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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,…
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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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Today’s links How workers get trapped by “bondage fees”: Two-sided markets always lead to enshittification. Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five: The final installment – now get the book!…
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…
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,…
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…