Today (May 6), I'll be in #Berkeley with my book *Red Team Blues* at the Bay Area Bookfest for a 3:30PM event with #GlynnWashington:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with #WendyLiu for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:

baybookfest.org/session/chokep…

Weds (5/10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/ope…

And a book event at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blues…

On Thu (5/11), I'm in #Calgary for #Wordfest:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfe…

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Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America: Unions don't just improve wages, they create stable careers.

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-06 15:58:49

The Writers Guild is on strike. Hollywood is closed for business. The union's bargaining documents reveal a cartel of studios that refused to negotiate on a single position. This could go on for a long-ass time:

wga.org/uploadedfiles/members/…

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Pluralistic: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1) (06 May 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1): The power of a great interlocutor.

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-06 16:39:43

I'm many kinds of writer - novelist, journalist, activist, editorialist, screenwriter - but at core, I'm a #blogger. Every bit of interesting stuff that crosses my path gets turned into a blog post, which gets lodged in both a #WordPress database and my mind, where it rubs up against other interesting stuff and crystallizes into longer, more considered pieces:

doctorow.medium.com/the-memex-…

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The Memex Method - Cory Doctorow - Medium

I’ve been a blogger for a little more than 20 years and in that time I’ve written a little more than 20 books: novels for adults; novels for teens; short story collections; essay collections; graphic…

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Hey look at this

* Genius picket signs from the Hollywood writers' strike boingboing.net/2023/05/05/geni…

* Edeka is leading a tough price war (German greedflation hot war) breakinglatest.news/business/e… (h/t Gunnar Miller)

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#20yrsago Disney’s in more Pooh web.archive.org/web/2003050608…

#20yrsago Spam-fighting and the First Amendment web.archive.org/web/2003051909…

#20yrsago BSA fights piracy with condescending mascots! web.archive.org/web/2003050811…

#20yrsago Why is a raven like a writing-desk? web.archive.org/web/2003021217…

#15yrsago Dear Virgin Media: if #NetNeutrality is “bollocks” then you can get stuffed torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-…

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#15yrsago Think Like a Dandelion: advice for understanding reproductive strategies in the Internet era locusmag.com/Features/2008/05/…

#15yrsago Senator #RonWyden puts ISPs on notice: “think twice” before screwing up #NetNeutrality arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago Former Tory mayor admits to beating up woman who videod him parking illegally bbc.com/news/uk-england-london…

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Yesterday's threads: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11031714…

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-05 17:01:42

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…

#Pluralistic

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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

Signing with Cory Doctorow

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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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Upcoming appearances:

* Bay Area Bookfest (#Berkeley), May 6/7
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), May 10
events.linuxfoundation.org/ope…

* Massy Books Red Team Blues event with Sean Cranbury (#Vancouver), May 10
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blues…

* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfe…

* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…

* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* 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…

* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* 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…

* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-ke…

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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow

Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow; Seize the Means of Computation: A Big Tech Disassembly Manual

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Recent appearances:

* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…

* Author Talk: Cory Doctorow and @annaleen in Conversation/SFPL
youtube.com/watch?v=6Q6-tC3V52…

* The Next Chapter/CBC
cbc.ca/player/play/21993943720…

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Weak Institutions - Cory Doctorow - Medium

It’s not a fair fight.. “Weak Institutions” is published by Cory Doctorow.

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