By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Now, I happen to be a big believer in vaccination. I've had so many covid jabs that I glow in the dark and get five bars of 5G in a coal-mine. But I didn't get vaccinated because I trust pharma companies or their regulators. 21/ 1742
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026A string of scandals - most notably the Sacklers' Oxycontin murder-spree - has proven that pharma will kill you for a nickel and that the FDA will let them get away with it: pluralistic.net/2024/03/25/b... 22/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2686
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026From tobacco safety to food safety to the climate emergency, it's obvious that the system of expert agencies that we rely on was terminally compromised by corporate power and regulatory capture: pluralistic.net/2022/06/05/r... 23/pluralistic.netRegulatory Capture – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1739
Karma's Dad @karmasdad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ah, the good old days are returning... The bodies were piling up when this article was written. www.latimes.com/nation/la-12...latimes.comHow a New Policy Led to Seven Deadly DrugsMedicine: Once a wary watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration set out to become a "partner" of the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the public has more remedies, but some are proving lethal. 010
