Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/27/for-the-little-people/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/27/for-the-little-people/
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me in TODAY (Apr 27) in MARIN COUNTY, then in Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour
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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 tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343512019200206
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-27 13:52:32
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Has the Inspiration for the Tightrope Gal Been Found? https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2024/04/its-our-14th-anniversary-and-to.html
* “LOL, no.” https://www.loweringthebar.net/2024/04/lol-no.html
* What Really Happens When You Trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets (h/t Naked Capitalism)
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Apple iPhone Recycling Program Has Secrets
Austin Carr (Bloomberg)Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Home Office official offered advice and “comfort” to Phorm spyware vendor https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8021661.stm
#15yrsago Geoengineering wishful thinking is the new climate denialism https://web.archive.org/web/20090430135547/www.worldchanging.com/archives/009784.html
#15yrsago Bruce Sterling explains swine flu https://web.archive.org/web/20090512004141/https://www.wired.com/sterling/2009/04/practical-tips.html
#10yrsago Unboxing a Makie doll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnT9lMR3ATg
#15yrsago Vernor Vinge predicts singularity by 2030 https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065309/http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/ai/singularity-101-vernor-vinge
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MAKIE UNBOXING/FACEUP! (Pixie Talks: Toy Vlog!)
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago US refuses to let jet into its airspace because it is carrying a journalist who criticizes US foreign policy https://gadling.com/2009/04/26/air-france-jet-diverts-after-being-told-to-stay-clear-of-us-airs/
#15yrsago Canadian music pirates of 1897 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426193240/http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-piracy-in-1897-nytimes/
#15yrsago Economy will get a lot worse — The Economist https://web.archive.org/web/20090426052838/http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13527685
#10yrsago RIAA to blame for impoverishment of artists it’s using as human shield in anti-streaming lobbying https://www.techdirt.com/2014/04/25/riaa-claims-that-it-is-standing-up-older-musicians-that-it-actually-left-to-rot/
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Air France jet diverts after being told to stay clear of US airspace - Gadling
Scott Carmichael (Gadling)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Haunted Mansion castmembers built a shrine to “Grandma Joyce,” whose urn was found in the gardens https://web.archive.org/web/20140430022606/https://disneylandguru.tumblr.com/post/73135614034
#10yrsago Hacking the hospital: medical devices have terrible default security https://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/
#10yrsago UKIP candidate tells Lenny Henry to move to a “Black country”; party says reporting this is a “smear campaign” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27176803
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UKIP candidate William Henwood defends Lenny Henry tweet
BBC NewsCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago The DCCC is sabotaging Marie Newman’s primary challenge to Dan Lipiniski, a hereditary, anti-choice, anti-minimum-wage, homophobic “Democrat” https://theintercept.com/2019/04/26/dccc-blacklist-marie-newman-dan-lipinski/
#5yrsago Lawyer for kid whose parents paid $1.2m bribe to get into Yale says the high price shows grifters’ anti-Chinese bias https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/college-admissions-scandal.html
#5yrsago Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing a proprietary “Lays” potato, seeking $150,000 each in damages https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/pepsico-india-potato-farmer-lawsuit/index.html
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DCCC Defense of Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Democrat Sparks Pushback
Akela Lacy (The Intercept)Cory Doctorow
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#1yrsago Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/#what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-CMS
#1yrago Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/27/convicted-monopolist/#microsquish
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Pluralistic: Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin’s death panels (26 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Thursday's threads: Antitrust is a labor issue; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112332135908661622
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-25 13:39:26
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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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."
https://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 Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
https://www.bookpassage.com/event/cory-doctorow-bezzle-martin-hench-novel-corte-madera-store
* 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
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Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
https://www.laemmle.com/film/finding-money?date=2024-05-15
* 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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Authors Alliance 10th Anniversary Event: Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics
Authors AllianceCory Doctorow
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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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Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore | Cory Doctorow
YouTubeKenobit
2024-04-16 10:31:46
Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: The tax sharks are back and they’re coming for your home (27 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Twitter gets worse every single day. Someday it will degrade beyond the point of usability. The Fediverse is our best hope for an enshittification-resistant alternative. I'm @pluralistic. The Fediverse edition of today's threads is at:
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343609869918307
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Cory Doctorow
2024-04-27 14:17:25
Soc-i-eTy
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Don't let the "tax sharks" scare you away. This is a good progressive read. Here's more of the flavor to entice you:
"If conservatives think there's a natural order in which the few dominate the many, progressivism is a belief in pluralism and inclusion, the idea that disparate perspectives and experiences all have something to contribute to society."
- Cory Doctorow
Vote for Democracy! (I might add. So I did.)
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in reply to Soc-i-eTy • • •The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish
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80% water
in reply to Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. • • •that conservatism is about maintaining hierarchies is a big part of George Lakoff's political theories, where he enumerates that, how it contrasts with liberalism, and the consequences of those in public political communication in his books "Don't Think of an Elephant" and "Moral Politics." Moral Politics I haven't gotten around to reading yet, but DTofE is quite an enjoyable read and meant for a mass audience.
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