Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Blue states should play "constitutional hardball"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/18/states-rights/
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@pluralistic Another method of constitutional hardball at the federal level would be to limit entry to the country through states that engage in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Having to overfly Florida and Texas to enter the US from Latin America through Chicago and Washington would get people’s attention.
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The Gaza genocide has proven that the Democratic and Republican parties aren't that opposed after all. The fact that blue states haven't already done what you suggest is probably a reflection of that.
The Gaza genocide has proven that the Democratic and Republican parties aren't that opposed after all. The fact that blue states haven't already done what you suggest is probably a reflection of that.
@pluralistic Love it. I know, why don't they do more of this. Illinois does actually have billboards at the state line with Missouri, touting their abortion clinics.
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Next Wednesday (October 23) at 7PM, I'll be in Decatur, GA, presenting my novel *The Bezzle* at Eagle Eye Books:
https://eagleeyebooks.com/event/2024-10-23/cory-doctorow
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Blue states should play "constitutional hardball": Scooping up medical professionals, teachers, doctors and anyone with a trans kid.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113330678990019698
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There's two very good examples of this: California's net neutrality law and NY state's broadband affordability law.
There's two very good examples of this: California's net neutrality law and NY state's broadband affordability law.
They boxed the deregulatory feds in. Since the FCC said it had no authority over broadband, the states moved in and won at the appeals level in two circuits. ISPs now hoping the Supreme Court frees them from any oversight, but their argument is full of holes.
The one thing I'd add is that states that do this need very smart lawyering
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Hey look at this
* Organized Money https://www.organizedmoney.fm
* The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24271649/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions-final-rule
* EFF and IFPTE Local 20 Attain Labor Contract https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-and-ifpte-local-20-attain-labor-contract
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#20yrsago Interview with me on All About Symbian https://web.archive.org/web/20041209231331/http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/viewarticle.php?id=110
#20yrsago Weinberger: Photo-organizing infocalypse looms https://web.archive.org/web/20040715000000*/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/photo.html
#10yrsago Comcast not welcome in Worcester, Mass thanks to bad customer service https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/its-a-terrible-company-comcast-not-welcome-in-city-council-says/
#10yrsago Justin Hall at @xoxohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE6xyFyv7xk
#10yrsago Umbrella Revolution protesters retake the streets https://web.archive.org/web/20141020034358/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/chaos-hong-kong-protest-camp-police-use-batons-pepper-spray-repel-surge-protesters
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#10yrsago CTO of NSA is moonlighting for Keith Alexander’s blue-chip rent-a-cybercops https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/17/senior-nsa-official-moonlighting-private-cybersecurity-firm
#10yrsago If you don’t agree to the new Wii U EULA, Nintendo will kill-switch it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/nintendo-updates-take-wii-u-hostage-until-you-agree-new-legal-terms
#10yrsago Canadian government threatens bird watchers for writing concerned letter about bee die-off https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/revenue-canada-targets-birdwatchers-for-political-activity-1.2799546
#5yrsago Design fiction, politicized: the wearable face projector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PoudPCevN0
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#5yrsago Cable is bullshit, and so is 5G: give me fiber or give me death! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/why-fiber-vastly-superior-cable-and-5g
#5yrsago Relatives and cronies of Cambodia’s dictator have bought “golden passports” from Cyprus and exfiltrated millions https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/cambodia-hunsen-wealth/
#5yrsago Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/victory-berkeley-city-council-unanimously-votes-ban-face-recognition
#5yrsago Greta Grotesk: a font based on Greta Thunberg’s hand-lettered signs https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f6JdU9jG6J69mngi5-xYwbKXtCcnslJo/view
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#5yrsago Leaks reveal how creepy, cultish monopolist Intuit lobbied Congress and the IRS to kill free tax-filing https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free#168905
#5yrsago 6 years after expose revealed docs taking millions from pharma companies, it’s only getting worse https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-over-700-doctors-who-were-paid-more-than-a-million-dollars-by-drug-and-medical-device-companies#169337
#5yrsago Pacifica Radio ignores injunction, continues to play canned content on NYC’s WBAI https://gothamist.com/news/judge-rules-wbai-can-return-air-owners-refuse-comply
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#5yrsago McSweeney’s: sure, Bernie is incredibly popular, but can he sway the “completely hateable assholes, who want what’s worst for everyone?” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/bernies-policies-are-good-but-how-can-he-appeal-to-the-absolute-worst-people-ever
#5yrsago The first book collecting the new Nancy comic is incredibly, fantastically, impossibly great https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/17/the-first-book-collecting-the-new-nancy-comic-is-incredibly-fantastically-impossibly-great/
#1yrago Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works" https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/17/care-work/#charismatic-megaprojects
#1yrago What Americans want https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/18/the-people-no/#tell-ya-what-i-want-what-i-really-really-want
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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
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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:
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Both are national bestsellers!
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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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* SOSS Fusion (Atlanta), Oct 22
https://sossfusion2024.sched.com/speaker/cory_doctorow.1qm5qfgn
* Eagle Eye Books (Decatur, GA), 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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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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