Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/02/20/pri…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in TORONTO on SUNDAY (Feb 23) at Another Story Books:
eventbrite.ca/e/picks-shovels-…
And in NYC on WEDNESDAY (Feb 26) with JOHN HODGMAN:
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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PICKS & SHOVELS - Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat: Targeting people with chronic illnesses, parents of sick kids, military personnel with gambling problems, seniors with dementia, and national security decisionmakers.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11403782…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-02-20 19:18:49
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Elon's DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion. The Real Figure Was $8 Million. gizmodo.com/elons-doge-claimed…
* HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_… (h/t Peter Sayer)
* My Favorite Bit maryrobinettekowal.com/journal…
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HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
Paul Kunert (The Register)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Intelligent Design’s stupid designer nytimes.com/2005/02/20/magazin…
#10yrsago Revenge porn shitweasel pleads guilty, admits he hacked victims’ accounts nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reven…
#5yrsago Adding 2 inches of tape to a road-sign induces sudden 50mph acceleration in Teslas pluralistic.net/2020/02/20/plu…
#5yrsago Uber driver/sharecroppers drive like maniacs to make quota pluralistic.net/2020/02/20/plu…
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Revenge Porn Kingpin Hunter Moore Agrees to Guilty Plea
NBC NewsCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Bernie Sanders leads in 10 out of 10 polls pluralistic.net/2020/02/20/plu…
#10yrsago Bloomberg: kids only like Sanders because they're stupid pluralistic.net/2020/02/20/plu…
#5yrsago Barclay's bankers forced to endure nagging work-computer spyware pluralistic.net/2020/02/20/plu…
#1yrago Pluralistic is four pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/for…
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Pluralist, a daily link-dose: 20 Feb 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Pluralistic is five; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11403244…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-02-19 20:29:26
Cory Doctorow
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My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:
chevaliersbooks.com/product-pa…
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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:
seizethemeansofcomputation.org
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
booksoup.com/book/978180429124…
Both are national bestsellers!
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Toronto: Picks and Shovels at Another Story, Feb 23
eventbrite.ca/e/picks-shovels-…
* #Toronto: Ursula Franklin Lecture, Feb 24
eventbrite.ca/e/2025-ursula-fr…
* #NYC: Picks and Shovels with John Hodgman, Feb 26
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
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PICKS & SHOVELS - Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #PennState: Picks and Shovels, Feb 27
bellisario.psu.edu/assets/uplo…
* #Doylestown, PA: Picks and Shovels at the Doylestown Bookshop, Mar 1
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* #Baltimore: Picks and Shovels with Maximillian Alvarez, Mar 2
redemmas.org/events/cory-docto…
* #DC: Picks and Shovels with Matt Stoller, Mar 4
loyaltybookstores.com/picksnsh…
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Cory Doctorow // PICKS AND SHOVELS: A MARTIN HENCH NOVEL
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Richmond, VA: Picks and Shovels with Lee Vinsel, Mar 5
fountainbookstore.com/events/1…
* Virtual: With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It (Indiana University), Mar 7
events.iu.edu/mediaiub/event/1…
* #Austin: Picks and Shovels at First Light Books, Mar 10
thethirdplace.is/event/cory-do…
* Europa Park: Cloudfest, Mar 17-20
cloudfest.link/
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With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It
Indiana University CalendarCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Virtual: Picks and Shovels at Imagine! Belfast, Mar 24
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
* #Chicago: Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal, Apr 2
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
* #Chicago: ABA Techshow, Apr 3
techshow.com/
* #Bloomington: Picks and Shovels at Morgenstern, Apr 4
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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Cory Doctorow in conversation with Alan Meban
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Picks and Shovels with Yanis Varoufakis and David Moscrop (Jacobin)
youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDep7Z4L…
* Forthright Radio
forthright.media/2025/02/14/co…
* The Writer's Voice
writersvoice.net/2025/02/black…
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Cory Doctorow: Picks and Shovels
Forthright RadioCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat (20 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in TORONTO on SUNDAY (Feb 23) at Another Story Books:
eventbrite.ca/e/picks-shovels-…
And in NYC on WEDNESDAY (Feb 26) with JOHN HODGMAN:
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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PICKS & SHOVELS - Cory Doctorow
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