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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:22:24 JST Cory Doctorow

   Today's threads (a thread)

   Inside: The housing emergency and the second Trump term; and more!

   Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/11/nimby-yimby-fimby/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:23:18 JST Cory Doctorow

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     The housing emergency and the second Trump term: Weaponized shelter gave us Trump II; can we fix it despite Trumpism?

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113637354619001110

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:23:35 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Hey look at this

     * Luigi's Manifesto https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto

     * Waiting for Takeoff: The short-term impact of AI adoption on firm productivity https://dais.ca/reports/waiting-for-takeoff/

     * Debanking (and Debunking?) https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/debanking-and-debunking/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:23:56 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #15yrsago Mall cops in Norwich, England get police powers https://web.archive.org/web/20091220231959/http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx

     #15yrsago Kenyan bike-mechanic’s homemade tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEeyY09YzEY

     #15yrsago Science fiction fandom is 80 today https://web.archive.org/web/20091214023834/http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58405

     #15yrsago English anti-terror cops ask nursery school workers to watch 4 year olds for signs of “radicalization” https://web.archive.org/web/20100106032907/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6952503.ece

     #15yrsago Just look at this awesome EU banana curvature regulation. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1994R2257:20060217:EN:PDF

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:24:14 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #15yrsago Anti-Olympic mural censored in Vancouver https://web.archive.org/web/20091214014017/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/vancouver-orders-removal-of-anti-olympic-mural/article1396541/

     #15yrsago RIAA, MPAA and US Chamber of Commerce declare war on blind and disabled people https://web.archive.org/web/20091214062920/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/blind_block/

     #15yrsago Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border https://memex.craphound.com/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canadian-science-fiction-writer-beaten-and-arrested-at-us-border/

     #10yrsago Google News shuts down in Spain https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/google-news-shuts-shop-spain-thanks-ancillary-copyright-law

     #10yrsago Calling out the doctors who abetted CIA torture https://kottke.org/14/12/medical-profession-aided-cia-torture

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:24:29 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #10yrsago Lawquake! Judge rules that explaining jailbreaking isn’t illegal https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules

     #10yrsago We know you love privacy, Judge Posner. We just wish you’d share. https://www.techdirt.com/2014/12/09/judge-posner-says-nsa-should-be-able-to-get-everything-that-privacy-is-overrated/

     #10yrsago Furry convention evacuated after chlorine-gas attack https://www.themarysue.com/furry-con-terrorist-attack/

     #5yrsago Twitter wants to develop an open, decentralized, federated social media standard…and then join it https://www.techdirt.com/2019/12/11/twitter-makes-bet-protocols-over-platforms/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:24:39 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago The true nature of creativity: pilfering and recombining the work of your forebears (who, in turn, pilfered and recombined) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB1KE5dbOZo

     #5yrsago South Carolina’s feudal magistrate system may take a modest step toward modernization https://www.propublica.org/article/we-investigated-magistrates-now-lawmakers-want-to-overhaul-the-system

     #1yrago Daddy-Daughter Podcast 2023 https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/11/daddy-daughter-2023/#not-bye

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:25:28 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Yesterday's threads: Tech's benevolent-dictator-for-life to authoritarian pipeline; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113629422830214626

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:25:34 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, 12-Dec-2024 11:25:46 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, 12-Dec-2024 11:26:19 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances:

     * 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/

     * Should a Public Telecom Be An Election Issue/Davenport NDP (Remote), Dec 15
     https://www.davenportndp.ca/public_telecom_town_hall

     * ISSA-LA Holiday Celebration keynote (Los Angeles), Dec 18
     https://issala.org/event/issa-la-december-18-dinner-meeting/

     * Picks and Shovels with Charlie Jane Anders (Menlo Park), Feb 17
     https://www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/cory-doctorow

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:26:38 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

     * Picks and Shovels with Dan Savage (Seattle), Feb 19
     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-with-dan-savage-picks-and-shovels-a-martin-hench-novel-tickets-1106741957989

     * Cloudfest (Europa Park), Mar 17-20
     https://cloudfest.link/

     * DeepSouthCon63 (New Orleans), Oct 10-12, 2025
     http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:26:53 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Recent appearances:

     * Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech? (Volts.wtf)
     https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-we-avoid-the-enshittification

     * Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (HOPE XV)
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrciT_dc2sc&list=PLcajvRZA8E0_tLLEh1COeAv-TcaDna2k1&index=32

     * How To Keep IoT From Becoming An IoTrash (@defcon)
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA7bpp8qXxI

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 11:27:00 JST Cory Doctorow

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