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Inside: How the IMF loan-sharks the global south; and more!

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How the IMF loan-sharks the global south: With surcharges, the cruelty is the point.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1444361993033371650

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#15yrsago Unpaid diplomatic parking tickets as index of national corruption theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

#15yrsago Canadian deported to Syria for torture is cleared theguardian.com/world/2006/oct…

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#10yrsago More than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge theguardian.com/world/2011/oct…

#5yrsago Google: if you support Amazon’s Echo, you’re cut off from Google Home and Chromecast variety.com/2016/digital/n…

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#1yrago Call center workers pay for the privilege pluralistic.net/2020/10/02/chi…

#1yrago Apple kills RSS readers in China pluralistic.net/2020/10/02/chi…

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Friday's threads: Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1443641411748827154

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