Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>Science fiction novelist, journalist and technology activist Cory Doctorow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> speech at the 2025 Ursula Franklin Lecture. ></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/1059798497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/1059798497</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/monopsonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopsonies</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/twiddling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twiddling</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LockedUsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockedUsers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LockedSellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockedSellers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/lecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lecture</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AlgorithmicWageDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlgorithmicWageDiscrimination</span></a>#speech <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interoperability</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WorkersPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersPower</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sellers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechnoFeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ratings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ratings</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Uberisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uberisation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/queries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queries</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JediBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JediBlue</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/profiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiling</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/enshitified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitified</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AntitrustLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntitrustLaw</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RegulatoryCaptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCaptures</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechnologicalAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologicalAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GiantPileOfShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiantPileOfShit</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechnicalMechanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalMechanism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/rankings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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Still Mad About CD Prices<p>Reason 237 I fucking hate <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/brightspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brightspace</span></a>: they lock all conversation about their product behind a soft paywall (e.g. I get stupid emails like this where I can't just see what Yi Yan.L.782 said). Every fucking interaction has to be on their platform, under their control. Much of the content is hidden from search engines. </p><p>Of course, once you get into their little walled garden you discover that searching for unfixed bugs or unmet feature requests is only possible on a one-term-at-a-time search basis. There's almost no way to see if related issues exist.</p><p>No surprise: when I dove into this last year and spent a couple of hours trying to answer some questions about basic, industry-standard functionality (spoiler: the answer to all of them was "No"), I figured out that they have hundreds or thousands of unresolved issues going back 20 years.</p><p>This company is worth a billion dollars.</p><p>Edit: I clicked the link. I did. The message was "We have also had this question. Does anyone else know..."</p><p>Holy fuck this is stupid.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lms</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/shittydesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shittydesign</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day three: cont 🛒🥛🍞🥖</p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/supermarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supermarket</span></a> giants have pushed back against <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>’s pledge on price gouging, saying the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ACCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACCC</span></a>’s inquiry had not concluded they were engaging in the practice.” (says supermarkets) </p><p>VS </p><p>“We will fine them. We will fine them with heavy fines.”</p><p>David (DJ) Speers: “Heavy fines?”</p><p>Albanese: “Heavy fines to make sure that they know that if they’re ripping people off, then they are in the gun to pay a heavy penalty for it.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> vs <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/30/australia-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-supermarkets-energy?page=with%3Ablock-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c#block-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/mar/30/australia-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-supermarkets-energy?page=with%3Ablock-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c#block-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c</span></a>></p>
J. Alan Henning<p>What fresh hell is this? <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/latestagecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latestagecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></p>
Orion Ussner kidder<p>I realized something today as I once again chewed over the rank moral cowardice of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a> both profiting off Nazi content *and* not carrying pornography.</p><p>A huge part of the problem of the modern internet is that we have private <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> standing in for and being treated like public services.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/enshittificaiton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittificaiton</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>How the American Medical Association screws doctors</p><p><a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-the-american-medical-association" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebignewsletter.com/p/how-the</span><span class="invisible">-american-medical-association</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>On the contrary, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> is strikingly undemocratic. It is controlled overwhelmingly by the few who hold most of the power over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capital</span></a> & investible <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assets</span></a>: the large <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> firms, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>, & the 1%.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Nithin Coca నితిన్<p>Had to help a friend fix an <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Office</span></a> license issue.</p><p>Apparently the download was corrupt & hence MS thought it was a invalid copy. The only way to fix it was uninstall it, but Windows didn't recognize it as installed, even thought it was! Ended up downloading an offline copy, mounting it and installing with no internet connection & that worked.</p><p>Absolutely mindboggling how bad this all is. This is <a href="https://social.coop/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> in action. Being forced to pay $$$ for shitty products that don't work.</p>
TFed 🍉🌻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kevinrns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kevinrns</span></a></span> Elon Musk i the end of the game <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a>. Cuz everything gonna go back to the box :ablobcatpopcorn:</p><p>my senteces refers to Zeitgeist Movie, episode about monopoly</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zeitgeist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeitgeist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a></p>
3sat :3sat:<p>Brettspiele sind toll, aber gelegentlich ist nach einer Partie <a href="https://zdf.social/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> doch mal die Stimmung schlecht. Dennoch ist es eines der beliebtesten Spiele weltweit. Ursprünglich stammt die Idee dazu von Elizabeth Magie, die damit eigentlich über die Gefahr von Monopolen aufklären wollte.</p><p><a href="https://zdf.social/tags/MonopolyTag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolyTag</span></a> <a href="https://zdf.social/tags/TheLandlordsGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLandlordsGame</span></a> <a href="https://zdf.social/tags/ElizabethMagie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethMagie</span></a> <a href="https://zdf.social/tags/CharlesDarrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDarrow</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ludophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ludophile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GuillotinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuillotinesWork</span></a></p><p>Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.</p><p>See Alt-Text</p>
