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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:51:38 JST Cory Doctorow

   Today's threads (a thread)

   Inside: Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification; and more!

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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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:52:22 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification: We've got the wrong kind of middlemen.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113443539045124711

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:52:35 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Hey look at this

     * Harris and Democratic Elites Have Been Wrong Over and Over https://jacobin.com/2024/11/election-harris-trump-democrats-strategy/

     * The 2024 US Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What's Next https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/2024-us-election-over-eff-ready-whats-next

     * Please do not record your abortions on the blockchain https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/please-do-not-record-your-abortion-on-the-blockchain

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:52:46 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #20yrsago Vintage glasses-frames at decent prices https://memex.craphound.com/2004/11/07/vintage-glasses-frames-at-decent-prices/

     #15yrsago Toronto Star copyeditor edits memo announcing the elimination of copyeditor jobs https://web.archive.org/web/20091108015518/http://torontoist.com/2009/11/disgruntled_star_editor_takes_revenge.php

     #15yrsago Danish anti-piracy group gives up https://web.archive.org/web/20091112102256/http://freeform101.org/?p=357

     #10yrsago Book of seashell scans bound in a seashell https://www.tumblr.com/laurenabishop/84561495428/scallop-shell-artists-book-that-i-made-filled

     #5yrsago The case for breaking up Disney https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/its-time-to-break-up-disney-part

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:52:58 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago Guillotine watch: Louis XVI’s final chateau, never occupied by royalty, is for sale, just in time for the next revolution https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/10/04/a-sleeping-chateau-untouched-since-the-revolution-is-for-sale/

     #5yrsago Leaked internal docs show that Facebook shuts down access to user data to kill competitors, but claims it is protecting users https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/leaked-documents-show-facebook-leveraged-user-data-fight-rivals-help-n1076986

     #1yrago Naomi Alderman's 'The Future' https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/07/preppers-of-the-red-death/#the-event

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:53:21 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Yesterday's threads: Every internet fight is a speech fight; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113437813770381740

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:53:28 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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:53:37 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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:53:48 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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:53:59 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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:54:15 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 Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:54:24 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:54:30 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 @sf_tus science fiction convention:

     https://tusconscificon.com/

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