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* It’s not just Figma https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/its-not-just-figma

* These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn

* The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

* AI Is A Money Trap https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/

* Precarious Employment in Precarious Futures https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/precarious-employment-in-precarious-futures/

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* How 'paper terrorism' hijacked a state system with bogus claims https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-30/fake-filings-real-consequences-how-paper-terrorism-is-burying-a-state-system-with-bogus-claims (h/t Super Punch)

* The Right of Return, from Arkansas to Israel https://coreyrobin.com/2025/08/02/the-right-of-return-from-arkansas-to-israel/

* We Need a Strategy to Win Zohran’s Agenda. Call It Plan Z. https://jacobin.com/2025/08/zohran-bernie-party-power-strategy/

* Bottom of the Rabbit Hole https://welovetheswitch.com/theswitch/episodes/

* The Ancient Order of Bali https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ancient-order-of-bali/ (h/t Pete Harbeson)

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* Technically Radical: On the Unrecognized Potential of Tech Workers and Hackers https://wedontagree.net/technically-radical-on-the-unrecognized-potential-of-tech-workers-and-hackers (h/t Danny O'Brien)

* Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens The Floodgates To U.S. Surveillance https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again https://www.theverge.com/news/716856/epic-v-google-win-in-appeals-court

* Once Upon a KATAMARI https://www.gematsu.com/games/once-upon-a-katamari

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