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

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The reverse-centaur apocalypse is upon us; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/02/despotism-on-demand/

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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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The reverse-centaur apocalypse is upon us: Microsoft, Oracle, and other bossware dealers are transforming our workplaces with "virtual whips."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112894848746305028

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

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#20yrsago @eff suing on JibJab’s behalf for “This Land is Your Land” parody https://web.archive.org/web/20040803063125/http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/005452.html

#5yrsago Man donates mother’s body to science, discovers it was sold to the military for “blast testing” https://web.archive.org/web/20190801175813/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-arizona-man-moms-body-sold-military-blast-testing-20190801-pwqfc4mfvzfnjf7tocr6pkrbja-story.html

#5yrsago Paul Di Filippo on Radicalized: “Upton-Sinclairish muckraking, and Dickensian-Hugonian ashcan realism” https://locusmag.com/2019/08/paul-di-filippo-reviews-radicalized-by-cory-doctorow/

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

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#5yrsago Open archive of 240,000 hours’ worth of talk radio, including 2.8 billion words of machine-transcription https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.07073

#5yrsago Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out “philanthropist” Warren Kanders for his company’s war-crimes https://memex.craphound.com/2019/08/01/triple-chaser-a-short-documentary-that-uses-machine-learning-to-document-tear-gas-use-against-civilians-calling-out-philanthropist-warren-kanders-for-his-companys-war-crimes/

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

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#5yrsago Data-mining reveals that 80% of books published 1924-63 never had their copyrights renewed and are now in the public domain https://www.crummy.com/2019/07/22/0

#5yrsago Amazon’s secret deals with cops gave corporate PR a veto over everything the cops said about their products https://gizmodo.com/everything-cops-say-about-amazons-ring-is-scripted-or-a-1836812538

#5yrsago Your massive surprise hospital bills are making bank for private equity https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/08/private-equity-the-perps-behind-destructive-hospital-surprise-billing.html

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

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#5yrsago Teenaged girl becomes a resistance symbol for her peaceful reading of the Russian constitution to a Putin goon-squad (they beat her up later) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/olga-misik-russia-protests-constitution-moscow-riot-police-putin-a9029816.html

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

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Yesterday's threads: Why is this Canadian university scared of you seeing its Privacy Impact Assessment; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112887687566924609

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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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