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Inside: Two weak spots in Big Tech economics; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Two weak spots in Big Tech economics; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/06/pri…
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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 AUSTIN at FIRST LIGHT BOOKS on Mar 10:
thethirdplace.is/event/cory-do…
I'm in Austin for SXSW:
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/speaker…
With side-events for EFF-Austin:
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/speaker…
Fediverse House:
about.flipboard.com/fediverse-…
And Creative Commons:
classy.org/event/creative-comm…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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Cory Doctorow
SXSW 2025 ScheduleCory Doctorow
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Two weak spots in Big Tech economics: Kick 'em in the dongle.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11411631…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-06 15:59:37
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* The Populist Revolt Against Oligarchy Begins thebignewsletter.com/p/monopol…
* DISCOUNTED HOTEL DEALS ANNOUNCED FOR HOPE_16 2600.com/content/discounted-ho…
* Beatrice Twice Queen of Hungary exurbe.com/beatrice-twice-quee…
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Monopoly Round-Up: The Populist Revolt Against Oligarchy Begins
BIG by Matt StollerCory Doctorow
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#20yrsago EU software patents pass in the teeth of decency and democracy web.archive.org/web/2005031000…
#20yrsago Europe’s “Broadcast Flag” dangers web.archive.org/web/2005030506…
#20yrsago Koster’s keynote from Game Developers Conference crystaltips.typepad.com/wonder…
#20yrsago Sterling on the counterfeits of Belgrade web.archive.org/web/2005022310…
#15yrsago Ubisoft DRM servers go down, punishing customers but not pirates escapistmagazine.com/Ubisoft-D…
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Ubisoft DRM Authentication Servers Go Down - The Escapist
Logan Westbrook Legacy Author (The Escapist)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Albuquerque PD encrypts videos before releasing them in records request techdirt.com/2015/03/06/albuqu…
#10yrsago Judge who made Ferguson’s debtor’s prisons owes $170K tax theguardian.com/us-news/2015/m…
#10yrsago Hartford says friends can’t room together unless some of them are servants courant.com/2015/02/17/hartfor…
#10yrsago Improving the estimate of US police killings fivethirtyeight.com/features/a…
#5yrsago The savior of Waterstones will turn every B&N into an indie pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/boo…
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A New Estimate Of Killings By Police Is Way Higher — And Still Too Low
Carl Bialik (FiveThirtyEight)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Compromise threatens Intel's chip-within-a-chip pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/boo…
#5yrsago Gig economy drivers won't get sick-pay if they have covid-19 symptoms pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/boo…
#5yrsago Audio from last night's Canada Reads event in Kelowna pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/boo…
#1yrago 1900s futurism pluralistic.net/2024/03/07/the…
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Pluralistic: 07 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Brother makes a demon-haunted printer; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11411105…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-05 17:43:13
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:
* 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/…
* #Austin: EFF-Austin Salon, Mar 7
grotto101.com/effaustinsxsalon…
* #Austin: Tensions in Creative Labor & Generative AI, Mar 8
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: 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/
* Virtual: Picks and Shovels at Imagine! Belfast, Mar 24
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
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SXSW '25 - About Flipboard
About FlipboardCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #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…
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
exileinbookville.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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CONtraflow XI
www.contraflowscifi.orgCory 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: Two weak spots in Big Tech economics (06 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 AUSTIN at FIRST LIGHT BOOKS on Mar 10:
thethirdplace.is/event/cory-do…
I'm in Austin for SXSW:
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/speaker…
With side-events for EFF-Austin:
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/speaker…
Fediverse House:
about.flipboard.com/fediverse-…
And Creative Commons:
classy.org/event/creative-comm…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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Cory Doctorow
SXSW 2025 Schedulehippievan
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Howdy brother,
I'm starting town hall meetings here in Colorado.
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •hippievan
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Hi Cory,
Do you still accept emails?
I wanted to let you know that I'm starting town hall meetings here in Colorado.
The website is here:
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