Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Tomorrow (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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Open Source Summit North America
Linux Foundation EventsCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits: Too big to fail, too big to jail, and an existential risk to civilization.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11033947…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-09 15:40:42
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Hey look at this
* ‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees theguardian.com/science/2023/m… (h/t Interesting People list)
* Steamboat Willie Returns drive.google.com/file/d/1BkBVL…
* Speed Trap theverge.com/23711172/google-a…
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Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
David Pierce (The Verge)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#15yrsago The lost #NYTimes #steampunk feature web.archive.org/web/2008051100…
#15yrsago Kids’ game adds 500-1000 words to its forbidden list every day gamesindustry.biz/mmo-week-ind…
#10yrsago #NewsCorp shareholders make another bid to democratize the #Murdoch family empire theguardian.com/media/2013/may…
#10yrsago Welcome to the century of the copyright troll: #PrendaLaw was just the beginning eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/pren…
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Rupert Murdoch must step down as News Corporation chair – shareholders
Dominic Rushe (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago The most hated company in America is about to get much, much bigger vice.com/en/article/59qmqb/com…
#5yrsago After the #BoyScouts opens up to trans kids, queer kids and girls, the M#ormons severed their 105-year relationship to scouting cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/mormon-c…
#5yrsago #Bumblefuck Watch: #RobFord’s brother hired his own “reporter” to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots thestar.com/opinion/editorials…
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Doug Ford evades real scrutiny by hiring his own reporter
Star Editorial Board (Toronto Star)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago Colorado cop corrects would-be dog-slaughtering Illinois officer about drug-sniffing after marijuana legalization 420magazine.com/420-news/inter…
#5yrsago “#Cocky” romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? theguardian.com/books/2018/may…
#5yrsago Nova Scotia premier won’t apologise for libeling teen who discovered massive data breach cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia…
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Romantic novelist's trademarking of word 'cocky' sparks outcry
Alison Flood (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago Nova Scotia abandons its attempt to destroy a teenager who stumbled on a wide-open directory of sensitive information cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia…
#5yrsago Revenge of the #LaughableBumblefucks: Rob Ford’s brother admits that actors were hired to pretend to be his supporters at rally thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/0…
#5yrsago A new strain of #IoT #malware can survive a reboot bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…
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"Hide and Seek" Becomes First IoT Botnet Capable of Surviving Device Reboots
Catalin Cimpanu (BleepingComputer)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#5yrsago #Equifax lets identity thieves raid “frozen” credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/an…
#5yrsago #Ticketmaster finds a new way to be terrible: #FacialRecognition! engadget.com/2018-05-06-ticket…
#1yrago At the #FTC, a quiet, profound shift on #antitrust pluralistic.net/2022/05/09/res…
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Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.
krebsonsecurity.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Yesterday's threads: California to smash prison e-profiteers; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11033552…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-08 22:55:14
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."
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
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Open Source Summit North America
Linux Foundation EventsCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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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HowTheLightGetsIn Hay 2023
HowTheLightGetsIn - The World's Leading Philosophy and Music FestivalCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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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Author Cory Doctorow on the latest bank collapse, crypto, dark technology. & new book Red Team Blues
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Cory Doctorow (Medium)Cory Doctorow
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