Economic Policy

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UM umair haque · Bad Words

(Why) The English-Speaking World is the New Soviet Union

The Politics of the Obvious

Oct 20, 2017 · 6 min read · 14,388 claps #politics #economics #leadership

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YA Yana Bostongirl · Good Vibes Club

What Lost Pets Taught Me About Reunions

Friends who no longer fit the version of who you are now

Apr 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 4,529 claps paywalled #relationships #pets #friendship

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FR Francesco Bellelli · TDS Archive

The fascinating world of Voronoi diagrams

A brief introduction about this ubiquitous pattern and its applications

Apr 02, 2022 · 9 min read · 4,303 claps #delaunay-triangulation #voronoi #art

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NA Nadin Brzezinski

Putin and the Russian Army

This appeared today in European news. So, the intent is to try Vladimir Putin for Crimes Against Humanity. This is clear as day. The…

Feb 05, 2025 · 4 min read · 3,426 claps paywalled #putin #european-union #ruaf

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YA yahya alshraa

Easy rules that ensure your financial project will be richly profitable

It’s a widely held misconception that any economic endeavor can only be financially successful through intense labor; yet, success can also…

Oct 07, 2024 · 3 min read · 3,276 claps

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CO Cory Doctorow

All bets are off

Tearing up the rulebook doesn’t end the games, it just gets rid of the rules.

Jan 29, 2025 · 9 min read · 2,970 claps #labor #wildcat-strikes #general-strike-2028

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NA Nadin Brzezinski

The Plan Came from Russia

Trump’s November 27 deadline “is not stable” — Rubio

Nov 23, 2025 · 4 min read · 2,232 claps paywalled #russia-ukraine-war #donald-trump #vladimir-putin

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CO Cory Doctorow

The AI bubble isn’t like the internet bubble

No one had to force-feed the web to workers.

May 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,873 claps #ai #bubblenomics #labor

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CO Cory Doctorow

Understaffing as a form of enshittification

A way to shift value from workers, patients and shoppers to investors.

Mar 23, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,816 claps #understaffing #labor #enshittification

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JA Jake Orlowitz

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

May 26, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,724 claps #wikipedia #politics #technology

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DX DX25Labs

DX25 and Globees Forge Alliance to Revolutionize MultiversX Ecosystem

In a landmark collaboration, DX25, a trailblazing decentralized exchange (DEX) on the MultiversX blockchain, is thrilled to announce its…

Nov 30, 2023 · 2 min read · 1,625 claps #dx25 #globee #partnerships

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RA Rachel A Fefer

Hey, Assholes! Pets Are Not Your Personal Accessories

Why the Kardashian’s Should Not Be Permitted To Get Any More Animals, Ever

May 27, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,360 claps paywalled #animals #animal-welfare #cats

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JO Joe Procopio · Entrepreneurship Handbook

AI is Now More Expensive Than the Mass Layoff Human Labor It’s Replacing

The bill for AI as labor replacement is coming due, and it’s an actual, big bill with many zeroes

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,350 claps paywalled #artificial-intelligence #technology #work

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JO John Hansen PAL · The RvR

The Horse and the Elephant

In Support of Animal Rights

Nov 08, 2023 · 2 min read · 1,250 claps paywalled #ekphrastic-expression #the-rvr #poetry

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NA Nadin Brzezinski

Ukraine and the European Union

Yesterday, the last step was taken. Ukraine and Moldova are now in final negotiations to join the European Union. This started at the…

Dec 15, 2023 · 4 min read · 1,174 claps paywalled #russia #ukraine-war #russian-economy

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CO Cory Doctorow

Doctors’ union may yet save the NHS from Palantir

There is power in the union.

Feb 12, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,084 claps #palantir #nhs #privacy

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JA Janaka Stagnaro · Scrittura

When Poets Come Together to Write as One

An ekphrastic collaborative poem

Jan 09, 2024 · 2 min read · 1,052 claps #scrittura #poetry #ekphrastic

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GE Gemini May · New Earth Consciousness

Resting & Integrating in Magnetic Frequency

On the Twin Flame Journey, once Divine Feminine rises into union frequency, she must sustain and maintain her zero-point peace — without…

Jun 17, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,050 claps paywalled #twin-flame #spirituality #spiritual-growth

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CO Cory Doctorow

Criticizing the everything machine

It slices, it dices, it even makes paperclips!

Jun 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,026 claps #applied-counterescatology #ai #reverse-centaurs

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KA Kay Flanagan · Big List Energy

5 Essential Minimum Wage Jobs

Because we value capital over people’s lives

May 23, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,013 claps paywalled #big-list-energy #work #health