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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Why is this Canadian university scared of you seeing its Privacy Impact Assessment; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/01/eruditio-libertas-est/

#Pluralistic

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

I'm coming to @defcon!

8/9:

12h: Emceeing @eff Poker Tournament (Horseshoe Poker Room)

17h: Bricked and Abandoned panel (track 1).

8/10, 12h: Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation and build a new, good internet, hardened against our bosses' horniness for enshittification (track 1).

Support me this summer on the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers' Workshop!

https://clarionwriteathon.com/members/profile.php?writerid=293388

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Why is this Canadian university scared of you seeing its Privacy Impact Assessment?: What is Langara College so afraid of?

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112887604174918531

Image:
Copyright (C) 2002 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org (modified)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streisand_Estate.jpg

CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

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Langara College (modified)
https://langara.ca/

Fair use (parody)
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104

Fair dealing (parody)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468015 — Image: Copyright (C) 2002 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org (modified) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streisand_Estate.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en -- Langara College (modified) https://langara.ca/ Fair use (parody) https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104 Fair dealing (parody) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468015

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Hey look at this

* #FakeYou An Activist’s Guide to Defeating Disinformation https://xnet-x.net/en/fakeyou-disinformation-free-download/

* What is the Fediverse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzYozbNneVc

* We need a new internet https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/op-ed-we-need-new-internet

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#15yrsago Call for submissions for an event to honor Toronto’s venerable, shuttered Pages Books https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2009/07/29/pages-requests-memories-for-send-off-bash/

#15yrsago Matrix Online goes out with a party, not a whimper https://web.archive.org/web/20090802104032/http://www.massively.com/2009/07/27/reminder-check-out-the-matrix-online-before-it-decompiles/

#15yrsago India’s airlines to ground all planes and press for bailout https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-private-airlines-to-fly-on-aug-18/articleshow/4842710.cms

#5yrsago Summing up the Democrats’ debate: Colbert’s scorching monologue https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-colbert-hits-longshot-democrats-for-spewing-republican-talking-points-at-cnn-debate

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#5yrsago A modest proposal to solve no-deal Brexit: insure all losses with the pensions of Brexit supporters https://web.archive.org/web/20190205121528/https://twitter.com/Sime0nStylites/status/1092343448483651589

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Yesterday's threads: The largest campaign finance violation in US history; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112882515466847648

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months 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 · 4 months 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 · 4 months ago

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Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for @adamgreenfield's *Lifehouse* at Page Against the Machine (Long Beach), Aug 3
https://www.facebook.com/events/837938428323731

* @eff Charity Poker Tournament ( @defcon, Las Vegas, Horseshoe Poker Room), Aug 9 12h
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/betting-your-digital-rights-eff-benefit-poker-tournament-def-con-32

* Bricked & Abandoned: How To Keep The IoT From Becoming An Internet of Trash ( @defcon, Las Vegas, Track 1), Aug 9 17h
https://info.defcon.org/event/?id=54844

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation and build a new, good internet that is hardened against our asshole bosses' insatiable horniness for enshittification (@defcon, Las Vegas, Track 1), Aug 10 12h
https://info.defcon.org/event/?id=54861

* Launch for Madeline Ashby's *Glass Houses* at Chevalier's Books (LA), Aug 16
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-madeline-ashbys-glass-houses-tickets-965286486867

* Disenshittify or die! (Burning Man, Palenque Norte, 7&E), Aug 27, 13h

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Albacon (Albany/remote), Sep 13-15
https://albacon.org/2024/

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

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Recent appearances:

* The Paradigm Shift
https://paradigm-shift-on-4zzz.pinecast.co/episode/dbf12eaf/tech-criticism-with-cory-doctorow

* How To Fix The Internet ( @eff)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-fighting-enshittification

* Big Tech and the News (Tech Policy Press)
https://www.techpolicy.press/big-tech-and-the-news/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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I'm coming to @defcon!

8/9:

12h: Emceeing @eff Poker Tournament (Horseshoe Poker Room)

17h: Bricked and Abandoned panel (track 1).

8/10, 12h: Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation and build a new, good internet, hardened against our bosses' horniness for enshittification (track 1).

Support me this summer on the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers' Workshop!

https://clarionwriteathon.com/members/profile.php?writerid=293388

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