Tara Pincock
@tarap.bsky.social
Storyteller, novice potter, antitrust lawyer
Today, we filed an amicus brief asking the court to break up Google's ad tech monopoly. Microsoft wasn't broken up in 2001 and looked how that turned out. We cannot keep making the same mistakes and expect things to get better.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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OMI Urges Court to Require Google Divestitures in Ad Tech Monopoly Case — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute submitted an amicus brief in United States v. Google, urging the court to order Google to divest part of its advertising technology businesses to restore competition and t...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today, we filed an amicus brief asking the court to break up Google's ad tech monopoly. Microsoft wasn't broken up in 2001 and looked how that turned out. We cannot keep making the same mistakes and expect things to get better.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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A huge congratulations to @clairek.bsky.social & @thefern.org for their James Beard Foundation Media Award for the special series, "The Farm Bill Fight" www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Claire Kelloway Wins James Beard Foundation Media Award for Reporting on the "Farm Bill Fight" — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute proudly celebrates Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway who was awarded a James Beard Foundation Media Award for her incisive reporting for the Food & Envi...
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June 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A huge congratulations to @clairek.bsky.social & @thefern.org for their James Beard Foundation Media Award for the special series, "The Farm Bill Fight" www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
I'm ashamed to call Lee my Senator. Do better, Senator! You know better!
This is just sad for him and the voters he represents.
June 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm ashamed to call Lee my Senator. Do better, Senator! You know better!
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Apple lost in court, lost on appeal, and was denied cert by SCOTUS. Then it tried to dodge the rules anyway - with deceptive workarounds and executive testimony the judge called “not credible.” Enough is enough. 1/6
May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Apple lost in court, lost on appeal, and was denied cert by SCOTUS. Then it tried to dodge the rules anyway - with deceptive workarounds and executive testimony the judge called “not credible.” Enough is enough. 1/6
I sometimes let my books "cure" so long that I forget I own them. It's a problem. But not one I intend to fix.
Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.
April 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I sometimes let my books "cure" so long that I forget I own them. It's a problem. But not one I intend to fix.
Us blue dots in red states are tired of being ignored by our representatives! We're ready for a fight!
April 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Us blue dots in red states are tired of being ignored by our representatives! We're ready for a fight!
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The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
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No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
March 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
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If you think businesses should not engage in property destruction or espionage, then you already think that the antitrust laws are about fair competition. For more on this point, read the latest paper by @tarap.bsky.social and me. 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you think businesses should not engage in property destruction or espionage, then you already think that the antitrust laws are about fair competition. For more on this point, read the latest paper by @tarap.bsky.social and me. 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Today, my @openmarkets.bsky.social colleague @tarap.bsky.social and I are releasing our latest article:
📄 Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition
[ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... ]
Today, my @openmarkets.bsky.social colleague @tarap.bsky.social and I are releasing our latest article:
📄 Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition
[ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... ]
Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition
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Traditionally, courts assert that the antitrust laws are simply about “protecting competition, not competitors.” Judges, in essence, perceive com
papers.ssrn.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Today, my @openmarkets.bsky.social colleague @tarap.bsky.social and I are releasing our latest article:
📄 Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition
[ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... ]
Today, my @openmarkets.bsky.social colleague @tarap.bsky.social and I are releasing our latest article:
📄 Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition
[ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... ]
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Our chief economist Brian Callaci weighed in on the DOJ's expanded RealPage suit:
"[t]he amended complaint puts property owners across the country on notice that price-fixing is always illegal, whether it happens in smoke-filled rooms or online." www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
"[t]he amended complaint puts property owners across the country on notice that price-fixing is always illegal, whether it happens in smoke-filled rooms or online." www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Open Markets Lauds the Justice Department for Ramping Up RealPage Lawsuit to Include Landlords Engaged in Price-Fixing — Open Markets Institute
Open Markets Institute Chief Economist Brian Callaci lauds the Justice Department for expanding its RealPage lawsuit to include landlords engaged in price-fixing.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our chief economist Brian Callaci weighed in on the DOJ's expanded RealPage suit:
"[t]he amended complaint puts property owners across the country on notice that price-fixing is always illegal, whether it happens in smoke-filled rooms or online." www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
"[t]he amended complaint puts property owners across the country on notice that price-fixing is always illegal, whether it happens in smoke-filled rooms or online." www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Couldn't agree more!
Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Couldn't agree more!
It's the same with the gig economy. If paying your workers a decent wage will make your business unprofitable, then maybe you shouldn't be in that business in the first place.
“Waaaah my business isn’t sustainable without crime” then shut the fuck up & open an american candy shop like everyone else futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
It's the same with the gig economy. If paying your workers a decent wage will make your business unprofitable, then maybe you shouldn't be in that business in the first place.
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Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
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Today, @tarap.bsky.social argues that the government's meager enforcement of price-fixing laws - including its failure to sue the landlords involved in the recent RealPage scandal - has created an environment where business see the risk of collusion as worth the reward.
Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
The DOJ's price-fixing suit against RealPage, which has uncovered brazen collusion among competing landlords across the United States, is a welcome departure from decades of hands-off antitrust…
lpeproject.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Today, @tarap.bsky.social argues that the government's meager enforcement of price-fixing laws - including its failure to sue the landlords involved in the recent RealPage scandal - has created an environment where business see the risk of collusion as worth the reward.
I took a pottery class and my first piece left the kiln with a giant hole in the bottom. When my mom visited the other day, I offered her my misshapen “planter pot” as a gift. She rejected it and said she’d wait "until you have a bit more practice.” I’m devastated!
October 11, 2023 at 5:49 PM
I took a pottery class and my first piece left the kiln with a giant hole in the bottom. When my mom visited the other day, I offered her my misshapen “planter pot” as a gift. She rejected it and said she’d wait "until you have a bit more practice.” I’m devastated!