{
  "id": 13546,
  "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty",
  "title": "Pluralistic: Apple's robo-repo (25 Jul 2026)",
  "summary": "Today's links Apple's robo-repo: Privatizing the risk premium, socializing its costs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Printed batteries; Monopoly credit cards; Mapping airport power outlets; EMI loves pirates; Mexican indigenous phone co-op; Sewer cover textiles; Surge pricing v antitrust; Carbon offsets v forest fires; Charter schools as money laundries. Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've b",
  "authors": "Cory Doctorow",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "children-education,environment",
  "orgs": "apple",
  "regions": "latam",
  "published_at": "2026-07-25T10:41:10.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-26T05:10:45.164Z",
  "source_slug": "x-pluralistic-cory-doctorow",
  "source_name": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)",
  "source_homepage": "https://pluralistic.net",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13546",
  "original_url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}