Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/20/the…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/20/the…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Today (5/20) at 3:15PM, I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
Mon (5/22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
Tues (5/23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11040077…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-20 11:29:46
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#15yrsago Security and the statistics of rare events theguardian.com/technology/200…
#15yrsago #Phlashing attack permanently destroys hardware over the network web.archive.org/web/2008120800…
#15yrsago #Napster goes DRM-free MP3 web.archive.org/web/2008052806…
#15yrsago Netherlands bans #EVoting web.archive.org/web/2008052511…
#15yrsago Hypocrite GOP House Leader #Boehner wants wiretapping protection — but only for himself eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/boeh…
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The odds are stacked against us
Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#10yrsago The Twelve-Fingered Boy – mesmerizing YA horror novel memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…
#10yrsago Rare, amazing original prospectus for #Disneyland memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…
#10yrsago Movie studios send fraudulent censorship demands over #PirateBay documentary torrentfreak.com/hollywood-stu…
#10yrsago My #SenseAboutScience lecture memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…
#5yrsago News crew discovers 40 cellphone-tracking devices operating around DC nbcwashington.com/news/local/p…
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Potential Spy Devices Which Track Cellphones, Intercept Calls Found All Over D.C., Md., Va.
Jodie Fleischer, News4 I-Team Reporter, Rick Yarborough, Jeff Piper (NBC4 Washington)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago Stagnant wages + soaring cost of living + massive cuts to services = collapsing US birth-rate latimes.com/science/sciencenow…
#1yrago About Those Killswitched Ukrainian #Tractors pluralistic.net/2022/05/20/sel…
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The U.S. birthrate hits another record low. Even women in their 30s are having fewer babies
Karen Kaplan (Los Angeles Times)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Yesterday's threads: Venture predation; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11039609…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-19 15:39:44
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C…
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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
booksoup.com/book/978080700706…
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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB
Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon 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
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances:
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/t…
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/t…
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), May 29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…
* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv…
* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirst…
* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-…
* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-c…
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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-ke…
* Otherland event for Red Team Blues, Jun 8 (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-d…
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#rp23 Keynote von Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin: Kreative Arbeitsmärkte und Monopole. | re:publica
republicaCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Recent appearances:
* Crime and Crypto | CYBER (Vice Motherboard)
youtube.com/watch?v=wvRhj9zomK…
* Shakedowns, Shell Games & Other Silicon Valley Shenanigans (MMT Podcast)
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/170-cory-…
* Chokepoint Capitalism's Stranglehold on the Arts (News Beat)
radiopublic.com/news-beat-GKkd…
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Chokepoint Capitalism's Stranglehold on the Arts
Morey Creative Studios (RadioPublic)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •You can also follow my posts as a blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
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My latest Medium column is "Google's AI Hype Circle: We have to do Bard because everyone else is doing AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard"
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Google’s AI Hype Circle - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Cory Doctorow (Medium)Cory Doctorow
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