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   pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 20:46:49 JST pettter

   Doing reviews for a conference and 1) getting annoyed about the authors assuming US readers, and 2) learning horrible things about the US.

   "[...]having an eviction on record makes it more difficult to [...] qualify for affordable housing programs."

   WHAT? That's who those programs are _for_?

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 20:50:38 JST pettter

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     ..it keeps going..

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 20:51:32 JST pettter

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     It's interesting. The paper starts by describing horrible structural issues for renters and around evictions, and then it's like "so here's our slightly more effective band-aid"

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 23:54:26 JST pettter

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     • tobychev

     @tobychev ...via another monopolist

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     tobychev (tobychev@qoto.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 23:54:27 JST tobychev

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     @pettter
     The US is the country where people saw it as reasonable that "ISPs are a terribly monopolistic market" is solved by "lets route all internet via tens of thousands of antennas in orbit to go around the monopolists"...

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 23:55:02 JST pettter

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     • tobychev

     @tobychev ..who _surely_ won't increase prices in the future!