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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Scientific American endorses Harris; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/22/eisegesis/

#Pluralistic

A rearing GOP elephant (with Trump's hair) facing off against bucking Democratic mule. Between them is a grimacing Statue of Liberty, leaning to one side. Behind the Trump elephant looms a clown with a MAGA clown-hat, brandishing a pistol. Behind the Democratic mule is a science worker using a set of tongs to add a glowing atom to a giant test-tube full of technological artifacts. Behind them roil dark purplish storm-clouds.

Khalid Hourani @khalid_salad@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

@pluralistic I love this succinct characterization of conservatism:

> The conservative viewpoint, grounded in discomfort with ambiguity

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

TONIGHT (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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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

Scientific American endorses Harris: "Conservatism never fails, it is only failed."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113357351119269777

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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Hey look at this

* The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/business/boars-head-owners-listeria-outbreak.html (h/t @kottke)

* Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode. We declined. https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24273820/intuit-ceo-sasan-goodarzi-turbotax-irs-quickbooks-ai-software-decoder-interview (h/t Garbage Day)

* And So It Goes https://gametek.substack.com/p/and-so-it-goes (h/t @metafilter)

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#15yrsago 555 California security guards in San Fran threaten to punch sidewalk photographer, break his f*cking camera https://web.archive.org/web/20091025233149/http://calibersf.com/2009/10/23/i-will-break-your-fucking-camera/

#15yrsago Barclay’s terrible bank-security https://web.archive.org/web/20091028154706/http://www.links.org/?p=772

#15yrago Spectator throws out public safety, embraces sensationalism and AIDS denialism https://www.badscience.net/2009/10/aids-denialism-at-the-spectator/

#15yrsago Booklife: a guide to a sane, productive writerly life https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/22/booklife-a-guide-to-a-sane-productive-writerly-life/

#10yrsago Carl Hiaasen’s “Skink No Surrender” https://memex.craphound.com/2014/10/22/carl-hiaasens-skink-no-surrender/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#10yrsago Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKsHhXwqDqM

#10yrsago The dirty secret of Google’s self-driving cars https://slate.com/technology/2014/10/google-self-driving-car-it-may-never-actually-happen.html

#5yrsago Educational spyware company to school boards: hire us to spy on your kids and we’ll help you sabotage teachers’ strikes https://qz.com/1318758/schools-are-using-ai-to-track-what-students-write-on-their-computers

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#5yrsago New York Times abruptly eliminates its “director of information security” position: “there is no need for a dedicated focus on newsroom and journalistic security” https://twitter.com/runasand/status/1186775481615605760

#5yrsago The wonderful You Must Remember This podcast returns to tell the secret history of Disney’s most racist movie, Song of the South http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2019/10/21/six-degrees-of-song-of-the-south-episode-1-disneys-most-controversial-film

#5yrsago A visual history of Soviet anti-religious artwork https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/oct/23/down-with-god-how-the-soviet-union-took-on-religion-in-pictures

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#5yrsago Bernie supporters are the most diverse of any Democratic presidential contender https://prospect.org/politics/aoc-endorsement-queens-rally-sanders-movement/

#5yrsago When the HR department is a robotic phrenologist: “face-scanning algorithm” gains popularity as a job-applicant screener https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/ai-hiring-face-scanning-algorithm-increasingly-decides-whether-you-deserve-job/

#5yrsago Japanese robot hotel chain ignored repeated warnings that its in-room “bed-facing” robots could be turned into spy devices https://web.archive.org/web/20191023135234/https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/robot-hotel-operator-announces-modification-to-prevent-hacks-by-guests/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#5yrsago NJ school district bans indebted students from prom and field trips, refuses offer to pay off lunch debt https://www.inquirer.com/education/school-lunch-shaming-cherry-hill-tuna-prom-20191018.html

#5yrsago Hospital staff hang a banner celebrating the transfer of their “mischievous tyrant” boss https://twitter.com/OmoGbajaBiamila/status/1184715636406128640

#5yrsago Ernst and Young subjected women employees to “training” about keeping the company’s men happy https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-ernst-young-how-to-dress-act-around-men_n_5da721eee4b002e33e78606a

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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#5yrsago The tactical evolution of #HongKongProtests: bolted-down barricades and calling out businesses https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/22/the-tactical-evolution-of-hongkongprotests-bolted-down-barricades-and-calling-out-businesses/

#5yrsago Equifax used “admin/admin” as login and pass for an unencrypted server full of your personal data https://finance.yahoo.com/news/equifax-password-username-admin-lawsuit-201118316.html

#5yrsago Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments”: a long-awaited Handmaid’s Tale sequel fulfills its promise https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/22/margaret-atwoods-the-testaments-a-long-awaited-handmaids-tale-sequel-fulfills-its-promise/

#1yrago In defense of bureaucratic competence https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/23/getting-stuff-done/#praxis

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

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Monday's threads: Retiring the US debt would retire the US dollar; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113346086975172774

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John Francis @johnefrancis@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

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@pluralistic it #mmt

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 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 · 3 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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