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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Every internet fight is a speech fight; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/06/brazilian-blowout/

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A border fence. Behind it is a 'code-waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Looming over the fence is a panicked figure who has been gagged.

Image:
© Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Border_Wall_at_Tijuana_and_San_Diego_Border.jpg
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — A border fence. Behind it is a 'code-waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Looming over the fence is a panicked figure who has been gagged. Image: © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Border_Wall_at_Tijuana_and_San_Diego_Border.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Sirius @sirius@cr8r.gg · last week

@pluralistic Great defense of humanistic principles. About the Brazilian case: The decision to block VPNs had no effect, as this part of the decision was revoked hours later by the Brazilian judiciary itself. The only remaining restriction on VPNs was the ban on Brazilian accounts using Twitter through VPNs, under penalty of fine. But the Judiciary had no way of investigating this and would only impose a fine in an isolated case.

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

This weekend (November 8-10), I'll be in Tucson, AZ: I'm the Guest of Honor at the Tuscon science fiction convention:

https://tusconscificon.com/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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Every internet fight is a speech fight: And every internet fight is a sovereignty fight.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113437734727062094

Image:
© Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Border_Wall_at_Tijuana_and_San_Diego_Border.jpg

CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — Image: © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Border_Wall_at_Tijuana_and_San_Diego_Border.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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Hey look at this

* Apple 'broke law' by pushing out labor-organizing dev https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/apple_labor_law_nlrb/

* Starlost Unauthorized https://denvaldron.com/2024/11/05/starlost-unauthorized-now-available/ (h/t Hugh Spencer)

* e-Patients https://participatorymedicine.org/e-Patient_White_Paper_with_Afterword.pdf (h/t @jonl)

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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#15yrsago Corporate law firm targets whistle-blowers and anonymous commenters https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/birmingham-wragge-team-focus-online-3938930

#15yrsago Teen sex belongs in teen lit https://web.archive.org/web/20091110003113/http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2009/11/cory-doctorow-teen-sex.html

#15yrsago Pigeons From Hell: Robert E Howard’s classic horror story adapted for comics by Joe R Lansdale https://memex.craphound.com/2009/11/06/pigeons-from-hell-robert-e-howards-classic-horror-story-adapted-for-comics-by-joe-r-lansdale/

#15yrsago Leaked text of secret copyright treaty vs. bland bureaucratic press-release describing same https://web.archive.org/web/20091108115049/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4516/125/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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#10yrsago Pennsylvania passes a “Gag Mumia” law to silence prisoner’s voices https://kersplebedeb.com/posts/the-gag-mumia-law/

#5yrsago T-Mobile: because we have a (stupid) trademark on one magenta shade, no one can use pink in their logos https://adage.com/article/digital/t-mobile-says-it-owns-exclusive-rights-color-magenta/2212556

#5yrsago Two years ago, Juli Briskman was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade; now she’s been elected as a Virginia county supervisor https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/the-cyclist-who-flipped-off-trumps-motorcade-is-running-for-public-office/2018/09/11/c12cc2d2-b5dc-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html

#1yrago Amazon is a ripoff https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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Yesterday's threads: How to have cancer; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113433320315632979

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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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 · last week

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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 · last week

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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

* ACM Conext-2024 Workshop on the Decentralization of the Internet (Los Angeles), Dec 9
https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/din

* IA et “merdification“ d’internet: peut-on envisager un nouveau web? (Remote), Dec 12
https://www.unige.ch/comprendre-le-numerique/conferences-publiques1/cycle-5-2024-2025/ia-et-merdification-dinternet-peut-envisager-un-nouveau-web/

* 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 · last week

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Cloudfest (Europa Park), Mar 17-20
https://cloudfest.link/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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Recent appearances:

* Enshittification Was a Choice (SOSS Fusion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSelmMUO0c

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

* Speciale intervista a Cory Doctorow ( @digitaliafm)
https://digitalia.fm/744/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

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