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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Quinque gazump linkdump; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/12/pasticcio/

#Pluralistic

A page from a 19th C catalog of ornaments cast in wood fiber, showing a miscellaneous assortment of these ornaments.

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Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ @Kletskous@mastodon.social · last month

Dear @pluralistic is there a way to follow your great content, without my TL getting clutched with all such toots?
#Mastodon
@Mastodon
#Linkdump

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

@Kletskous @Mastodonhttps://pluralistic.net/2023/04/16/how-to-make-the-least-worst-mastodon-threads/

Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ @Kletskous@mastodon.social · last month

@pluralistic Thanks, I hope this works:

To hide long threads from your timeline, add a filter"hide long treads" in the #Mastodon settings.

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

On October 23 at 7PM, I'll be in Decatur, presenting my novel *The Bezzle* at Eagle Eye Books:

https://eagleeyebooks.com/event/2024-10-23/cory-doctorow

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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Quinque gazump linkdump: A sprinkling of inklings for the weekend.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113295520392095048

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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#20yrago Monsanto stole patented wheat from Indian farmers https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/archive/2004/7403-monsantos-indian-wheat-patent-withdrawn-in-europe-4102004

#15yrsago Meet the 42 lucky people who got to see the secret copyright treaty https://www.keionline.org/39045

#15yrsago Airlines that charge fees lost more money than airlines that didn’t https://joe.biztravelife.com/09/042309.html

#15yrsago @eff comes to the rescue of TI calculator hackers https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/10/13

#10yrsago How state anti-choice laws let judges humiliate vulnerable teens https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/teen-abortion-judicial-bypass-parental-notification/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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#10yrsago One weird legal trick that makes patent trolls cry https://memex.craphound.com/2014/10/13/one-weird-legal-trick-that-makes-patent-trolls-cry/

#10yrsago Hong Kong’s pro-democracy websites riddled with malware https://www.volexity.com/blog/2014/10/09/democracy-in-hong-kong-under-attack/

#1yrago Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/13/pour-encoragez-les-autres/#micros-tilde-one

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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Yesterday's threads: Lina Khan's future is the future of the Democratic Party - and America; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113290286594526747

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

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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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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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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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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Upcoming appearances:

* @okfn Tech We Want Online Summit (Remote), Oct 18
https://okfn.org/en/events/the-tech-we-want-online-summit/

* SOSS Fusion (Atlanta), Oct 22
https://sossfusion2024.sched.com/speaker/cory_doctorow.1qm5qfgn

* Eagle Eye Books (Decatur), Oct 23
https://eagleeyebooks.com/event/2024-10-23/cory-doctorow

* TusCon (Tucson), Nov 8-10
https://tusconscificon.com/

* International Cooperative Alliance (New Delhi), Nov 24
https://icanewdelhi2024.coop/welcome/pages/Programme

* ISSA-LA Holiday Celebration keynote (Los Angeles), Dec 18
https://issala.org/event/issa-la-december-18-dinner-meeting/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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Recent appearances:

* Speciale intervista a Cory Doctorow ( @digitaliafm)
https://digitalia.fm/744/

* Was There Ever An Old, Good Internet? (David Graeber Institute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Jlxx5TboE

* Go Fact Yourself
https://maximumfun.org/episodes/go-fact-yourself/ep-158-aida-rodriguez-cory-doctorow/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last month

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