pluralistic, 15 days ago

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in TODAY (Apr 27) in MARIN COUNTY, then in Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343512019200206

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

Hey look at this

• Has the Inspiration for the Tightrope Gal Been Found? https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2024/04/its-our-14th-anniversary-and-to.html

• “LOL, no.” https://www.loweringthebar.net/2024/04/lol-no.html

• What Really Happens When You Trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets (h/t Naked Capitalism)

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

#15yrsago Home Office official offered advice and “comfort” to Phorm spyware vendor https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8021661.stm

#15yrsago Geoengineering wishful thinking is the new climate denialism https://web.archive.org/web/20090430135547/www.worldchanging.com/archives/009784.html

#15yrsago Bruce Sterling explains swine flu https://web.archive.org/web/20090512004141/https://www.wired.com/sterling/2009/04/practical-tips.html

#10yrsago Unboxing a Makie doll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnT9lMR3ATg

#15yrsago Vernor Vinge predicts singularity by 2030 https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065309/http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/ai/singularity-101-vernor-vinge

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

#15yrsago US refuses to let jet into its airspace because it is carrying a journalist who criticizes US foreign policy https://gadling.com/2009/04/26/air-france-jet-diverts-after-being-told-to-stay-clear-of-us-airs/

#15yrsago Canadian music pirates of 1897 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426193240/http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-piracy-in-1897-nytimes/

#15yrsago Economy will get a lot worse — The Economist https://web.archive.org/web/20090426052838/http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13527685

#10yrsago RIAA to blame for impoverishment of artists it’s using as human shield in anti-streaming lobbying https://www.techdirt.com/2014/04/25/riaa-claims-that-it-is-standing-up-older-musicians-that-it-actually-left-to-rot/

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

#10yrsago Haunted Mansion castmembers built a shrine to “Grandma Joyce,” whose urn was found in the gardens https://web.archive.org/web/20140430022606/https://disneylandguru.tumblr.com/post/73135614034

#10yrsago Hacking the hospital: medical devices have terrible default security https://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/

#10yrsago UKIP candidate tells Lenny Henry to move to a “Black country”; party says reporting this is a “smear campaign” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27176803

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

#5yrsago The DCCC is sabotaging Marie Newman’s primary challenge to Dan Lipiniski, a hereditary, anti-choice, anti-minimum-wage, homophobic “Democrat” https://theintercept.com/2019/04/26/dccc-blacklist-marie-newman-dan-lipinski/

#5yrsago Lawyer for kid whose parents paid $1.2m bribe to get into Yale says the high price shows grifters’ anti-Chinese bias https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/college-admissions-scandal.html

#5yrsago Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing a proprietary “Lays” potato, seeking $150,000 each in damages https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/pepsico-india-potato-farmer-lawsuit/index.html

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

#1yrsago Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/#what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-CMS

#1yrago Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/27/convicted-monopolist/#microsquish

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

Thursday's threads: Antitrust is a labor issue; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112332135908661622

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

My last novel was "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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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:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245

Both are national bestsellers!

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days 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, 15 days ago

Upcoming appearances:

• The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
  https://www.bookpassage.com/event/cory-doctorow-bezzle-martin-hench-novel-corte-madera-store

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

• Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
  https://wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow-2/

• Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-cory-doctorow-the-bezzle-tickets-876989167207

• Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
  https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

• “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
  https://www.oreilly.com/live-events/tim-oreilly-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification-and-the

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

• "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
  https://www.laemmle.com/film/finding-money?date=2024-05-15

• Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
  https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15/authors-alliance-10th-anniversary-event-authorship-in-an-age-of-monopoly-and-moral-panics/

• Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
  https://media-ecology.org/convention

• American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
  https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

Recent appearances:

• Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore (Torino Biennale Tecnologia)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NC2EZCYBg

• Show Me The Money Club (The Rideshare Guy)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCETi3XqSds

• NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA
  https://videoteca.kenobit.it/w/azRmQBCenVwjSRz9WCp8JS

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

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18+ pluralistic, 15 days ago

Twitter gets worse every single day. Someday it will degrade beyond the point of usability. The Fediverse is our best hope for an enshittification-resistant alternative. I'm @pluralistic. The Fediverse edition of today's threads is at:

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343609869918307

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