#5yrsago Jimmy Fallon played a video game on air, meaning that streaming your own game gets you taken down as a pirate, thanks to NBC https://old.reddit.com/r/beatsaber/comments/bi9cp5/beat_saber_stream_blocked_by_jimmy_fallon_show/

#5yrsago Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America https://buffalonews.com/news/local/how-a-kuwaitis-ponzi-scheme-left-a-trail-of-blight-in-buffalo/article_7d39e12a-495f-5bba-b7f4-87d07eefa496.html

#5yrsago Uber drivers across America are going on strike https://philly.curbed.com/2019/4/25/18516670/uber-drivers-shutdown-strike-protest-philly

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#5yrsago Facebook never delivered its “Clear History” feature https://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-privacy-problems,news-29944.html

#1yrago The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/gedankenexperimentwahn/#high-on-your-own-supply

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Yesterday's threads: Cigna's nopeinator; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112356121876413036

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-29 19:19:23

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Cigna's nopeinator; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/29/what-part-of-no/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Cigna’s nopeinator (29 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from 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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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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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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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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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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Kenobit

2024-04-16 10:31:46

NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA - Puntata #11 - Ospite: Cory 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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