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Inside: Anti-vax/anti-trust; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/09/when-it-dont-rain/
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Fantastic essay!! I'm so excited Lena Khan is part of Mayor Mamdani's team. We need her to be in charge on the national level again! 😍
@pluralistic I used to think stories where the Hero finds an ancient weapon to defeat the baddie were silly. Boy do I feel dumb. Turns out anti trust legislation was the ancient weapon we need. The first step is remembering.
Hey look at this
* TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service https://cordcuttersnews.com/tivo-plans-to-end-free-automatic-commercial-skipping-in-november-tests-paid-premium-replacement-service/
* Stand up to union busters https://search.laborlab.us/
* Estimate the cost of an anti-union campaign. https://calculator.laborlab.us/
* Labor Day 2026: Record-High Popularity, Record-Low Power for America’s Unions https://prospect.org/2026/09/07/labor-day-2026-record-high-popularity-record-low-power-for-americas-unions/
* 216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
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#25yrsago Garry Trudeau gets hoaxed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1530220.stm
#25yrsago Publishers v radical librarians https://web.archive.org/web/20010713171001/http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html
#20yrsago Podcasters act now to stop anti-podcasting UN treaty! https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/broadcasting_treaty/podcasting.php
#20yrsago Why CDT’s report on DRM falls short of the mark https://craphound.com/cdtdrmresponse.txt
#20yrsago Barenaked Ladies guy on Universal’s DRM SpiralFrog service https://web.archive.org/web/20061110205411/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=8/30/2006
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#25yrsago Garry Trudeau gets hoaxed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1530220.stm
#25yrsago Publishers v radical librarians https://web.archive.org/web/20010713171001/http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html
#20yrsago Podcasters act now to stop anti-podcasting UN treaty! https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/broadcasting_treaty/podcasting.php
#20yrsago Why CDT’s report on DRM falls short of the mark https://craphound.com/cdtdrmresponse.txt
#20yrsago Barenaked Ladies guy on Universal’s DRM SpiralFrog service https://web.archive.org/web/20061110205411/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=8/30/2006
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#25yrsago Garry Trudeau gets hoaxed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1530220.stm
#25yrsago Publishers v radical librarians https://web.archive.org/web/20010713171001/http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html
#20yrsago Podcasters act now to stop anti-podcasting UN treaty! https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/broadcasting_treaty/podcasting.php
#20yrsago Why CDT’s report on DRM falls short of the mark https://craphound.com/cdtdrmresponse.txt
#20yrsago Barenaked Ladies guy on Universal’s DRM SpiralFrog service https://web.archive.org/web/20061110205411/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=8/30/2006
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I wish more people truly gave more importance to "It starts with remembering" because shit is going downhill fast with no apparent brakes.