John<p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>: government plans to hand postal service to private <a href="https://union.place/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> that uses precarious employees. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> expects further price increases and service deterioration.</p><p><a href="https://uniglobalunion.org/news/denmark-ends-letter-delivery-3f-uni-global-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uniglobalunion.org/news/denmar</span><span class="invisible">k-ends-letter-delivery-3f-uni-global-union/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/contracting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracting</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/gig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gig</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/GigEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GigEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/PostNord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostNord</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/3F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3F</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/DAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAO</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/WorldPostDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPostDay</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a></p>
Yes, But ⁉️<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGame</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGames</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YesBut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YesBut</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a></p>
Mark Mason<p>If you play <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> the outcome is always the same, someone gets all the money. If you want a different outcome you have to change the rules so come on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> make some changes for gods sake.</p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Interesting look at the precursor to Monopoly, and specifically a British version of The Landlord’s game, published in Dumfriesshire in 1913. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGMAAqF-As4&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iGMAAqF-As</span><span class="invisible">4&feature=youtu.be</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dumfriesshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dumfriesshire</span></a></p>
dimtion<p>If you think <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a> price increase in the last few weeks are mostly due to the avian flu, you are being misled…</p><p>Why we are in an <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/eggopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggopoly</span></a> :</p><p><a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/hatching-a-conspiracy-a-big-investigation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebignewsletter.com/p/hatchin</span><span class="invisible">g-a-conspiracy-a-big-investigation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/egg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egg</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></p>
Leftist Lawyer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://feedsin.space/feed/MattStollerSubstack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MattStollerSubstack</span></a></span> on the egg mess. </p><p>TLDR?</p><p>Takeaway — the avian flu is not responsible for increased prices. <br>Once again, the culprit is corporate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a>. </p><p>The avian flu is just an excuse. <br>When industry gets monopolized, the monopolizers will seize upon any excuse to jack prices through the roof. </p><p>From the article:<br>** Cal-Maine Foods — the largest egg producer and the only one that publishes its financial data as a publicly traded company — has been making more money than ever. It’s annual gross profits in the past three years have floated between 3 and 6 times what it used to earn before the avian flu epidemic started — breaking $1 billion for the first time in the company’s history. All of this extra profit is coming from higher selling prices, which have been earning Cal-Maine unprecedented 50-170 percent margins over farm production costs per dozen. Taking Cal-Maine as the “bellwether” for the industry’s largest firms — as people in the egg business do — we can be pretty confident that the other large egg producers are also raking in profits off the relatively small dip in egg production.**</p><p>Post covid inflation??? Yeah, it’s 99% price gouging.</p><p><a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/hatching-a-conspiracy-a-big-investigation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebignewsletter.com/p/hatchin</span><span class="invisible">g-a-conspiracy-a-big-investigation</span></a></p>
Otis Scops aka Crash Course<p>I always love a good initiative that circumvents or limits big-techs' horrible monopolism and arrogance and abuse of patents, copy-rights and whatever laws and rules that are never there to protect YOU, but always to protect capital!</p><p>So...</p><p>Get honest answers to the questions that have been bugging you about technology. And get to know how the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) fights every day to make sure your rights follow you into the digital world.<br>Ever wondered...</p><p> Why is it so expensive to repair my devices?<br> Can the government read my text messages?<br> Is my phone listening to me?<br> Do I really own the digital media I bought?<br> Why is printer ink so expensive?</p><p><a href="https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">digitalrightsbytes.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> technology <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrashCourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrashCourse</span></a></p>
bignose<p>Yes: respond to <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> breach of trade deals (imposition of import tarriffs), by revoking <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patent</span></a> and <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> for <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> corporations, to the benefit of one's own country.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/IntellectualTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualTheft</span></a> (monopolies on culture) keeps medicine from the poor, keeps education from the needy, keeps science from those who will benefit. Now the trade deals are violated, no need to continue protecting USA <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/rentier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rentier</span></a> profits.</p><p>This is a great idea, I would love to see <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> do this also.</p><p>Ironically, this article arguing for the social benefits of free use of information, is not on the open web (it's locked behind a login-wall).</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/03/04/canada-patents-trump-tariffs-medicines-pharma/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/04/canada-patents-trump-tariffs-medicines-pharma/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a></p>
Wuzzy<p>In the last two weeks, I made a computer adaptation of the historic <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BoardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGame</span></a> The Landlord’s Game (which is <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a>). It is the predecessor of <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a>.</p><p>It is clunky and ugly, but it almost works. This is the first time I used <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/L%C3%96VE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LÖVE</span></a>, and it shows. 😅</p><p>The game logic is surprisingly complex with many obscure features.</p><p>▶️ Link: <a href="https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1904" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1</span><span class="invisible">904</span></a><br>(read the README otherwise you won't understand a thing)</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/L%C3%96VE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LÖVE</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/L%C3%96VE2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LÖVE2D</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/TheLandlordsGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLandlordsGame</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Landlords1904" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlords1904</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BoardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGame</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a></p>
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