Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: America is a scam; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/05/28/che…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: America is a scam; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/05/28/che…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •HEY #SEATTLE! I'm appearing at the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival THIS SATURDAY (May 31) with the folks from NPR's On The Media!
cascadepbs.org/festival/speake…
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Cory Doctorow at Cascade PBS Ideas Festival
Cascade PBSCory Doctorow
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America is a scam: Welcome to the age of cheating.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11458686…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-05-28 18:25:28
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Support Peertube support.joinpeertube.org/en/#f… (h/t Fediverse Report)
* The Internet of Consent anildash.com/2025/05/27/2025-0…
* Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government newyorker.com/news/the-lede/do… (h/t Corey Robin)
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Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
Paisley Currah (The New Yorker)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Copyright prevented transmission of Beatles music to aliens memex.craphound.com/2005/05/29…
#10yrsago Pornoscanner lobbyist’s new job: overseeing TSA spending theintercept.com/2015/05/27/ts…
#5yrsago Canadian newsrooms restructure as co-ops pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago GOP lawmaker hid his diagnosis from Democrats pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago Walmart's crummy anti-theft AI pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago Masks work pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
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TSA Body Scanner Lobbyist Now Overseeing Spending on TSA Security
Lee Fang (The Intercept)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago What to do about the police pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago Private equity goes mainstream pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago How the IoT reinforces gentrification pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#5yrsago Big Tech distorts our discourse pluralistic.net/2020/05/29/min…
#1yrago The Pizzaburger Presidency pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub…
#15yrsago Canadian students speak out against the Canadian DMCA youtube.com/watch?v=WA1RDyN7JT…
#10yrsago How metadata compromises you youtube.com/watch?v=xP_e56Dsym…
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- YouTube
www.youtube.comCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Corporate Dems include military contractors in bailout pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago World video premiere of the Little Brother stage play pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago Wisconsin cases surge after voting day pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago Teardown of an "anti-5g" USB stick pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago California is setting itself up for a brutal second wave pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
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Pluralistic: 28 May 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Why ammosexuals are REALLY pointing guns at their own dicks pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago "News" broadcasts air scripted Amazon commercial pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
#5yrsago Cuomo legalizes nursing-home murders pluralistic.net/2020/05/28/hol…
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Pluralistic: 28 May 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: AI turns Amazon coders into Amazon warehouse workers; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11458122…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-05-27 18:31:17
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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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Seattle: Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, May 31
cascadepbs.org/festival/speake…
* Virtual: Fediforum, Jun 5
fediforum.org/2025-06/
* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
* #Tualatin Public Library, Jun 22:
tualatinoregon.gov/library/aut…
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…
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Cory Doctorow at Cascade PBS Ideas Festival
Cascade PBSCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-…
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
uk.coop/events-and-training/ev…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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An Evening With Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* The Rideshare Guy
youtube.com/watch?v=iKeoCxJWVV…
* Kick 'Em In the Dongle (Understood)
cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/135…
* The Big Story
seekyoursounds.com/podcasts/th…
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- YouTube
www.youtube.comCory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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HEY #SEATTLE! I'm appearing at the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival THIS SATURDAY (May 31) with the folks from NPR's On The Media!
cascadepbs.org/festival/speake…
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Cory Doctorow at Cascade PBS Ideas Festival
Cascade PBSBrad Ackerman
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