#Monopolies

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Accountancy is more likely to be mocked than celebrated (or condemned), but accountants, far more than poets, are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 1/ Though "bean counters" are employed

David Dayen

ddayen

Here we go... @RepCicilline making his opening statement. #BigTechBarons Cicilline praising Sensenbrenner and "the former ranking member of the committee" Doug Collins. Pointedly not mentioning current ranking member, Big Tech

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Government beyond neighborhood scale is 90% corner cases. Defaults need low governance. Eg. If everybody drove carefully and there was universal healthcare you could get by with low traffic regulation.

Mike Masnick

mmasnick

Jim Jordan listing out a bunch of misleading anecdotes to prove the "fact" that internet companies "censor conservatives." Nearly every one of these anecdotes has details that suggest he's wrong.

Noely ⚡️🏐

YaThinkN

Senator Bragg: "I'm struggling to understand..."Applies to just about everything this bloke raises Senate, Economics Legislation Committee (Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) B

Friendly Whale Shark Jackson

TAJackson20

Unpopular opinions thread. One like or RT = one opinion. Okay, ten things so far: 1. Capitalism is bad, and not just in a cop-out "oh, it's run by SJWs"

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DrutangAtHome

“𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).Inside: Stop saying "it's not censorship if it's not the government"; Trump's swamp gators find corporate refuge; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/24/

ScottishPanda

PandaScottish

[thread]As we approach "the last throw of the dice"I would like to do something I haven’t done enough ofCongratulations to 37.4% of the electorateOn the 23rd June 2016 you wonCongratulationsNo

Shawn Sebastian 🐺

shawnsebastian

I spend nearly all my waking hours working to defeat Trump and am literally PRAYING every morning for @JoeBiden to win.On the last day of the #DNC, there's still a

Jason Kint

jason_kint

OK, whew. I've now read all 130 pages of state AGs suit v Google. In three words, Google is royally screwed.Expect...Press headlines: Facebook and Google colluded!Deeper dives: Google turned open

pompousass7

pompousass71

***big quotes from site today****1. The takeover is well underway, and destroying people financially is part and parcel with any communist takeover. Here's a prime example:Visa targeted and financially destroyed

David Fickling

davidfickling

Here's a thread about how Polynesian war canoes prove that humans are never going to colonize space in any foreseeable future: The Polynesian expansion is a great natural experiment in

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JosefKalfsGran

Is there anything more heart-breaking than when someone you’ve admired your whole life turns out to be a sell-out? Or a sycophantic careerist phony?Thank God Matt Johnson @thethe is not

WarNuse

WarNuse

15. Infiltrate Freemasonry To Take Advantage Of The Grand Orient Lodges To Cloak The True Nature Of Their Work In Philanthropy. Spread Their Atheistic-Materialistic Ideology Amongst The Goyim (Gentiles). 16.

Liminal Warmth ❤️

liminal_warmth

1/ In light of that garbage Amazon article I just posted and also my frustration with Patreon lately, let's talk about audiences, platforms, asymmetrical information, and rent-seeking this morning. 2/

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