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“First, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.”
― Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
― Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
“The reason the rich and powerful, along with their intellectual and ideological supporters, recommend the complete privatization of our environment is not that they are opposed to government; they're just opposed to government interventions that undermine their property rights and threaten to democratize processes that they now control. And if, in the process, they get to own planet Earth, that's OK by them too!”
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“I mean, we let you own a semiautomatic rifle with no questions asked, and you're free to drive a giant Escalade down the street even if you can barely see over the front bumper. But you can't hang a solar panel from the balcony of your apartment? Don't tread on my arrays, dude.”
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Austin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Austin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
21 books
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6 friends
76 books
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13 friends
30 books
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15 friends
45 books
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11 friends
82 books
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18 friends
337 books
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30 friends
78 books
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15 friends
80 books
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6 friends
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