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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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#10yrago The Terrible Sea Lion: a social media parable https://wondermark.com/c/1062

#10yrsago Opsec, Snowden style https://web.archive.org/web/20141028183511/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/28/smuggling-snowden-secrets/

#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes a 4-year ban on government officials going to work for “market dominant” companies https://medium.com/@teamwarren/breaking-the-political-influence-of-market-dominant-companies-8ff27e99ada0

#5yrsago Behind the scenes, “plain” text editing is unbelievably complex and weird https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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#5yrsago Despite denials, it’s clear that Google’s new top national security hire was instrumental to Trump’s #KidsInCages policy https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/miles-taylor-family-separation-dhs-despite-google-denial

#5yrsago 70% of millennials would vote for a socialist https://victimsofcommunism.org/annual-poll/2019-annual-poll/

#5yrsago Davos in the Desert is back, and banks and hedge fund managers are flocking to Mister Bone-Saw’s side https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50219035

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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#5yrsago Podcast of Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve https://ia903108.us.archive.org/3/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_314/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_314_-Affordances.mp3

#5yrago Kindness and Wonder: Mr Rogers biography is a study in empathy and a deep, genuine love for children https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/29/kindness-and-wonder-mr-rogers-biography-is-a-study-in-empathy-and-a-deep-genuine-love-for-children/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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Yesterday's threads: The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113385501302413059

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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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 · 2 weeks ago

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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 · 2 weeks ago

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Upcoming appearances:

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

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

* IA et “merdification“ d’internet: peut-on envisager un nouveau web? (Remote), Dec 12
https://www.unige.ch/comprendre-le-numerique/conferences-publiques1/cycle-5-2024-2025/ia-et-merdification-dinternet-peut-envisager-un-nouveau-web/

* 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 · 2 weeks ago

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Recent appearances:

* Maximum Iceland Scenario - Data Caps, 3rd Party Android Stores, Nuclear Amazon (@TWIT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5MkCwktKz0

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

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

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

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