Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Next Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
On May 22, I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
On May 23, I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11036315…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-13 20:02:00
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#20yrsago #WilWheaton’s book is out! web.archive.org/web/2003052018…
#20yrsago #EdwardTufte shreds PowerPoint edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp
#20yrsago #DRM is philosophically broken, too wired.com/2003/06/copy-protect…
#20yrsago New #PageRank optimization may pave way for idiosyncratic Google eurekalert.org/news-releases/7…
#15yrsago Security guards threaten NPR photogs with arrest for shooting panorama of DC’s Union Station web.archive.org/web/2008051710…
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Copy Protection Is a Crime
David Weinberger (WIRED)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#15yrsago Warner/DC comics shuts down children’s cancer charity auction over trademark web.archive.org/web/2008051704…
#15yrsago @GratefulDead shake down NPR over including a song in an online mix npr.org/sections/monitormix/20…
#15yrsago Analog switchoff == DRM screwjob tidbits.com/2008/05/12/digital…
#15yrsago US and EU commissioner trying (again!) to sneak #SoftwarePatents into Europe web.archive.org/web/2008051407…
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Digital Rights Misery: When Technology Is Designed to Fail - TidBITS
Jeff Porten (TidBITS Publishing Inc.)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#15yrsago London supermarket secretly photographs alcohol/cigarette buyers, wants national database dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
#15yrsago Canada’s #CrownCopyright: high-cost censorship thestar.com/business/2008/05/1…
#15yrsago Passively Multiplayer Online Game launches — using game-scoring to keep track of and expand how you browse pmog.com
#10yrsago Apple can decrypt iPhones for cops; Google can remotely “reset password” for Android devices cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/ap…
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Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones
Declan McCullagh (CNET)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#10yrsago Inside the world of “#booters” — cheesy DoS-for-hire sites krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/dd…
#10yrsago “Citation needed”‘s #Wikipedia entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation…
#10yrsago #Scientology sucks at photoshop tonyortega.org/2013/05/12/scie…
#10yrsago How #Anonymous got involved in fighting for justice for rape victims motherjones.com/politics/2013/…
#10yrsago #3DPrintedGuns and the law: will judges be able to think clearly about digital files when guns are involved? theguardian.com/technology/201…
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3D printed guns are going to create big legal precedents
Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago White woman calls cops on black family who barbecued in Oakland Park’s barbecue area panthertimes.com/2018/05/02/wh…
#5yrsago 75% of #TheresaMay’s £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts mirror.co.uk/news/politics/it-…
#5yrsago Cops have a secret, unaccountable system for tracking you by your cellphone, and they abuse it like crazy nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technol…
#1yrago A useful, critical taxonomy of #decentralization, beyond blockchains pluralistic.net/2022/05/12/cry…
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Service Meant to Monitor Inmates’ Calls Could Track You, Too
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries (The New York Times)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Thursday's threads: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11035183…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-11 20:03:34
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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
Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances:
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
* 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…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…
* 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…
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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-ke…
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#rp23 Keynote von Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin: Kreative Arbeitsmärkte und Monopole. | re:publica
republicaCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Recent appearances:
* Slurry With The Turd On Top (Jordan, Jesse, Go!)
maximumfun.org/episodes/jordan…
* The Mark Thompson Show
youtube.com/watch?v=zs_eK8IC-5…
* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (On the Media)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…
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Slurry With The Turd On Top, with Cory Doctorow | Maximum Fun
Maximum FunCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
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Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Cory Doctorow (Medium)Cory Doctorow
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kottke.orgRichard Rathe
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Highly recommended!
"The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within" ($5)
edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp
Contains…
"PowerPoint Does Rocket Science--and Better Techniques for Technical Reports"
edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a…
#EdwardTufte #Powerpoint #Communication #TechincalReports #ColumbiaDisaster #SpaceShuttle #NASA #Meetings
Edward Tufte: Books - Essay: The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint
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