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Inside: Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/emp…
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Cory Doctorow
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Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU: Yeah, right.
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-26 15:27:33
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* They Pump So Much Stuff Into Those Beautiful Little Babies mcsweeneys.net/articles/they-p… (h/t Kottke)
* The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
* Anti-Religious Politics hamiltonnolan.com/p/anti-relig…
* She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress wired.com/story/kat-abughazale…
* Day Two: Can the Open Web Be Restored? And an Annoyed Judge Tries to Move Things Along. bigtechontrial.com/p/day-two-c…
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Day Two: Can the Open Web Be Restored? And an Annoyed Judge Tries to Move Things Along.
Jerry Cayford (Big Tech on Trial)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago MPAA/RIAA subvert democracy with super-broadcast-flag bid web.archive.org/web/2005092623…
#20yrsago Islam in science fiction web.archive.org/web/2005100203…
#15yrsago Philosophy of Thomas Ligotti, a horror writer who can’t feel happiness web.archive.org/web/2006111916…
#10yrsago Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, a fantastic middle-grade adventure comic memex.craphound.com/2015/09/26…
#10yrsago Molly Crabapple’s illustrations from Syria vanityfair.com/news/2015/07/in…
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EFF: DeepLinks
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago 1 in 40 London cops have been arrested in the past five years ibtimes.co.uk/1600-uk-police-o…
#10yrsago Tomorrow’s Catalan elections are a referendum on independence theguardian.com/world/2015/sep…
#10yrsago Dustin Yellin’s stupendous, life-sized glass-pane humanoids made from NatGeo clippings memex.craphound.com/2015/09/26…
#1yrago When prophecy fails, election polling edition pluralistic.net/2024/09/26/dew…
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Catalonia goes to the polls in an 'incredible moment for democracy'
Ashifa Kassam (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-25 15:57:50
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
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* #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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