Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Zincchump Linkdump; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Zincchump Linkdump; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/01/men…
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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 DOYLESTOWN, PA TODAY (Mar 1):
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
and in BALTIMORE TOMORROW (Mar 2):
redemmas.org/events/cory-docto…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
Mail-order signed copies from LA's Diesel Books:
dieselbookstore.com/picks-and-…
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Cory Doctorow // PICKS AND SHOVELS: A MARTIN HENCH NOVEL
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Zincchump Linkdump: Some links from the road.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11408669…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-01 10:27:53
Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago KGB Guide to London released by MI5 web.archive.org/web/2005030302…
#20yrsago Euro software patents reanimated through corrupt officials 0wned by Microsoft yro.slashdot.org/story/05/02/2…
#20yrsago Deluded Sony music exec can’t read his own study constitutionalcode.blogspot.co…
#20yrsago Greedy DRM vendors want more in royalties than the total market for digital music web.archive.org/web/2005091219…
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EU Commission Declines Patent Debate Restart - Slashdot
yro.slashdot.orgCory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Halle Berry accepts “Razzie” for Catwoman, calls it a “piece of shit” web.archive.org/web/2005030609…
#20yrsago Help rat on people who sing Happy Birthday! unhappybirthday.com
#20yrsago Comp sci profs smackdown the movie studios web.archive.org/web/2005030302…
#20yrsago Costa Rican telco wants to criminalize VoIP networkcomputing.com/network-i…
#15yrsago If chess were redesigned by MMORPG developers akma.disseminary.org/2010/03/i…
#15yrsago Super Punch’s webby Tarot web.archive.org/
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If Chess Were Invented By MMOG Developers
AKMA’s Random ThoughtsCory Doctorow
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web/20121127052014/superpunch.net/2010/03/introdu…
#15yrsago Profile of ex-narc who’s declared war on the “War on Drugs” web.archive.org/web/2011052205…
#15yrsago Cyberwar hype was cooked up to sell Internet-breaking garbage to the military wired.com/2010/03/cyber-war-hy…
#15yrsago Petition to make “Hella” the prefix for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 web.archive.org/web/2016041103…
#15yrsago Architectural fan-drawings of classic sitcom houses markmoorefineart.com/artists/m…
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Barry Cooper: Drug War Insurgent - Stephen C. Webster - Brave New Hooks - True/Slant
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Biggest-ever ACTA leak: secret copyright treaty dirty laundry motherlode michaelgeist.ca/2010/03/acta-l…
#15yrsago UK Digital Economy Bill will wipe out indie WiFi hotspots in libraries, unis, cafes web.archive.org/web/2010030102…
#10yrsago Ad-hoc museums of a failing utopia: photos of Soviet shop-windows memex.craphound.com/2015/02/28…
#10yrsago Your voice-to-text speech is recorded and sent to strangers vice.com/en/article/strangers-…
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Strangers on the Internet Are Listening to People’s Phone Voice Commands
Kaleigh Rogers (VICE)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Internet-fired elections and the politics of business as usual theguardian.com/technology/201…
#10yrsago Kansas Senate wants to imprison teachers who assign books it dislikes kansascity.com/news/politics-g…
#10yrsago First-hand reports of torture from Homan Square, Chicago PD’s “black site” theguardian.com/us-news/2015/f…
#5yrsago Jury refuses to convict Extinction Rebellion activists pluralistic.net/2020/03/01/sha…
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'I sat in that place for three days, man': Chicagoans detail abusive confinement inside police 'black site'
Spencer Ackerman (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago America's uninsured will turn a covid crisis into a covid disaster pluralistic.net/2020/03/01/sha…
#5yrsago The US already has Medicare for All pluralistic.net/2020/03/01/sha…
#5yrsago The wealthy are chartering jets to avoid coronavirus pluralistic.net/2020/03/01/sha…
#5yrsago Trump's rhetoric fits eerily well into the Tolkien canon pluralistic.net/2020/03/01/sha…
#5yrsago Venezuelan women's "army" break into dead factories to reboot them pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
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Pluralistic: 01 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Neoliberalism kills, the coronavirus edition pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
#5yrsago Talking Radicalized with The Next Chapter pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
#5yrsago Norman Rockwell turned into a radical civil rights activist pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
#5yrsago Ripping the window-dressing off the .ORG selloff pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
#5yrsago CDC guide to filter-mask-friendly facial hair pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
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Pluralistic, your daily link-dose: 27 Feb 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Don't trust Google to build Toronto's Smart City pluralistic.net/2020/02/27/plu…
#5yrsago How to lie with (coronavirus) maps pluralistic.net/2020/02/28/plu…
#5yrsago Let's Encrypt issues its billionth cert pluralistic.net/2020/02/28/plu…
#5yrsago Clearview AI's customer database leaks pluralistic.net/2020/02/28/plu…
#1yrago When private equity destroys your hospital pluralistic.net/2024/02/28/500…
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Pluralistic, your daily link-dose: 27 Feb 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#1yrago Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms pluralistic.net/2024/02/27/ai-…
#1yrago Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly pluralistic.net/2024/03/01/man…
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Pluralistic: Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms (27 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Wednesday's threads: With Great Power Came No Responsibility; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-02-26 15:29:01
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:
* #DC: Picks and Shovels with Matt Stoller, Mar 4
loyaltybookstores.com/picksnsh…
* #Richmond, VA: Picks and Shovels with Lee Vinsel, Mar 5
fountainbookstore.com/events/1…
* Virtual: With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It (Indiana University), Mar 7
events.iu.edu/mediaiub/event/1…
* #Austin: Reclaim, Reframe, Reimagine, Mar 7
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/…
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With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It
Indiana University CalendarCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Austin: EFF-Austin Salon, Mar 7
grotto101.com/effaustinsxsalon…
* #Austin: Tensions in Creative Labor & Generative AI, Mar 8
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/…
* #Austin: The Next 25: A Conversation About the Future of Open, Mar 8
classy.org/event/creative-comm…
* #Austin: Fediverse House, Mar 10
about.flipboard.com/fediverse-…
* #Austin: Picks and Shovels at First Light Books, Mar 10
thethirdplace.is/event/cory-do…
* Europa Park: Cloudfest, Mar 17-20
cloudfest.link/
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Tensions in Creative Labor & Generative AI
SXSW 2025 ScheduleCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Virtual: Picks and Shovels at Imagine! Belfast, Mar 24
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
* #Chicago: Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal, Apr 2
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
* #Chicago: ABA Techshow, Apr 3
techshow.com/
* #Bloomington: Picks and Shovels at Morgenstern, Apr 4
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16
us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/
* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
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Cory Doctorow in conversation with Alan Meban
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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Author Signing with Cory Doctorow
stores.barnesandnoble.comCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Democracy Now
youtube.com/watch?v=tKV5GB6dN3…
* The Culture Show
wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-…
* Picks and Shovels with Yanis Varoufakis and David Moscrop (Jacobin)
youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDep7Z4L…
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February 20, 2025 - Chelsea Handler, Cory Doctorow, and the Red Bull Heavy Metal contest at Boston City Hall
GBHCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Zincchump Linkdump (01 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in DOYLESTOWN, PA TODAY (Mar 1):
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
and in BALTIMORE TOMORROW (Mar 2):
redemmas.org/events/cory-docto…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
Mail-order signed copies from LA's Diesel Books:
dieselbookstore.com/picks-and-…
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Cory Doctorow // PICKS AND SHOVELS: A MARTIN HENCH NOVEL
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