Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Are the means of computation even seizable? and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Are the means of computation even seizable? and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/05/14/pre…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #PITTSBURGH TOMORROW (May 15) at White Whale Books:
whitewhalebookstore.com/events…
and then in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on Jun 20:
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
More tour dates (#London, #Manchester) here:
martinhench.com
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White Whale Bookstore
whitewhalebookstore.comCory Doctorow
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Are the means of computation even seizable?: Magic Saran Wrap is a mind-game.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11450752…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-05-14 18:09:04
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use" eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserve… (h/t Don Hayler)
* The Soviet Experiment with Empire economicsfromthetopdown.com/20…
* The future of (post-)capitalism and democracy: worker-owned businesses? metafilter.com/208766/The-futu…
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The Soviet Experiment with Empire – Economics from the Top Down
Blair Fix (Economics from the Top Down)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Why writers should stop worrying about “ebook piracy” memex.craphound.com/2005/05/14…
#15yrsago Will 3D plans for bongs become illegal, too? fabbaloo.com/2010/05/up-agains…
#15yrsago The People’s Manifesto: Mark Thomas and friends’ suggestions for UK political reform memex.craphound.com/2010/05/14…
#5yrsago Pandemics shatter AI's intrinsic conservativism pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…
#5yrsago Modern monetary theory's moment has arrived pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…
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Up Against the Wall and Spread Your Legs! « Fabbaloo
Kerry Stevenson (Fabbaloo)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Facebook's "backfire effect" junk science pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…
#5yrsago Restaurants won't let gig drivers pee pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…
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Cory Doctorow
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My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:
chevaliersbooks.com/product-pa…
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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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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory 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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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Pittsburgh: Picks and Shovels at White Whale Books, May 15
whitewhalebookstore.com/events…
* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16
us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/
* Virtual: Writing to Resist (California Writers Club Berkeley), May 18:
cwc-berkeley.org/writing-to-re…
* #Seattle: Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, May 30
eventbrite.com/e/cascade-pbs-i…
* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
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White Whale Bookstore
whitewhalebookstore.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
* #Tualatin Public Library, Jun 22:
tualatinoregon.gov/library/aut…
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-…
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 3
uk.coop/events-and-training/ev…
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Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy | How To Academy
How To AcademyCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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CONtraflow XI
www.contraflowscifi.orgCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Fireside Fedi
video.firesidefedi.live/w/huev…
* Ctrl-ctrl-ctrl (Understood)
cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/135…
* Remember when the internet was… good? What happened? (The Current)
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-…
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Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #PITTSBURGH TOMORROW (May 15) at White Whale Books:
whitewhalebookstore.com/events…
and then in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on Jun 20:
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
More tour dates (#London, #Manchester) here:
martinhench.com
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White Whale Bookstore
whitewhalebookstore.comJerome
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •What the article ignores is that the economics of hacking printers are vastly different to the economics of hacking iPhones. There is so much more money involved that competent hackers are hired (by Apple, state surveillance or the mafia).