How to shatter the class solidarity of the ruling class: Maybe we can use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house?

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-08 13:48:47

Audre Lorde counsels us: "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House," MLK said "the law cannot make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me." Somewhere between *replacing* the system and *using* the system lies a pragmatic - if easily derailed - course.

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Friday's threads: General Mills and cheaply bought "nutritionists" co-opted the anti-diet movement; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-05 13:53:00

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: General Mills and cheaply bought "dietitians" co-opted the anti-diet movement; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2024/04/05/cor…

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Upcoming appearances:

* UCLA Institute for Law, Technology and Policy, Apr 10
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* The Bezzle at Harvard Berkman-Klein Center, with Randall Munroe (Boston), Apr 11
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* RISD Debates in AI (Providence), Apr 12
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* The Bezzle at Anderson's Books (Chicago), Apr 17
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* Torino Tech Biennale, Apr 21
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
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* 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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* Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
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* “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
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* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
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* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
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Recent appearances:

* Digital capitalism course: What is digital capitalism? (Transnational Institute)
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* The Scam Economy (Lost Dollar Business Club)
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* Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle (It Could Happen Here)
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