Pluralistic: 30 Jul 2021

Today's links

Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again): Terms of service banning fan art launch alongside a new transmedia subscription service.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Bankruptcy and elite impunity: The Sacklers offer billions of reasons to overthrow the system.
Stories from Black women's customer service hell: The women who answer the phone when you call Disney, Airbnb, Carnival and others.
Tracking you with accelerometer signatures: Yet another latent unique identifier with horrifying consequences.
Unauthorized cups: RFID-equipped disposable cups deny water to homeless people.
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What would a live concert album sound like with all the songs taken out?: Gavin Edwards' "Having Fun On Stage With Everybody."
The infosec apocalypse is nigh: Ed Snowden on the NSO's malware.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Charter schools are money laundries: "The hidden world of charter schools operated for financial gain."
Disney parks and aggregate demand management: My ongoing series on Medium, for an age of supply shocks.
Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke: The Bootleg Fire is more evidence that markets can't solve the climate emergency.
Surge pricing violates antitrust law: Even the weaksauce version pushed by the econ establishment.
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Interop and the Public Interest Internet: To fight network effects, reduce switching costs.
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Facebook's alternative facts: If you don't like your transparency portal's data, shut it down.
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Facebook employees stalk users: Moral hazard vs the ACCESS Act.
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Podcasting "Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability": Corporate rivalries vs public power.
The Sacklers will get to keep billions: What's a little mass-murder between friends?
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Biden's Right to Repair will include electronics, too: Part of a broad antimonopoly agenda.
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Indonesia's gig work tech resistance: Tuyul apps and the IT of the Road.
Owning a sports-team is a plute's get-out-of-tax-free card: Here's what to do about it.
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