LiberalEd, 28 days ago

@pluralistic

The inevitable endpoint of private insurance - the nopeinator.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/29/what-part-of-no/

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 28 days ago

@LiberalEd @pluralistic

Why they don't simply take money at gun point escapes me for the moment.

If you want health care, it's cheaper to fly out of country (Mexico, Thailand etc) to get the procedure and recuperate in a fancy resort for a few weeks, all for about 1/10th the cost.

pluralistic, 28 days ago

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me THURSDAY (May 2) in Winnipeg (May 2) then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY (May 3) and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

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

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

Cigna's nopeinator: When computer says no, doctors are the moral crumple-zone.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112356047660479114

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

Hey look at this

• How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Brute Force Your Password In 2024, Ranked https://digg.com/tech/link/how-long-hack-crack-password-hive-systems-2024

• The Onion Is Sold by G/O Media https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/business/media/the-onion-sold.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE0.Nrih.oGBYaLXAaMV- h/t @kottke

• Five Years of Economics from the Top Down https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/04/27/five-years-of-economics-from-the-top-down/

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

#20yrsago AdBusters new sneaker to compete toe-to-toe with Nikes https://web.archive.org/web/20040329070112/http://www.blackspotsneaker.org/

#15yrsago Warner Music claims Lessig is a pirate, has his presentation taken off YouTube https://twitter.com/lessig/status/1642654831

#15yrsago Real-Money Trades: turning gold-farming into a game company profit-center https://web.archive.org/web/20090430091051/http://www.mmogamer.com/04/24/2009/real-money-fake-property?page=all

#15yrsago Britain’s deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/04/the_arrest_and_detention_of_ch.html

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

#15yrsago Transparency isn’t enough https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/29/cory-doctorow-police-transparency

#10yrsago Mathematicians: refuse to work for the NSA! https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229660-200-maths-spying-the-quandary-of-working-for-the-spooks/#.U1yMqKYju1E

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

Saturday's threads: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home; and more!

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

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18+ pluralistic, 28 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, 28 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, 28 days ago

Upcoming appearances:

• 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

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

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

• 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, 28 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, 28 days ago

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18+ pluralistic, 28 days ago

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me THURSDAY (May 2) in Winnipeg (May 2) then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY (May 3) and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

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

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GhostOnTheHalfShell, 28 days ago

@pluralistic

getting close to that finish line man.