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App-Store States: Platforms as Quasi-Governments

In the museum of code there is a wing where the labels feel like laws. Merchants line up with packages and petitions, and somewhere deep inside the glass, an algorithm arranges who may be seen, which is a form of sovereignty.

Nov 7, 202527 min
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The Shadow Budget: Donor-Advised Funds, Dark Money, and the Administrative Map of Power

The shadow budget is not crime; it is design—a way of cooling taxes while heating influence, upgrading donor optionality into campaign durability. From DAFs to c(4)s to administrative calendars, this is the atlas of a gradient most cities cannot see but all cities feel.

Aug 19, 202528 min