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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/09/25/rob…
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Cory Doctorow
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Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine: What unions could (must!) do about app-based work.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11526564…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-25 15:29:29
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Are Elites Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking? Evidence from MBA Students arxiv.org/abs/2503.15443
* The Week America Woke Up to Oligarchy thebignewsletter.com/p/monopol…
* AI can't replace polling gelliottmorris.com/p/ai-is-com…
* Day One of the Google Monopoly Trial: "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” bigtechontrial.com/p/day-one-o…
* I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over? youtube.com/watch?v=RP8Oxe6OxJ… (h/t Naked Capitalism)
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Day One of the Google Monopoly Trial: "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Jerry Cayford (Big Tech on Trial)MaryMarasKittenBakery reshared this.
Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Warner Music CEO: Price-fixing is for iTunes, too web.archive.org/web/2005092623…
#20yrsago Kate Wilhelm’s must-read writerly advice/history of Clarion memex.craphound.com/2005/09/25…
#10yrsago Not just emissions: manufacturers’ dirty tricks fake everything about cars web.archive.org/web/2018091310…
#10yrsago Collapse in filial piety, poor social net produces cohort of elderly Korean prostitutes web.archive.org/web/2015092723…
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A mucky business
The EconomistCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago FTC clobbers Roca Labs, the terrible weight-loss company that banned negative reviews web.archive.org/web/2022062200…
#10yrsago What the Internet looks like when it’s not a patent drawing wired.com/2015/09/internet-loo…
#10yrsago The other ad-blocking ecosystem: blame-ducking medium.com/message/how-we-pass…
#10yrsago Appeals court rules Batmobile is a “character” and is copyrighted by DC arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
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Pow! Appeals court assigns copyright to the Batmobile
David Kravets (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago KARMA POLICE: GCHQ’s plan to track every Web user in the world theintercept.com/2015/09/25/gc…
#5yrsago Adventures of a Dwergish Girl pluralistic.net/2020/09/25/dwe…
#1yrago Academic economists get big payouts when they help monopolists beat antitrust pluralistic.net/2024/09/25/epi…
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From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities
Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept)Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: The billionaires aren't OK; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11525940…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-24 13:02:58
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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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
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* #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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Cory Doctorow at The Brattle Theatre
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
dieselbookstore.com/event/2025…
* #Calgary: Literary Death Match (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 17
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
* #Calgary: Big Tech’s Betrayal—and How to Break Free! (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 18
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works with Jenny Odell (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow with Jenny Odell Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
powells.com/events/cory-doctor…
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
clarionwest.org/event/2025-dee…
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
attentionconferences.com/confe…
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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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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
writersfestival.org/events/fal…
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?i…
* #Madrid: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
4d.cat/es/conferencia/
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
* #Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
cloudfest.com/usa/
* #Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
burbankbookfestival.com/
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Enshittification
Ottawa International Writers FestivalCory 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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