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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:07:56 JST Cory Doctorow

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

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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:08:21 JST Cory Doctorow

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     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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:08:44 JST Cory Doctorow

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

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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:09:08 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • Jon Lebkowsky

     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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:09:50 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:09:57 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:10:10 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:10:21 JST Cory Doctorow

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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

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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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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:10:32 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:10:40 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:11:09 JST Cory Doctorow

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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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:11:17 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • TWiT Podcasts
     • Digitalia Podcast

     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)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:11:26 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:11:38 JST Cory Doctorow

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     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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