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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Trump's Tiktok two-step is a lesson for future presidents; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/02/12/you…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm about to leave for a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*. Catch me for free on Feb 14 in Boston at Boskone:
schedule.boskone.org/62/
And on Feb 15 for a virtual event with Yanis Varoufakis:
youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDep7Z4L…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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PICKS AND SHOVELS by CORY DOCTOROW, with YANIS VAROUFAKIS & DAVID MOSCROP
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Trump's Tiktok two-step is a lesson for future presidents: Deference to corrupt institutions didn't get Democrats re-elected.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11399191…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-02-12 16:43:46
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Is it okay? robinsloan.com/lab/is-it-okay/
* No, The CFPB’s Not Dead. It’s Not Even Close to Dead creditslips.org/creditslips/20…
* History’s Largest & Most Famous Disability Access Ramp exurbe.com/historys-largest-mo…
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Is it okay?
Robin SloanCory Doctorow
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#20yrsago MUNI cops and SFPD enforce non-existent, unconstitutional photography ban web.archive.org/web/2005021501…
#15yrsago Poverty in Mississippi Delta worsened by poor broadband web.archive.org/web/2011013105…
#15yrsago Canadian politician gives rival the finger, offers to “go outside” with the entire legislature if they don’t like it cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswi…
#10yrsago EMI claims it owns copyright to videos of cats purring torrentfreak.com/youtube-flags…
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YouTube Flags Cat Purring as Copyright Infringing Music * TorrentFreak
Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Nuanced view of corruption: money doesn’t buy elections, it buys influence web.archive.org/web/2015021015…
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Soros: Big money can’t buy elections – influence is something else
ReutersCory 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:
* Boskone (Boston), Feb 14
schedule.boskone.org/62/
* Picks and Shovels with Ken Liu (Boston), Feb 14
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2…
* Picks and Shovels with Yanis Varoufakis (Jacobin/virtual), Feb 15
youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDep7Z4L…
* Picks and Shovels with Charlie Jane Anders (Menlo Park), Feb 17
keplers.org/upcoming-events-in…
* Picks and Shovels with Wil Wheaton (Los Angeles), Feb 18
dieselbookstore.com/event/Cory…
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PICKS AND SHOVELS by CORY DOCTOROW, with YANIS VAROUFAKIS & DAVID MOSCROP
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Picks and Shovels with Dan Savage (Seattle), Feb 19
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* Picks and Shovels at Another Story (Toronto), Feb 23
eventbrite.ca/e/picks-shovels-…
* Picks and Shovels with John Hodgman (NYC), Feb 26
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* Picks and Shovels (Penn State), Feb 27
bellisario.psu.edu/assets/uplo…
* Picks and Shovels at the Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown, PA), Mar 1
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
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Cory Doctorow with Dan Savage — 'Picks and Shovels: A Martin Hench Novel'
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Picks and Shovels with Maximillian Alvarez (Baltimore), Mar 2
redemmas.org/events/cory-docto…
* Picks and Shovels with Matt Stoller (DC), Mar 4
loyaltybookstores.com/picksnsh…
* Picks and Shovels with Lee Vinsel (Richmond, VA), Mar 5
fountainbookstore.com/events/1…
* With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It (Indiana University/virtual), Mar 7
events.iu.edu/mediaiub/event/1…
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Cory Doctorow presents "Picks and Shovels"
redemmas.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd)
* Picks and Shovels at First Light Books (Austin), Mar 10
thethirdplace.is/event/cory-do…
* Picks and Shovels with Wil Wheaton (Burbank), Mar 13
darkdel.com/store/p3257/Thu%2C…
* Cloudfest (Europa Park), Mar 17-20
cloudfest.link/
* Picks and Shovels at Imagine! Belfast (Remote), Mar 24
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
* Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal (Chicago), Apr 2
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
* ABA Techshow (Chicago), Apr 3
techshow.com/
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Thu, Mar 13th 6 pm: Pick & Shovel: A Martin Hench Novel HB
Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd)
* Picks and Shovels at Morgenstern (Bloomington), Apr 4
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
* Teardown 2025 (PDX), Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
* DeepSouthCon63 (New Orleans), Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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Author Event: Cory Doctorow
Morgenstern Books. Find It Here. Buy It Here. Keep Us Here.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* The Writer's Voice
writersvoice.net/2025/02/black…
* The threat of big tech oligarchy and why the internet sucks (David Moscrop)
youtube.com/watch?v=s0Jfhn5wJ-…
* Elon Musk's Digital Coup and the Future of the Internet (System Crash)
youtube.com/watch?v=zEZPa-YzaU…
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Black History Month: Aaron Robertson, THE BLACK UTOPIANS. Also, Cory Doctorow, PICKS AND SHOVELS
Writer's VoiceCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Trump’s Tiktok two-step is a lesson for future presidents (12 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm about to leave for a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*. Catch me for free on Feb 14 in Boston at Boskone:
schedule.boskone.org/62/
And on Feb 15 for a virtual event with Yanis Varoufakis:
youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDep7Z4L…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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PICKS AND SHOVELS by CORY DOCTOROW, with YANIS VAROUFAKIS & DAVID MOSCROP
YouTubeFitz Bushnell
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"We let Very Serious Grownups call the shots, and Donald Trump is president. Maybe we should stop listening to Very Serious Grownups?"
There's some question about how many people were listening, and which VSGs were being listened to, but agreed - leadership did not lead us in a good direction.
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