Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026)

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The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification: Regulatory arbitrage isn't just for tax cheats.
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Catch this! Email is good, actually.
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How the Light Gets In: The door is open a crack!
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It's not normal: Remember when you owned stuff?
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Sorry, eh: I sincerely regret that all my ideas will not lose billions of dollars, destroy jobs or make your country more dependent on American tech.
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A winning trade war strategy for Canada: Tech giants are also the enemy of American businesses.
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Predistribution vs redistribution (Big Tech edition): A thing that governments can do with 100% reliability.
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bunnie's piggyback hack: An actual "one weird trick" that's pretty fucking spectacular.
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Where did the money go? Turning a mountain of (their) money into a pile of (your) money.
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Writing vs AI: If you wouldn't ask an AI to eat a delicious pizza for you, why would you ask it to write a college essay?
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