monopolists: actually it's bad to keep rice in your kitchen
October 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
monopolists: actually it's bad to keep rice in your kitchen
The country of monopolists, scammers and snake oil.
November 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The country of monopolists, scammers and snake oil.
300% they’re not wrestling fans. They’re monopolists. Company marks. Not wrestling fans. Gatekeep AEW.
These are not wrestling fans and gatekeeping is good.
Think before you say something stupid. You want people to lose their jobs and then what happens next could be disastrous to that person if on WWE.
Look how WCW wrestlers were treated over there.
With the invasion a lot were on TV and then poof gone with only some of the wrestlers made it big there
Look how WCW wrestlers were treated over there.
With the invasion a lot were on TV and then poof gone with only some of the wrestlers made it big there
November 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
300% they’re not wrestling fans. They’re monopolists. Company marks. Not wrestling fans. Gatekeep AEW.
These criminal monopolists simply cannot be allowed to continue like this. Harsh antitrust laws are needed. This kind of behaviour is so outrageously anticompetitive that it should be a felony.
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
These criminal monopolists simply cannot be allowed to continue like this. Harsh antitrust laws are needed. This kind of behaviour is so outrageously anticompetitive that it should be a felony.
are we talkin'
General Strike?
Will our
Monopolists Allow
the cadet to Derail the Golden Cow?
General Strike?
Will our
Monopolists Allow
the cadet to Derail the Golden Cow?
November 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
are we talkin'
General Strike?
Will our
Monopolists Allow
the cadet to Derail the Golden Cow?
General Strike?
Will our
Monopolists Allow
the cadet to Derail the Golden Cow?
Fuck the monopolists.
Take a position and use your local indie hardware man, if there’s one left in your neighbourhood.
Take a position and use your local indie hardware man, if there’s one left in your neighbourhood.
November 3, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Fuck the monopolists.
Take a position and use your local indie hardware man, if there’s one left in your neighbourhood.
Take a position and use your local indie hardware man, if there’s one left in your neighbourhood.
The Golden Rule:
Them with the Gold gets to Make The Rules
Them with the Gold gets to Make The Rules
November 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The Golden Rule:
Them with the Gold gets to Make The Rules
Them with the Gold gets to Make The Rules
Agree - perhaps solution is a government scheme involving means tested access. Classical result is monopolists are OK with variable pricing as long as they can perfectly price discriminate
October 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Agree - perhaps solution is a government scheme involving means tested access. Classical result is monopolists are OK with variable pricing as long as they can perfectly price discriminate
Yup. It's a scam the would-be monopolists are pulling by making it sound like it's some kind of sci-fi robot super brain when, in-fact, it's just software.
November 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Yup. It's a scam the would-be monopolists are pulling by making it sound like it's some kind of sci-fi robot super brain when, in-fact, it's just software.
It's renters on renters on Wannabe Monopolists all the way down :/
November 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It's renters on renters on Wannabe Monopolists all the way down :/
Where is State Farm going? That’s c. 500 white collar jobs…
Also… UVA competing directly with Sentara-MJH. Monopolists gonna monopoly.
Also… UVA competing directly with Sentara-MJH. Monopolists gonna monopoly.
October 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Where is State Farm going? That’s c. 500 white collar jobs…
Also… UVA competing directly with Sentara-MJH. Monopolists gonna monopoly.
Also… UVA competing directly with Sentara-MJH. Monopolists gonna monopoly.
It does for the rich monopolists like Pennybags
October 31, 2026 at 11:52 PM
It does for the rich monopolists like Pennybags
I want WWE either radically changed or gone, specifically because they are monopolists (and also because they're MAGA). But I certainly wouldn't want AEW to have a monopoly either. Wrestling is better when there are a lot of diverse promotions doing good business all over the world.
November 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I want WWE either radically changed or gone, specifically because they are monopolists (and also because they're MAGA). But I certainly wouldn't want AEW to have a monopoly either. Wrestling is better when there are a lot of diverse promotions doing good business all over the world.
Good, schools should just use DDG and give the finger to these toxic monopolists
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Good, schools should just use DDG and give the finger to these toxic monopolists
Not like it's a secret:
newrepublic.com/article/2088...
newrepublic.com/article/2088...
How the Tech World Turned Evil
Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and th...
newrepublic.com
November 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Not like it's a secret:
newrepublic.com/article/2088...
newrepublic.com/article/2088...
