Discussion · Bonfire

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

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#10yrsago 21K Kansans’ votes will be suppressed this election https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article3504228.html

#10yrsago Pianist wants bad review taking down under EU “right to be forgotten” rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/10/31/pianist-asks-the-washington-post-to-remove-a-concert-review-under-the-e-u-s-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling/

#10yrsago My grandmother, the poisoner https://web.archive.org/web/20141105041851/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/my-gandma-the-poisoner-0000474-v21n10

#5yrsago White supremacists record video at the new, bulletproof Emmett Till memorial sign https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/03/us/emmett-till-memorial-white-supremacist-group-video/index.html

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

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#5yrsago Teen uses external cameras and projection-mapping onto the a-pillar to “solve” blind-spots https://gizmodo.com/14-year-old-genius-solves-blind-spots-1839540078

#5yrsago The public spent $10b for Trump’s wall (so far); smugglers are cutting it with $100 saws and $10 blades https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html

#1yrago Big Tech's "attention rents" https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/03/subprime-attention-rent-crisis/#euthanize-rentiers

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

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Saturday's threads: Bluesky and enshittification; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113413507213509943

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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:

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Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

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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

* ACM Conext-2024 Workshop on the Decentralization of the Internet (Los Angeles), Dec 9
https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/din

* 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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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Cloudfest (Europa Park), Mar 17-20
https://cloudfest.link/

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

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Recent appearances:

* Enshittification Was a Choice (SOSS Fusion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSelmMUO0c

* Maximum Iceland Scenario ( @TWiT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5MkCwktKz0

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

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

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