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What is chokepoint capitalism?
How platforms got so good at taking creative workers’ money — and making it impossible for us to leave, with Cory Doctorow.
Andrea Domanick
Mar 23
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Spotify and the End of Human Curation
Should we believe Big Tech when it says it's democratizing cultural creation and distribution — or is it just a smoke screen for rendering workers…
Andrea Domanick
Mar 17
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Why modern work is so chaotic and exhausting
Anna Codrea-Rado on dystopian surveillance mechanisms, non-stop notifications, and the new (post-pandemic) culture of work
Emilie Friedlander
Mar 3
12
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February 2023
Offline Recs: Dan Ozzi
Libraries, Henry Rollins, and building your own creative universe, with music writing's biggest sellout. Plus, how to help musicians get paid more.
Andrea Domanick
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Emilie Friedlander
Feb 23
3
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Digital media's pivot to nothingness
Why journalists are getting laid off again (and why this time is different), with Ben Dietz and Drew Millard
Emilie Friedlander
Feb 16
6
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State of the Union (of Monoculture)
The Grammys, the Super Bowl, and 'Yellowstone' walk into a bar, with Katie Bain and Drew Millard
Emilie Friedlander
Feb 9
3
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Why everything is getting worse all the time, with DIS
Filmmaker Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman and DIS co-founder Lauren Boyle discuss leveraged buyouts and their vampiric effects on society
Emilie Friedlander
Feb 2
4
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January 2023
Offline Recs: Daisy Alioto
Scottish noir, Gorpcore hiking boots, and other hot picks from the CEO of DIRT, aka "'The Village Voice' of the internet"
Emilie Friedlander
and
Andrea Domanick
Jan 26
4
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Bunker, Mars colony, or seastead?
Psychoanalyzing the escape fantasies of Silicon Valley oligarchs, with Douglas Rushkoff
Emilie Friedlander
Jan 19
5
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November 2022
Offline Recs: The anything-but-Twitter edition
Lost '80s recordings, Adam Curtis energy, and mysteries set in the world of rare books
Emilie Friedlander
and
Andrea Domanick
Nov 23, 2022
4
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Offline Recs: The anything-but-Twitter edition
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September 2022
Offline Recs: Mall nostalgia, downward mobility, Aphex Twin sample-mashing
Plus, a Season Three mood guide
Emilie Friedlander
and
Andrea Domanick
Sep 29, 2022
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Is A.I. good or bad for art?
Making sense of the moral panic around tools like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney, with Mat Dryhurst
Andrea Domanick
and
Emilie Friedlander
Sep 22, 2022
7
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