But the FTC and DoJ won't do a damn thing if there is a credible argument that "consumers" aren't being charged higher prices. Not that they aren't getting shafted in ten other ways, but just that the price isn't higher. Monopolists understand this and have adapted.
5/7
5/7
October 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
But the FTC and DoJ won't do a damn thing if there is a credible argument that "consumers" aren't being charged higher prices. Not that they aren't getting shafted in ten other ways, but just that the price isn't higher. Monopolists understand this and have adapted.
5/7
5/7
“They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1936 about monopolists, speculators and war profiteers. Democrats should remember his words when they retake power. A good enemy is a terrible thing to waste.
Opinion | Republicans Tried to Turn the Cheesecake Factory Against Democrats. It Flopped. (Gift Article)
It’s become screamingly obvious who represents billionaires and unchecked plutocratic power.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
“They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1936 about monopolists, speculators and war profiteers. Democrats should remember his words when they retake power. A good enemy is a terrible thing to waste.
“They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1936 about monopolists, speculators and war profiteers. Democrats should remember his words when they retake power. A good enemy is a terrible thing to waste.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/o...
Opinion | Republicans Tried to Turn the Cheesecake Factory Against Democrats. It Flopped.
It’s become screamingly obvious who represents billionaires and unchecked plutocratic power.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2026 at 3:43 AM
“They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1936 about monopolists, speculators and war profiteers. Democrats should remember his words when they retake power. A good enemy is a terrible thing to waste.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/o...
Saw Heretic the other day & googling this was the best takeaway.
"It turns out that Monopoly’s origins begin not with Darrow 80 years ago, but decades before with a bold, progressive woman named Elizabeth Magie... She actually designed the game as a protest against the big monopolists of her time."
"It turns out that Monopoly’s origins begin not with Darrow 80 years ago, but decades before with a bold, progressive woman named Elizabeth Magie... She actually designed the game as a protest against the big monopolists of her time."
Monopoly’s Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’ (Published 2015)
Elizabeth Magie, a crusader against big business, devised the classic capitalist game decades before the man credited with its creation.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Saw Heretic the other day & googling this was the best takeaway.
"It turns out that Monopoly’s origins begin not with Darrow 80 years ago, but decades before with a bold, progressive woman named Elizabeth Magie... She actually designed the game as a protest against the big monopolists of her time."
"It turns out that Monopoly’s origins begin not with Darrow 80 years ago, but decades before with a bold, progressive woman named Elizabeth Magie... She actually designed the game as a protest against the big monopolists of her time."
Solving the collective action problem in real time: Schools are going to turn to OTHER OPTIONS... These choices by the tech monopolists are going to reignite competition...
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Solving the collective action problem in real time: Schools are going to turn to OTHER OPTIONS... These choices by the tech monopolists are going to reignite competition...
I think they largely obviated themselves via the administrative state and its many labor protections. Now they're just monopolists on the other side of the table.
November 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I think they largely obviated themselves via the administrative state and its many labor protections. Now they're just monopolists on the other side of the table.
Repubs are not capitalists. They are monopolists.
Monopoly violates one of the foundational principles of capitalism: competition.
Monopoly violates one of the foundational principles of capitalism: competition.
October 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Repubs are not capitalists. They are monopolists.
Monopoly violates one of the foundational principles of capitalism: competition.
Monopoly violates one of the foundational principles of capitalism: competition.
Turns out tech titans are just old fashioned monopolists. When you can’t cook the books on search, you stop making money.
They will probably just make a cooked AI now so they can keep monopoly-ing.
They will probably just make a cooked AI now so they can keep monopoly-ing.
Breaking news: Alphabet shares tumbled 13% on Thursday after the Google owner revealed that 'AI mode' searches were threatening profits at its core advertising business. ft.trib.al/g8Q9IPx
October 29, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Turns out tech titans are just old fashioned monopolists. When you can’t cook the books on search, you stop making money.
They will probably just make a cooked AI now so they can keep monopoly-ing.
They will probably just make a cooked AI now so they can keep monopoly-ing.
Alberta’s neo guilded age coming right along nicely for the new robber barons…
October 29, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Alberta’s neo guilded age coming right along nicely for the new robber barons…
Agnes schemes to keep her social position as old money faces threats from monopolists in the Gilded Age season opener.
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November 2, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Agnes schemes to keep her social position as old money faces threats from monopolists in the Gilded Age season opener.