Pluralistic: EFF's lawsuit against DOGE will go forward (09 Apr 2025)

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EFF's lawsuit against DOGE will go forward: "Sweeping and uncontrolled access by DOGE agents who were not properly vetted or trained."
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Pluralistic: Tariffs and monopolies (07 Apr 2025)

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Tariffs and monopolies: As American as eating all the apple pie.
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Pluralistic: How the world's leading breach expert got phished (05 Apr 2025)

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How the world's leading breach expert got phished: A cautionary tale for all of us.
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Pluralistic: End-stage capitalism (04 Apr 2025)

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End-stage capitalism: A transitional phase between feudalism and gangsterism.
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Pluralistic: What's wrong with tariffs (02 Apr 2025)

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What's wrong with tariffs: Trump's mirror-world policies fill the vacuum left by neoliberal gaslighting.
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Pluralistic: Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined (01 Apr 2025)

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Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined: Same goes for trusting an AI with your trade secrets.
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Pluralistic: Private-sector Trumpism (31 Mar 2025)

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Private-sector Trumpism: Monopoly, facial recognition and property rights all add up to a private system of government.
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Pluralistic: #RedForEd rides again in LA (29 Mar 2025)

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#RedForEd rides again in LA: Rest in power, Jane McAlevey.
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Pluralistic: Big Tech and "captive audience venues" (28 Mar 2025)

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Big Tech and "captive audience venues": The digital equivalent of baseball stadiums and airport concourses.
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Pluralistic: Reality-Based Communities (27 Mar 2025)

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Reality-Based Communities: Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops.
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