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https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/14/masque-of-the-red-death/#masque

contains a link to a free audio version of Corey Doctorow's Masque of the Red Death. A story about #plutocrats holing up in a #bunker in the event of civilizational collapse.

Spoiler alert:

It does not end well for them, and that did not even require mobs with pitchforks.

#142holdheap #CoreyDoctorow #MasqueOfTheRedDeath

One of my favorite passages by Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) is from "Attack Surface"; it perfectly fits so many situations and applies to so many people in these ridiculous times:

"I have given more consideration than it is due already. Now, fuck off. Then keep fucking off. Fuck off until you come up to a gate with a sign saying 'You Can't Fuck Off Past Here'. Climb over the gate, dream the impossible dream, and keep fucking off forever."

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hench
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(of a man) having a body that looks big, strong and well shaped, as if he has done a lot of exercise:
Did you see how hench Ronaldo looked when he took his shirt off?
He's stronger than the henchest guy in the gym.

I just finished Red Team Blues. I started it on Saturday and finished it today. Couldn't put it down.

Martin Hench is a self employed forensic accountant that plays on the Red team, the attackers, and he's really good at it.

"They have to make zero mistakes; I just have to find one error. They have to be perfect; I just have to be systematic. It’s why I play the red team. Advantage to the attacker, as always.”

His latest job, however, has put him in jeopardy and on the defensive - on the Blue Team - and he hates it, until a good friend sets him straight.

"Step Right Up! Bargains Galore.."
--- Tom Waits
comes to mind:

> where prices go up as quality goes down

> It’s hard to remember that the internet was originally supposed to connect producers and shoppers, artists and audiences, and members of communities with one another without permission or control by third parties.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/opinion/amazon-ftc-antitrust-monopoly.html
/HT @JamesGleick @pluralistic

https://zirk.us/@JamesGleick/111137441022093910

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