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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: AI psychosis and the warped mirror; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/09/18/aut…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#Ithaca and #NYC! I'm heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11-19. Here's a list of open-to-all #Cornell activities including two major keynotes and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC:
adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/…
I'll also be at the #Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21:
brooklynbookfestival.org/event…
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Big Tech’s Big Heist - Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Adam Becker - Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book FestivalCory Doctorow
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AI psychosis and the warped mirror: When you stare into the LLM...
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-18 09:14:45
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas techdirt.com/2025/09/17/the-de…
* Imagine putting DRM in a battery to void warranties... youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&…
* Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses hamiltonnolan.com/p/getting-ye…
* Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely there. citationneeded.news/prediction…
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Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely there.
Molly White (Citation Needed)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Software lets camphones scan and OCR a page of text in 5 secs web.archive.org/web/2005102908…
#20yrsago Profiles of RIAA victims who fought back web.archive.org/web/2005112508…
#15yrsago Intel + DRM: a crippled processor that you have to pay extra to unlock memex.craphound.com/2010/09/18…
#10yrsago UC Berkeley issues first-ever university transparency report slate.com/technology/2015/09/u…
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Every College Should Issue a Transparency Report About Government Requests for Student Data
April Glaser (Slate)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago THIS COMPUTER IS NEVER OBSOLETE tumblr.com/neuroxin/1253242715…
#5yrsago Youtube's war on algorithmic radicalization pluralistic.net/2020/09/18/the…
#5yrsago A cryptographic mystery solved pluralistic.net/2020/09/18/the…
#5yrsago In Search Of A Flat Earth pluralistic.net/2020/09/18/the…
#1yrago There's no such thing as "shareholder supremacy" pluralistic.net/2024/09/18/fal…
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Tumblr
www.tumblr.comCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Conspiratorialism's causal chain; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11521954…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-17 12:06:04
Cory Doctorow
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
events.cornell.edu/event/polic…
* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
events.cornell.edu/event/2025-…
* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
eventbrite.com/e/enshittificat…
* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
brooklynbookfestival.org/event…
* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
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Enshittification and Renewal: A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
contraflowscifi.org/
* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
octaviabooks.com/event/enshitt…
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CONtraflow XI
www.contraflowscifi.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
oldtownschool.org/concerts/202…
* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
dieselbookstore.com/event/2025…
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
powells.com/events/cory-doctor…
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Kara Swisher and Cory Doctorow on “Enshittification” | 10/15/2025 | Old Town School of Folk Music
www.oldtownschool.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
clarionwest.org/event/2025-dee…
* #Madrid: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
4d.cat/es/conferencia/
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
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Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron
Marnee Chua (Clarion West)Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* The Enshittification Of Everything (And What To Do About It) (Cornell)
archive.org/details/k-091225-t…
* Escaping Big Tech, Privacy Battles & “Enshittification” (Revolution.social)
youtube.com/watch?v=exvpetQRSV…
* Nerd Harder! (This Week in Tech)
twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tec…
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The Enshittification Of Everything (And What To Do About It) : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Internet ArchiveCory Doctorow
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How To Make the Least-Worst Mastodon Threads – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •"In other words, there's one job that an AI can absolutely do better than a human: it can reinforce our delusions more efficiently, more quickly, and more effectively than a community of sufferers can."
*shudder*
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