This Weds (May 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 (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for #Wordfest:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfe…

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California to smash prison e-profiteers: The Public Utility Commission to the rescue!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11033543…

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-08 22:32:23

It's a double-whammy that defines 21st century American life: a corporation gets caught doing something terrible, exploitative or even murderous, and a government agency steps in - only to discover that there's nothing it can do, because Reagan/Trump/Clinton/Bush I/Bush II deregulated that industry and stripped the agency of enforcement powers.

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Hey look at this

* The Cult of the Founders crookedtimber.org/2023/05/06/t…

* #TurboTax to begin payouts after it ‘cheated’ customers, New York AG says msn.com/en-us/news/us/turbotax…

* Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible jacobin.com/2023/05/cory-docto…

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#20yrsago #LinkedIn: #Friendster without the gonad-centrism memex.craphound.com/2003/05/07…

#20yrsago #FutureOfMusic coalition open letter on media consolidation web.archive.org/web/2003050402…

#20yrsago The Web makes writing better web.archive.org/web/2003050922…

#20yrsago A (dangerous) primer on #HardwareHacking hackingthexbox.com

#15yrsago House passes bill that will let the #RIAA take away your home for downloading music govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-…

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#15yrsago Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles web.archive.org/web/2008050202…

#15yrsago #BBC sends legal threat over fan’s #DoctorWho knitting patterns openrightsgroup.org/blog/bbc-r…

#15yrsago Band “shoots” video by sending #DataProtectionAct requests to #CCTVs that caught them performing web.archive.org/web/2008051019…

#15yrsago RIAA says #DRM is coming back — in the future, you won’t own music arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

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#15yrsago UK blacklist of “suspicious” store clerks includes people never charged or convicted news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ma…

#15yrsago HOWTO detect hidden video cameras instructables.com/How-to-locat…

#15yrsago #PatriotAct gag-order on the @internetarchive clobbered by @eff and #ACLU eff.org/press/archives/2008/05…

#15yrsago #HarvardLawSchool goes open access! cyber.harvard.edu/node/91962

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#10yrsago #PrendaLaw judge says porno #CopyrightTrolls are frauds, identity thieves; $80K in fines and disbarment pending arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrago #TheOnion gets hacked by Syrian propagandists, responds with funny article theonion.com/syrian-electronic…

#10yrsago #TimWu and I talk networks, policy and the future slate.com/articles/podcasts/fu…

#10yrsago Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong: YA graphic novel about robots, romance and school elections memex.craphound.com/2013/05/07…

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#10yrsago Content barons are the richest CEOs nytimes.com/2013/05/06/busines…

#10yrsago Hedge fund managers suck at making money (for you) cnbc.com/id/100718881

#10yrsago HOWTO build a working digital computer out of paperclips (and stuff) memex.craphound.com/2013/05/08…

#10yrsago #Disney files trademark application for “Dia de Los Muertos” web.archive.org/web/2013050821…

#10yrsago Faced with excommunication threat, Irish PM explains #SeparationOfChurchAndState to Cardinal irishtimes.com/news/politician…

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Politicians ‘have responsibility’ to legislate on abortion issue

Taoiseach says it is time to bring clarity and legislate in respect of the wishes of the Irish people

^{Mary Minihan (The Irish Times)}

#5yrsago Georgia’s governor has vetoed #SB315, the state’s catastrophically stupid cybersecurity law eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/vict…

#5yrsago #Equifax finally publishes a tally of what got breached when it left 146.6 million credit files unsecured arstechnica.com/information-te…

#5yrsago Over 55,000 security camera DVRs are vulnerable to an exploit so simple it fits in a tweet bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

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#5yrsago #JeffSessions tells border guards to separate kids from parents alternet.org/2018/05/jeff-sess…

#5yrsago An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into #ForcedArbitration, deprived of the right to class lawsuits epi.org/blog/the-supreme-court…

#5yrsago Welsh police deployed #FacialRecognition tech with a 92% false positive rate, but they’re sure it’s fine arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Should I use an algorithm here? EFF’s 5-point checklist eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/math…

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#5yrsago Google announces ad-ban for sleazy bail-bonds companies arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago AT&T to the Supreme Court: “Fuck the FTC” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Here’s why everyone in the world just emailed you a new privacy policy eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/why-…

#5yrsago Donald Trump is a pathogen evolved to thrive in an attention-maximization ecosystem locusmag.com/2018/05/cory-doct…

#5yrsago The BBC on #Afrofuturism bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43991078

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#5yrsago Torturer and coverup artist #GinaHaspel tried to bow out of CIA Directorship to avoid Senate questioning washingtonpost.com/politics/gi…

#1yrago #Safegraph follows people into #abortion clinics and then sells the data: And then they lie about it pluralistic.net/2022/05/07/saf…

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Saturday's threads: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11032276…

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-06 16:49:51

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…

#Pluralistic

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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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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

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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:

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* #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…

* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #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…

* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* 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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Recent appearances:

* The Mark Thompson Show
youtube.com/watch?v=zs_eK8IC-5…

* 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…

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Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm - Cory Doctorow - Medium

Today (May 7), I’m in Berkeley at the Bay Area Book Festival for an 11AM event with Wendy Liu for my book Chokepoint Capitalism. Weds (May 10), I’m in Vancouver for a keynote at the Open Source…

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