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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Cigna's nopeinator; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/29/what-part-of-no/
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me THURSDAY (May 2) in Winnipeg (May 2) then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY (May 3) and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour
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Pluralistic: Come see me on tour; How America’s oligarchs lull us the be-your-own-boss fairy tale (16 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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Cigna's nopeinator: When computer says no, doctors are the moral crumple-zone.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112356047660479114
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-29 19:00:31
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Brute Force Your Password In 2024, Ranked https://digg.com/tech/link/how-long-hack-crack-password-hive-systems-2024
* The Onion Is Sold by G/O Media https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/business/media/the-onion-sold.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE0.Nrih.oGBYaLXAaMV- h/t @kottke
* Five Years of Economics from the Top Down https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/04/27/five-years-of-economics-from-the-top-down/
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Five Years of Economics from the Top Down – Economics from the Top Down
Blair Fix (Economics from the Top Down)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago AdBusters new sneaker to compete toe-to-toe with Nikes https://web.archive.org/web/20040329070112/http://www.blackspotsneaker.org/
#15yrsago Warner Music claims Lessig is a pirate, has his presentation taken off YouTube https://twitter.com/lessig/status/1642654831
#15yrsago Real-Money Trades: turning gold-farming into a game company profit-center https://web.archive.org/web/20090430091051/http://www.mmogamer.com/04/24/2009/real-money-fake-property?page=all
#15yrsago Britain’s deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/04/the_arrest_and_detention_of_ch.html
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BBC - Mark Easton's UK: Children in detention at Yarl's Wood
www.bbc.co.ukCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Transparency isn’t enough https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/29/cory-doctorow-police-transparency
#10yrsago Mathematicians: refuse to work for the NSA! https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229660-200-maths-spying-the-quandary-of-working-for-the-spooks/#.U1yMqKYju1E
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Maths spying: The quandary of working for the spooks
Tom Leinster (New Scientist)Cory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343609869918307
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-27 14:17:25
Cory Doctorow
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My last novel was "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):
http://lost-cause.org
Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/
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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:
http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245
Both are national bestsellers!
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The Lost Cause HB
Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
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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."
https://craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337
* Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
https://wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow-2/
* Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-cory-doctorow-the-bezzle-tickets-876989167207
* Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/
* “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
https://www.oreilly.com/live-events/tim-oreilly-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification-and-the
* "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
https://www.laemmle.com/film/finding-money?date=2024-05-15
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Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15/authors-alliance-10th-anniversary-event-authorship-in-an-age-of-monopoly-and-moral-panics/
* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
https://media-ecology.org/convention
* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/
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Authors Alliance 10th Anniversary Event: Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics
Authors AllianceCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore (Torino Biennale Tecnologia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NC2EZCYBg
* Show Me The Money Club (The Rideshare Guy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCETi3XqSds
* NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA
https://videoteca.kenobit.it/w/azRmQBCenVwjSRz9WCp8JS
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Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore | Cory Doctorow
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2024-04-16 10:31:46
Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Cigna’s nopeinator (29 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me THURSDAY (May 2) in Winnipeg (May 2) then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY (May 3) and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour
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Pluralistic: Come see me on tour; How America’s oligarchs lull us the be-your-own-boss fairy tale (16 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Ed Peters
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •The inevitable endpoint of private insurance - the nopeinator.
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Why they don't simply take money at gun point escapes me for the moment.
If you want health care, it's cheaper to fly out of country (Mexico, Thailand etc) to get the procedure and recuperate in a fancy resort for a few weeks, all for about 1/10th the cost.
Loïc Denuzière
in reply to Ed Peters • • •"Computer Says No..." | Little Britain | Lucas & Walliams
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