Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: All the books I reviewed in 2025; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/12/02/con…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: All the books I reviewed in 2025; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/12/02/con…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Seattle (THURSDAY!), #Madison, CT and #Hamburg!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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All the books I reviewed in 2025: A year in books.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11565011…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-12-02 13:04:34
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate,sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
* Prisoners’ Inventions lapl.org/events/exhibits/no-pr…
* Inside a Group of Vigilantes who Paint Crosswalks to Protect Pedestrians people.com/inside-secretive-gr…
* AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained its mechanisms 150 years ago theconversation.com/the-ai-bub…
* Let's See What's Going On Down At The Piss Factory todayintabs.com/p/let-s-see-wh…
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Let's See What's Going On Down At The Piss Factory
Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Man flies 1MM miles on a 60 day unlimited ticket, wins 10 more flights web.archive.org/web/2005120303…
#20yrsago Schneier: Aviation security is a bad joke web.archive.org/web/2006021206…
#20yrsago David Byrne gets RIAA warning web.archive.org/web/2005122316…
#20yrsago Sam Buck sued for naming her coffee shop after herself web.archive.org/web/2005123114…
#20yrsago Eek-A-Mouse jamming with Irish pub musicians web.archive.org/web/2005121109…
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Very, very frequent flyer hits 1 mln goal - Yahoo! Australia & NZ News
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Bowls made from melted army men web.archive.org/web/2007101121…
#15yrsago TSA recommends using sexual predator tactics to calm kids at checkpoints web.archive.org/web/2010120404…
#15yrsago University of Glasgow gives away software, patents, consulting gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2…
#15yrsago Judge in Xbox hacker trial unloads both barrels on the prosecution web.archive.org/web/2010120305…
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How to Make a Bowl from Melted Army Men - Associated Content
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Scholars and activists stand in solidarity with shuttered research-sharing sites custodians.online/
#10yrsago Mesopotamian boundary stones: the DRM of pre-history web.archive.org/web/2015113021…
#10yrsago Canadian civil servants grooming new minister to repeat Harper’s Internet mistakes michaelgeist.ca/2015/11/what-c…
#5yrsago Distanced stage plays pluralistic.net/2020/12/01/aut…
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What Canadian Heritage Officials Didn't Tell Minister Mélanie Joly About Copyright - Michael Geist
Michael GeistCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11564535…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-12-01 16:54:06
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 latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, 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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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…
* Virtual: Poetic Technologies with Brian Eno (David Graeber Institute), Dec 8
davidgraeber.institute/poetic-…
* #Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
rjjulia.com/event/2025-12-08/c…
* #Hamburg: Chaos Communications Congress, Dec 27-30
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/in…
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David Graeber Institute - Poetic technologies with Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno
koshika (David Graeber Institute)Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* We have become slaves to Silicon Valley (Politics JOE)
youtube.com/watch?v=JzEUvh1r5-…
* How Enshittification is Destroying The Internet (Frontline Club)
youtube.com/watch?v=oovsyzB9L-…
* Escape Forward with Cristina Caffarra
escape-forward.com/2025/11/27/…
* Why Every Platform Betrays You (Trust Revolution)
fountain.fm/episode/bJgdt0hJAn…
* How the internet went to sh*t (Prospect Magazine)
prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcast…
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Enshittification of our digital experience: the pathology is clear, but is there a cure?
Escape ForwardCory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Seattle (THURSDAY!), #Madison, CT and #Hamburg!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Bill Sharpe Gadfly
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Cory Doctorow
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