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

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/26/one-weird-trick/

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A 1930s-era suited male figure seated at a formal desk that is mounted high with papers. His head has been replaced with that of a grinning elephant. Reaching through the papers, parting them like the Red Sea, is a giant, friendly male hand, along with a bit of shirt and suit-cuff.

K @khad@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

@heygarrett I just realized I’ve been doing a version of this for years now. It started as an “Orders” folder in my mail client. I put email receipts in that folder for things I’ve ordered but not yet received. When I receive them, I archive the email. These days I put everything I am waiting on in that folder. If there’s not already an email associated with it, I email myself and put it in there. All timestamped automatically + extra details I add as replies are threaded.

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

I'll be in Tucson, AZ from November 8-10: I'm the Guest of Honor at the TusCon science fiction convention:

https://tusconscificon.com/

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

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Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers: The single best part of "Getting Things Done."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113374004855643253

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

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Hey look at this

* BOOM: Judge Blocks $8.5B Fashion House Merger https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-judge-blocks-85b-fashion-house

* How Google is Killing Bloggers and Small Publishers - And Why https://www.justapack.com/how-google-is-killing-bloggers-and-small-publishers-and-why/

* Bluesky is not decentralized https://beige.party/@possibledog/113367977656537478 (h/t Hacker News)

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

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#20yrago Printer cartridges aren’t copyrighted works https://web.archive.org/web/20041102085343/http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/2004/10/static_control_.html

#15yrsago Italian politician sues 4000+ YouTube commenters https://web.archive.org/web/20091030044651/http://www.antoniodipietro.com/en/2009/10/we_will_defend_you_all_from_cu.html

#15yrago Terrified London cops spending millions gathering useless intelligence on peaceful protestors https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/26/police-protest-data-protection

#10yrsago Edward Snowden interviewed by Lawrence @lessighttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Sr96TFQQE

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

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#10yrsago CHP officer who stole and shared nude photos of traffic-stop victim claims “it’s a game” https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/east-bay-chp-officer-accused-of-stealing-nude-photos-says-its-game-for-police-california-highway-patrol-sean-harrington/

#5yrsago “Affordances”: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/affordances-cory-doctorow-sf-story-algorithmic-bias-facial-recognition.html

#5yrsago Nearly all Americans’ taxes will go down under Medicare for All https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/medicare-for-all-taxes-saez-zucman

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

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#5yrsago Researchers’ budget blown when a migrating eagle’s tracker chip connects to an Iranian cellular tower and sends expensive SMSes https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50180781

#5yrsago New Hampshire state Rep John Potucek kills Right to Repair bill: “cellphones are throwaways…just get a new one” https://www.vice.com/en/article/lawmaker-kills-repair-bill-because-cellphones-are-throwaways/

#1yrago Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/26/hit-with-a-brick/#graceful-failure

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

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Yesterday's threads: Ian McDonald's "The Wilding"; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113368270151550446

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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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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 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

* 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 · 3 weeks ago

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Recent appearances:

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

* 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

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

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