I've got a really good excuse for finishing this week with a folder full of links that didn't make it into the newsletter - I'm on a crazy book tour and I've been in four cities this week alone. Time for another linkdump! Here's the previous 28 'dumps:
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maxkueng writes "I just recieved an email from NoSoftwarePatents.com. They say: 'The EU Commission, under the leadership of someone who previously failed as Portuguese prime minister and as per the suggestion of a Microsoft puppet, has decided to dec…
After millennia in beta, Échecs Games presents the interactive strategy game for the twenty-first century: Shah-mat 64.0! • More character possibilities — now any unit can be any colour or g…
Update: Several days after this story's publication, Barry Cooper's home near Austin, Texas was raided by the Williamson County Sheriff's Department and Cooper was taken into custody for making a false police report, a misdemeanor offense.
My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s pris...
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."
* 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…
Comedian, television host, advocate and New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Handler joins The Culture Show to talk about her forthcoming book “I’ll Have What She’s Having.
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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
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Zincchump Linkdump: Some links from the road.
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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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#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
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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
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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
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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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