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Inside: The super-rich got that way through monopolies; and more!

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  • #15yrsago Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance, a look at the bumbling, murdering, drunken idiots (and others) who’ve served as vice-president of the USA

    #10yrsago #TimWu on FCC’s #NetNeutrality disaster

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      • #5yrsago An archive of Freedom, #PaulRobeson and Louis Burnham’s radical Harlem newspaper

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        • #5yrsago Now EVERYBODY hates the new EU #CopyrightDirective

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          • Yesterday's threads: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides; and more!

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                      • I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

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