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Inside: The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2024/04/10/an-…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me TODAY (Apr 10) at UCLA, then Chicago (Apr 17), Torino (Apr 21) Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!
pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/nar…
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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
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11224703…
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-10 12:56:51
Cory Doctorow
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* The @internetarchive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island wired.com/story/internet-archi…
* Google’s Protected Audience Protects Advertisers (and Google) More Than It Protects You blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-se…
* When ‘ruthless’ Boeing cut costs, the damage spread seattletimes.com/business/boei… (h/t @boingbot
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Google’s Protected Audience Protects Advertisers (and Google) More Than It Protects You
Martin Thomson (The Mozilla Blog)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Promising anti-obesity pill web.archive.org/web/2004041901…
#20yrsago NDP leader Jack Layton endorses P2P memex.craphound.com/2004/04/09…
#20yrsago EFF on Gmail web.archive.org/web/2004042019…
#15yrsago Cold dead hand of Frank Herbert reaches up from grave, stabs Dune Second Life megafans in the back nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/04/enfo…
#15yrsago French government nukes crazy Internet law in open revolt against Sarkozy theguardian.com/technology/200…
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French MPs reject controversial plan to crack down on illegal downloaders
Lizzy Davies (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago NSA spies on human rights groups, including those in the USA techcrunch.com/2014/04/08/snow…
#10yrsago Prosecutors wage war on judges who insist on fairness washingtonpost.com/news/the-wa…
#10yrsago LAPD officers sabotage their own voice-recorders: nothing to hide, nothing to fear? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#5yrsago Today, Michigan regulators vote on conservative education “reform” plan to purge the word “democracy” from curriculum nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/0…
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LAPD officers monkey-wrenched cop-monitoring gear in patrol cars
Ars TechnicaCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts “illegal” or “harmful” material memex.craphound.com/2019/04/09…
#5yrsago How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell’s case for resisting “The Attention Economy” memex.craphound.com/2019/04/09…
#1yrsago How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok pluralistic.net/2023/04/09/how…
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The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts “illegal” or “harmful” material – Cory Doctorow's MEMEX
memex.craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Steven Brust's "Lyorn"; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11224172…
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-09 14:27:43
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):
lost-cause.org
Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:
darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Or…
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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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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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* The Bezzle at Harvard Berkman-Klein Center, with Randall Munroe (Boston), Apr 11
cyber.harvard.edu/events/enshi…
* RISD Debates in AI (Providence), Apr 12
involved.risd.edu/event/977796…
* The Bezzle at Anderson's Books (Chicago), Apr 17
andersonsbookshop.com/event/co…
* Torino Tech Biennale, Apr 21
biennaletecnologia.it/evento/c…
* The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
bookpassage.com/event/cory-doc…
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Enshittification, Disenshittification and The Bezzle: Cory Doctorow in conversation with Randall Munroe
Berkman Klein CenterCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-…
* Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfe…
* Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-c…
* Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfesti…
* “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
oreilly.com/live-events/tim-or…
* "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
laemmle.com/film/finding-money…
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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
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15…
* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
media-ecology.org/convention
* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
aallnet.org/conference/agenda/…
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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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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15…
* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
media-ecology.org/convention
* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
aallnet.org/conference/agenda/…
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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:
* Digital capitalism course: What is digital capitalism? (Transnational Institute)
youtube.com/watch?v=oCzWpEQcd7…
* The Scam Economy (Lost Dollar Business Club)
youtube.com/watch?v=SChg9ZiY_b…
* Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle (It Could Happen Here)
iheart.com/podcast/105-it-coul…
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Digital capitalism course: What is digital capitalism?
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me TODAY (Apr 10) at UCLA, then Chicago (Apr 17), Torino (Apr 21) Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!
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Elizabeth Bear
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