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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: How to screw up a whistleblower law; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2024/04/15/whi…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me THIS WEDNESDAY (Apr 17) in CHICAGO, then Torino (Apr 21), Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!
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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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How to screw up a whistleblower law: We want kingpins, not powerless underlings.
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-15 13:20:18
Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Why national ID cards make us less safe schneier.com/essays/archives/2…
#20yrsago EFF guide to Gmail privacy web.archive.org/web/2004051609…
#20yrsago Stephenson’s money-centric interview on Wired News web.archive.org/web/2004051018…
#15yrsago Somali pirates versus European toxic-waste dumpers independent.co.uk/voices/comme…
#15yrsago If you lose your Amazon account, your Kindle loses functionality mobileread.com/forums/showthre…
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Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates | The Independent
The IndependentCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Secretive US prisons hold “terrorists” including animal rights activists and people who gave to the wrong charity greenisthenewred.com/blog/comm…
#15yrsago Amazon explains cataloging error that banished queer books to “adult” purgatory latimes.com/archives/blogs/tec…
#15yrsago Texas lawmaker: Chinese Americans should change names so “Americans” can handle them web.archive.org/web/2009041014…
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Amazon begins to re-rank affected 'adult' books; theories swirl
Los Angeles TimesCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago John McDaid’s “(Nothing But) Flowers”, sweet and haunting sf story web.archive.org/web/2009041405…
#15yrsago Terrible anti-piracy ads from the past 15 years theguardian.com/media/pda/2009…
#10yrsago Study: American policy exclusively reflects desires of the rich; citizens’ groups largely irrelevant cambridge.org/core/journals/pe…
#10yrsago HOWTO buy your way out of a California speeding ticket priceonomics.com/can-you-buy-a…
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Can You Buy A License to Speed? - Priceonomics
PriceonomicsCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Japanese game-show asks celebs to eat household objects that may or may not be chocolates kotaku.com/can-you-tell-whats-…
#5yrsago The #ShellPapers: crowdsourcing analysis of all correspondence between Shell and the Dutch government ftm.nl/dossier/shell-papers
#5yrsago Air tanker drops are often useless for fighting wildfires, but politicians order them because they make good TV latimes.com/local/la-me-wildfi…
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Air tanker drops in wildfires are often just for show
Julie Cart (Los Angeles Times)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago USA today feels like the last days of the Soviet Union eand.co/how-american-collapse-…
#5yrsago EFF to Facebook: enforce your rules banning cops from creating sockpuppet accounts and be transparent when you catch cops doing it eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/face…
#5yrsago Not just Apple: Microsoft has been quietly lobbying to kill Right to Repair bills medium.com/u-s-pirg/microsoft-…
#5yrsago Silicon Valley’s techie uprisings reveal growing support for socialism in tech salon.com/2019/04/11/silicon-v…
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Microsoft played key role in stopping “Right to Repair” in Washington
Nathan Proctor (U.S. PIRG)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Investors controlling $3B in Facebook stock demand Zuckerberg’s ouster, and they will lose businessinsider.com/facebook-i…
#5yrsago Starz abuses the DMCA to remove EFF’s tweet about Starz abusing the DMCA eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/effs…
#5yrsago RIP, science fiction and fantasy Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 reactormag.com/gene-wolfe-in-m…
#5yrsago Leaked, “highly classified” French report shows that the slaughter in Yemen depends on US support theintercept.com/2019/04/15/sa…
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Secret Report Reveals Saudi Incompetence and Widespread Use of U.S. Weapons in Yemen
Alex Emmons (The Intercept)Cory Doctorow
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#1yrago SVB bailouts for everyone – except affordable housing projects pluralistic.net/2023/04/15/soc…
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Pluralistic: SVB bailout for everyone except affordable housing projects (15 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Twinkfrump Linkdump; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-13 14:31:48
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."
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* 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…
* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
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* Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
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* Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
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Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* 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
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* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
media-ecology.org/convention
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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):
* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
aallnet.org/conference/agenda/…
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Keynote Speaker - AALL Annual Meeting & Conference
AALL Annual Meeting & ConferenceCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Deep Dive podcast
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* Digital capitalism course: What is digital capitalism? (Transnational Institute)
youtube.com/watch?v=oCzWpEQcd7…
* The Scam Economy (Lost Dollar Business Club)
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Episode 186: When the World Is A Bezzle w/ Cory Doctorow
Episode 186: When the World Is A Bezzle w/ Cory Doctorow (Spotify)Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: How to screw up a whistleblower law (15 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 THIS WEDNESDAY (Apr 17) in CHICAGO, then Torino (Apr 21), Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!
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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.netJames Tindall
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •This is great from @pluralistic on whistleblower law - pluralistic.net/2024/04/15/whi…
It reminded me of this other excellent piece that explains that sadly we always seem, psychologically at least, to shoot the messenger : okdoomer.io/thebadguys/
How Good, Kind, Caring People Became The Bad Guys
Jessica Wildfire (OK Doomer)Cory Doctorow reshared this.