)

Today's links Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok": My Medium column on a surveillance-free internet. Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues: Meet Marty Hench and his "foolish and ungainly and luxurious tour bus." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: SVB bailout for everyone except affordable housing projects (15 Apr 2023)

Today's links SVB bailouts for everyone – except affordable housing projects: Even the shareholders got billions. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing proje … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Is antitrust anti-labor? (14 Apr 2023)

Today's links Is antitrust anti-labor?: tl;dr: no. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Is antitrust anti-labor? (permalink) … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023)

Today's links Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes: Twiddled to death through algorithmic wage discrimination. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, curre … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Alissa Quart's 'Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream' (10 Apr 2023)

Today's links Alissa Quart's 'Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream': Divided we fall. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, c … | Continue reading


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Pluralistic: Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk (08 Apr 2023)

Today's links Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk: Ad targeting isn't "efficient." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, … | Continue reading


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