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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:42:13 JST Cory Doctorow

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   Inside: The GOP is not the party of workers; and more!

   Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/13/occupy-the-democrats/

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     The GOP is not the party of workers: Which is why the Democrats should be.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113647118622958243

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     Hey look at this

     * Gaytheist https://www.lonniecomics.com

     * YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24318124/youtube-player-cant-click-title-sigh

     * FTC Revives 1930s Law in Suing Alcohol Distributor https://prospect.org/economy/2024-12-12-ftc-revives-1930s-law-suing-alcohol-distributor/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:43:48 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #15yrsago Philosophy prof won’t go to jail for making unofficial Derrida translations available to students https://www.ip-watch.org/2009/12/14/restoration-of-french-philosopher’s-work-online-in-argentina-seen-as-an-opening/

     #15yrsago How electricity became a right, and what it means for broadband https://web.archive.org/web/20091217080912/http://publicola.net/?p=20687

     #15yrsago Haagen Dazs opens no-Indians-allowed store in Delhi https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/randomaccess/sorry-indians-not-allowed1/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:44:18 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago McKinsey’s internal mythology compares management consultants to “the Marine Corps, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jesuits” https://www.propublica.org/article/how-mckinsey-makes-its-own-rules

     #5yrsago Lawmaker admits not independently researching lobbyist’s claim that ectopic fetuses could be reimplanted in the uterus, blames medical journals https://www.wosu.org/news/2019-12-12/lawmaker-says-he-didnt-research-ectopic-pregnancy-procedure-before-adding-to-bill#stream/0

     #5yrsago Private equity looters startled to be called out by name in Taylor Swift award-acceptance speech https://nypost.com/2019/12/13/private-equity-stunned-to-be-dragged-into-battle-between-taylor-swift-and-scooter-braun/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:44:33 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago Radicalized is one of the Wall Street Journal’s top sf books of 2019! https://memex.craphound.com/2019/12/14/radicalized-is-one-of-the-wall-street-journals-top-sf-books-of-2019/

     #1yrago How the NYPD defeated bodycams https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/14/all-cams-are-private/#spoil-the-bushel

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:44:58 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Yesterday's threads: A Democratic media strategy to save journalism and the nation; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113640623036369819

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:45:10 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 Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:45:28 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 Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:45:56 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances:

     * 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

     * 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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:46:13 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

     * Picks and Shovels at Imagine! Belfast (Remote), Mar 24
     https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-alan-meban-tickets-1106421399189

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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:48:15 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 Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 04:48:33 JST Cory Doctorow

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