Mammon category archive
The New Gilded Age 0
Sam and Cory Doctorow discuss the stranglehold of digital monopolies.
The Crypto Con 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice reports on a court’s ruling that not only do words have meaning, so too do pictures.
The Toxic Train Wreck 0
Thom talks with the Inky’s Will Bunch about the disastrous and toxin-laden train derailment in Palestine, Ohio.
This was also discussed in depth in Tuesday’s edition of The Bob Cesca Show, which I commend to your earbuds.
The Privilege Flew? 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports (emphasis added); much more at the link.
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The New Gilded Age 0
Sam feel it’s necessary to point out that Teddy Roosevelt was not a Marxist.
The New Gilded Age 0
Sarah Anderson runs the numbers.
The Chutzpah Confounds 0
The Trump Organization tries to argue that it isn’t.
The Crypto Con 0
Hal Crowther tries to make sense of the crypto-con. He focuses on Sam Bankman-Fried, whose FTX crypto exchanged failed suddenly and spectacularly, but his serves to cast light on the entire–you can’t call it an industry, can you?–endeavor.
His article is well worth a read. Here’s the opening (emphasis added):
Metastatic Malignancy 0
Robert Reich has qualms about Facebook’s Meta’s and Twitter’s decisions to allow Trump back on their platforms. A snippet; follow the link for the rest of his thoughts on this matter.
With due respect to Nick Clegg, this is rubbish. Trump is far worse than an ugly politician. He’s a dangerous traitor to American democracy.