#5yrsago The Pinkertons’ plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise nytimes.com/interactive/2019/0…

#5yrsago Ford CEO: we “overestimated” self-driving cars engadget.com/2019-04-10-ford-c…

#5yrsago Talking Radicalized with John Scalzi in the LA Times latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-fob…

#5yrsago Illinois almost passed a bill that banned devices that record you without your consent — and then Big Tech stepped in vice.com/en/article/ywyzm5/big…

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#1yrago Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/alg…

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Yesterday's threads: No, "convenience" isn't the problem; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11225846…

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-12 13:24:18

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: No, "convenience" isn't the problem; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/giv…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: No, “convenience” isn’t the problem (12 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from 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

Signed by 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."

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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
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…

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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
laemmle.com/film/finding-money…

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15…

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
media-ecology.org/convention

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* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
aallnet.org/conference/agenda/…

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Recent appearances:

* Deep Dive podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/0bS0D…

* 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…

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Today's top sources: Bill Budington, Gord Doctorow, @ryansingel.

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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me in 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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