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#10yrsago Taxi medallion markets collapse across America usatoday.com/story/news/2015/0…

#5yrsago $10T to avert another Great Depression pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

#5yrsago Softbank's "pegasus" grift pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

#5yrsago "Shoe-leather" contact tracing works pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

#5yrsago Marcus Yallow has coronavirus pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

#5yrsago Lego's new Haunted House is wheelchair accessible pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

#5yrsago Toothsome masks pluralistic.net/2020/05/19/lar…

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Once a sure bet, taxi medallions becoming unsellable

Big city cabbies are watching the value of medallions plummet as rideshares gain ground.

^{Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

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Yesterday's threads: Who Broke the Internet? Part III; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11453526…

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Cory Doctorow

2025-05-19 15:43:14

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Who Broke the Internet? Part III; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/05/19/kha…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part III (19 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from 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:

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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

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...

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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

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Seattle: Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, May 30
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* Virtual: Fediforum, Jun 5
fediforum.org/2025-06/

* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…

* #PDX: Picks and Shovels with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…

* #Tualatin Public Library, Jun 22:
tualatinoregon.gov/library/aut…

* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…

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Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

A celebration of big ideas and bold thinking with speakers from around the world.

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
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* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
uk.coop/events-and-training/ev…

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
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An Evening With Cory Doctorow

The author will discuss his latest novel, Picks And Shovels, and the 'enshittification' of our modern digital age

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Recent appearances:

* In God We Antitrust (Understood)
cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/135…

* Fireside Fedi
video.firesidefedi.live/w/huev…

* Ctrl-ctrl-ctrl (Understood)
cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/135…

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Fireside Fedi Videos

2025-05-14 03:53:21

Episode 16 - Cory Doctorow - Livestream 2025-05-13

Welcome Fedi Friends to episode 16 of Fireside Fedi! I'm your host ozoned. Fireside Fedi is a show about folks within the Fediverse. If you're seeing this, you are a part of the Fediverse.

With me today is Cory Doctorow! You might know Cory from such classics as the term "enshittification" that he coined during one of his many presentations. But besides having catch terms that even your grandparents can agree with about today's big tech platforms, Cory is also a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He's had a few books that us on the open social web might enjoy such as "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" and "The Internet Con : How to Seize the Means of Computation". Cory works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, a visiting professor for numerous colleges. Cory holds and multiple honorary Doctorates. And might I add, I consider Cory to be one of the most charismatic and vocal advocates for digital privacy rights and I am claiming he is now King of the nerds. And there's just so much more to say about Cory, but I recommend everyone just go look up his Wikipedia, because if I have to talk about all of his accomplishments we'll run out of time. Cory thank you so much for joining me and I'm just blown away and honored to be able to speak to you.

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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on Jun 20:

stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…

More tour dates (#London, #Manchester) here:

martinhench.com

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Author Signing with Cory Doctorow

Join us for an in-store event, Author Signing with Cory Doctorow, on Friday, June 20, 2025.

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I apologize for making this off-topic comment, but I'd like to share my thoughts on long threads in general. I'm sorry for taking your time, @pluralistic. I don't know if there's a particular advantage to limiting the length of posts to 500 characters, except to make it more similar to Twitter. However, I find that shorter posts are less practical for screen readers, and at least for me, they're much more difficult to read than longer messages.

As I listen to your posts in a linear fashion, I always get the information about your name and the timestamp, which I could deactivate by default, but that would make it impossible for me to understand if someone else is commenting or if the original author is still writing. So, I prefer to have some overhead information, but having to hear your name every 500 characters makes it relatively more fatiguing and repetitive to read.

I'm sure there are people who find threads preferable, but I just wanted to let you know my experience. I understand that some users may prefer shorter posts, but as someone who relies on screen readers, I find that longer posts are easier to follow and understand.

Additionally, I'd like to mention that it's very easy to change the maximum character number on your Mastodon instance. That's why I included @LaQuadrature, as the owner of the instance, who may be able to change the character limit in just a few minutes.
(For those interested in customizing their Mastodon instance, I'd like to share a helpful resource: write.as/sweetmeat/customize-m… This guide provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to change the post character limit, which can be useful for instance administrators who want to give their users more flexibility in their posting.)

I hope this message isn't bothering you, and I appreciate your time. Thank you for your great work, and I look forward to continuing to follow your posts. I just thought it was worth sharing my perspective as a user who relies on screen readers, and I hope it can be taken into consideration when deciding on post length limits.

Thank you so much for the article, and especially for providing a link to your blog. I really appreciate the effort you put into sharing with the community. What I really love about Mastodon is that it allows me to discover interesting writers like you, who share unique perspectives and insights that I might not have come across otherwise.

I also wanted to apologize if my previous comment felt like a criticism or a negative remark. That was not my intention at all. I simply wanted to share my personal experience, without meaning to generalize or criticize your approach.

I am grateful for the link to your article, which was incredibly helpful to me. It made me discover the function of using lists in a new way.

I think that's one of the things I love most about Mastodon - the ability to connect with others, share ideas, and learn from each other's experiences.
I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts and learning from your insights.