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art Irish town councillor tries to get state-owned piece of art removed from public gallery Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow
science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow
antitrust Sign of the times: Big Tech comes together to create interoperability tool so users can move between services Cory Doctorow
microsoft Microsoft CEO: don't worry, we're mostly helping the parts of ICE that don't involve kidnapping children Cory Doctorow
Business UK startup offers landlords continuous, deep surveillance of tenants' social media Cory Doctorow
corruption UK Home Secretary auditions for a Python sketch: "UK does not undertake mass surveillance" Cory Doctorow
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Business John Deere: of course you "own" your tractor, but only if you agree to let us rip you off Cory Doctorow
