wendell potter – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow Skip to content Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. Menu Books About Forums Podcast Newsletter RSS Mastodon Bluesky Medium Tumblr Tag: wendell potter Pluralistic: 19 May 2022 Today's links Your mom is a tech ninja: Your boss? Not so much. The impossible scam of US drug plans: Even the guy who invented them can't figure them out. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 19 May 2022" Author Cory DoctorowPosted on May 19, 2022May 25, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags agency, ceos, corporate security, gender, goodrx, infosec, inhalers, inhub, medicare modernization act, mma, mylan, pbms, pharmacy benefit managers, symbicort, wellcare, wendell potter, wixela, wixela inhub1 Comment on Pluralistic: 19 May 2022 Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020 Wenceslaus Hollar,knaves,etchings,old school,plague years,charlie stross,re-opening,ellen degeneres,scabs,class war,be kind,ellen,tv,united health,wendell potter,radicalized,late-stage capitalism,guillotine watch,medicare for all,fraud,impunity,doj,science fiction,prescience,fiction,naomi kritzer,so much cooking,themepunks,coop,art,masks,gift guide,randotti,skulls,illustration Wenceslaus Hollar's Pack of Knaves; Charlie Stross on how we'll screw up the "re-opening"; Ellen DeGeneres's union crew takes paycuts while Ellen records from home with non-union contractors; Health insurance industry in rosy good health; DoJ to convicted fraudsters: keep your money!; Reflections on fictional pandemics during a real one; Coop pandemic masks Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020 Today's links Wenceslaus Hollar's Pack of Knaves: "Count yourself lucky that you are not cooped up with this lot." Charlie Stross on how we'll screw up the "re-opening": Helicopter money or collapse. Ellen DeGeneres's union crew takes paycuts while Ellen records from home with non-union contractors: Unlike Jon Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, Samantha Bee, and Desus and Mero. Health insurance industry in rosy good health: Billions in stock buybacks, 60% paycuts for doctors. DoJ to convicted fraudsters: keep your money!: Settlement payments suspended until at least June. Reflections on fictional pandemics during a real one: Naomi Kritzer on the prophetic meaning of 2015's "So Much Cooking." Coop pandemic masks: Sold at cost, including Randotti skulls. This day in history: 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020" Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 17, 2020April 18, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags art, be kind, charlie stross, class war, coop, doj, ellen, ellen degeneres, etchings, fiction, fraud, gift guide, guillotine watch, impunity, knaves, late-stage capitalism, masks, medicare for all, naomi kritzer, old school, plague years, prescience, radicalized, randotti, re-opening, scabs, science fiction, skulls, so much cooking, themepunks, tv, united health, Wenceslaus Hollar, wendell potterLeave a comment on Pluralistic: 17 Apr 2020 Pluralistic: 12 Mar 2020 Today's links TSA boss doubles down on taking away health care from part-time screeners: They're touching your junk with diseased hands. Akil Augustine on Radicalized: My book's Canada Reads champion lays out the case for Radicalized. A former top Cigna exec rebuts Joe Biden's healthcare FUD: Wendell Potter is the prodigal corporate villain. Ars Technica's Covid-19 explainer is the best resource on the pandemic: Beth Mole has outdone herself. Boeing is even worse at financial engineering than they are at aircraft engineering: The $43B they incinerated through stock buybacks would sure come in handy about now. Senate Republicans kill emergency sick leave during pandemic: Sick leave is cheaper than pandemics, but pandemics generate cost-plus contracts for the donor class. The EU's new Right to Repair rules finally come for electronics: Snoods cocked at Apple and other US Big Tech monopolists. How to run a virtual classroom: Masterclass from the 14-year-old Stanford Online High School. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019 Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading Continue reading "Pluralistic: 12 Mar 2020" Author Cory DoctorowPosted on March 12, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags akil augustine, beth mole, boeing, books, canada, canada reads, canlit, christ what an asshole, circular economy, Circular Economy Action Plan, Circular Electronics Initiative, covid-19, david pekoske, disaster capitalism, education, eu, explainers, financial engineering, gadgets, gop, joe biden, late-stage capitalism, medicare for all, pandemics, pedagogy, podcasts, precariat, public private partnerships, radicalized, right to repair, science fiction, shared microbial destiny, tsa, webinars, wendell potterLeave a comment on Pluralistic: 12 Mar 2020 Previous editions Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? 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