Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Machina economicus; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/04/14/tim…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Machina economicus; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/04/14/tim…
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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 #NewZealand at UNITY BOOKS in #AUCKLAND (May 2, 6PM):
eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-…
and #WELLINGTON (May 3, 3PM):
unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-even…
More tour dates (#PDX, #Pittsburgh, #London, #Manchester) here:
martinhench.com
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An Evening With Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Machina economicus: Enshittification is an alien invasion.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11433797…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-04-14 19:30:58
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices paloaltoonline.com/technology/… (h/t Paul Bigbee)
* 10 years of pomological watercolors parkerhiggins.net/2025/04/10-y…
* Why Billionaires Are Secretly Reading Karl Marx youtube.com/watch?v=lrDqzURCH6… (h/t r/LateStageCapitalism)
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10 years of pomological watercolors
Parker Higgins (parker higgins dot net)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago EFF and friends kick WIPO’s ass web.archive.org/web/2005052507…
#20yrsago Papal elections are more secure than US elections schneier.com/blog/archives/200…
#20yrsago Why new US passports can be read without permission web.archive.org/web/2005041502…
#20yrsago Turning WIPO into a real UN agency: blogging from the sausage factory web.archive.org/web/2005090307…
#20yrsago India’s amazing statement on IP and international development web.archive.org/web/2005041723…
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EFF: DeepLinks
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago This means war: Big Content’s war on democracy theguardian.com/technology/201…
#15yrsago Apple blocks Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist from iStore for “ridiculing public figures” niemanlab.org/2010/04/mark-fio…
#15yrsago Big Content’s dystopian wish-list for the US gov’t: spyware, censorship, physical searches and SWAT teams eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/ente…
#15yrsago UK minority party supporters coordinate strategic votes through Facebook memex.craphound.com/2010/04/14…
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Digital Economy Act: This means war
Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Anti-piracy enforcers claiming to represent Microsoft used to shut down dissident media in former USSR cpj.org/2010/04/microsoft-pira…
#15yrsago Library of Congress to archive every public tweet ever sent blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/04/how-…
#15yrsago Prime Baby: kids comic story about kid sister who’s more trouble than most memex.craphound.com/2010/04/14…
#10yrsago On the Hugo Award hijacking grrm.livejournal.com/417125.ht…
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Microsoft, piracy, and independent media in Kyrgyzstan - Committee to Protect Journalists
Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator (Committee to Protect Journalists)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago How to Teach Adults: Get a Job; Plan Your Class; Teach Your Students; Change the World memex.craphound.com/2015/04/14…
#10yrsago Blocked Italian toilet leads to thousands of years of buried history nytimes.com/2015/04/15/world/e…</a.
#10yrsago Arkansas cops send malware to whistleblowers’ lawyers arstechnica.com/information-te…
#5yrsago One person is in charge of oversight for $2.2T in stimulus pluralistic.net/2020/04/15/inv…
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Lawyer representing whistle blowers finds malware on drive supplied by cops
Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Universities want to infect students’ laptops with undetectable rootkits pluralistic.net/2020/04/15/inv…
#5yrsago State treasurers demand ventilator manufacturers publish manuals pluralistic.net/2020/04/15/inv…
#5yrsago Jailbreak for CPAP machine reveals hidden ventilator functionality pluralistic.net/2020/04/15/inv…
#5yrsago Abolish Silicon Valley pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
#5yrsago Southern states in for worst of coronavirus impact pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
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Pluralistic: 15 Apr 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Amazon fires tech workers for their warehouse worker solidarity pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
#5yrsago Ticketmaster ends refunds for canceled events pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
#5yrsago Corona-denying pastor dies of coronavirus pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
#5yrsago Podcast swap with Wil Wheaton pluralistic.net/2020/04/14/abo…
#1yrago How to screw up a whistleblower law pluralistic.net/2024/04/15/whi…
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Pluralistic: 14 Apr 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn't give a shit about breast cancer; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11432639…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-04-12 18:25:15
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:
* #Auckland: Unity Books, May 2, 6PM
eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-…
* #Wellington: Unity Books, May 3, 3PM
unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-even…
* #Pittsburgh: Picks and Shovels at White Whale Books, May 15
whitewhalebookstore.com/events…
* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16
us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/
* #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…
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An Evening With Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-…
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 3
uk.coop/events-and-training/ev…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy | How To Academy
How To AcademyCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Fightback Against Trump's Tariff Attack (Avi Lewis)
youtube.com/watch?v=P9sgIAc6z_…
* The Voice of Canadian Humanism
open.spotify.com/episode/7uuwd…
* Intelligent Machines (TWiT)
twit.tv/shows/intelligent-mach…
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Episode 22 - An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Cory Doctorow
Episode 22 - An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Cory Doctorow (Spotify)Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #NewZealand at UNITY BOOKS in #AUCKLAND (May 2, 6PM):
eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-…
and #WELLINGTON (May 3, 3PM):
unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-even…
More tour dates (PDX, Pittsburgh, London, Manchester) here:
martinhench.com
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An Evening With Cory Doctorow
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