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Inside: Maga's boss class think they are immune to American carnage; and more!
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Maga's boss class think they are immune to American carnage: They're in for a surprise.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115022586086207274
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Hey look at this
* The Culture War is Completely Exhausted https://www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-culture-war-is-completely-exhausted
* Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/why-spend-before-tax-is-the-key-to-unlocking-a-future-for-young-people.html
* Back-to-School Inflation Stories Crop Up on TikTok https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-back-to-school
* Fragile Movements Crumble https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragile-movements-crumble
* AI: great expectations https://rodneybrooks.com/ai-great-expectations/
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#15yrsago Kenk: graphic novel humanizes Toronto’s most notorious bike-thief without apologising for him https://memex.craphound.com/2010/08/13/kenk-graphic-novel-humanizes-torontos-most-notorious-bike-thief-without-apologising-for-him/
#10yrsago Lenovo preloaded laptops with reformat-resistant perpetual crapware https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/lenovo-used-windows-anti-theft-feature-to-install-persistent-crapware/
#10yrsago Hilariously terrifying talk about security https://vimeo.com/135347162
#10yrsago Income inequality turns “neglected tropic diseases” into American diseases of “the poor living among the wealthy” https://web.archive.org/web/20150820045551/http://mosaicscience.com/story/america-tropical-disease
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#10yrsago FBI opened a file on George Carlin for telling “bad taste” Hoover jokes https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/aug/13/george-carlins-fbi-file/
#10yrsago Caveman Science Fiction https://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/
#5yrsago Florida sheriff bans masks https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/better-to-have-loved/#death-cult
#5yrsago "Less lethal" is a euphemism, too https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/better-to-have-loved/#less-lethals
#5yrsago My origin story https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/better-to-have-loved/#neofuturians
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#5yrsago Trump's Solicitor General says bribery is legal https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#backhanders-r-us
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#5yrsago Marvel's $0.10 mini-comics https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#tiny-heroes
#5yrsago Failed State https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#chris-brown
#5yrsago Mexico's terrible copyright is in trouble https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#viva-mexico
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#1yrago The paradox of choice screens https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/12/defaults-matter/#make-up-your-mind-already
#1yrago Madeline Ashby's 'Glass Houses' https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/13/influencers/#affective-computing
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