pluralistic, 7 months ago

I'll be at the #StudioCity branch of the LA Public Library this Monday, November 13 at 1830hPT to launch my new novel, The Lost Cause. There'll be a reading, a talk, a surprise guest (!!) and a signing, with books on sale. Tell your friends! Come on down!

https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/author-talk-cory-doctorow

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

"Brand safety" killed Jezebel: Reality isn't brand-safe.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111393206632761880

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

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

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My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

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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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

Upcoming appearances:

• #CBCIDEAS, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-visionaries-in-conversation-tickets-729692809837

• Inspiring the Next Generation, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
  https://www.provocation.ca/upcoming-2023-events-stratford

• Gibson's Bookstore, Nov 18 (#Concord, NH)
  https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/doctorow-lost-cause

• Lost Cause at Simsbury Public Library, Nov 20 (#Simsbury, CT)
  https://simsbury.librarycalendar.com/event/author-visit-cory-doctorow-29257

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

• Generation of Lost Causes, Nov 22 (#Toronto)
  https://web.archive.org/web/20230907160105/https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT495758&R=EVT495758

• Who Is Watching Big Tech? Nov 27 (#Toronto)
  https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT496408&R=EVT496408

• The Lost Cause at #TheStrand (#NYC), Nov 29
  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-the-lost-cause-tickets-734958008187

• The Lost Cause at #FlyleafBooks (#ChapelHill), Dec 7
  https://www.flyleafbooks.com/doctorow-2023

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

Recent appearances:

• Pushing back on unconstrained capitalism (@changelog)
  https://changelog.com/podcast/565

• @plutopia
  https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-the-internet-con/

• An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse (@hackaday Supercon)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT1ud0rAT7w

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

#5yrsago Oracle’s bad faith with security researchers led to publication of a #Virtualbox #0day https://www.zdnet.com/article/virtualbox-zero-day-published-by-disgruntled-researcher/

#1yrago Apple's business model made Chinese oppression inevitable https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/11/foreseeable-consequences/#airdropped

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

Yesterday's threads: Big Telco's fury over FCC plan to infuse telecoms policy with facts; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111387304355056139

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18+ pluralistic, 7 months ago

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