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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:34:30 JST Cory Doctorow

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   Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/18/ragbag/

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     *Picks and Shovels* is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

     http://martinhench.com

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:35:52 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Pinkslump linkdump: New year, new grab-bag.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113850616515332836

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:36:13 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #20yrsago Ben Rosenbaum story under remixable CC license https://benjaminrosenbaum.github.io/stories/start.the.clock.html

     #20yrsago Sony: DRM cost us the Walkman https://web.archive.org/web/20050121122106/http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20050120/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony

     #20yrsago March 29: Supremes hear the Grokster case https://web.archive.org/web/20050105112953/http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_01.php#002221

     #20yrsago HOWTO: Get a “free” iTunes song with every Pepsi https://web.archive.org/web/20050107010208/https://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/index.php#pepsi-itunes-contest-the-tilt-still-works-030740

     #15yrsago HOWTO survive a nuclear attack – Mutual of Omaha, 1951 https://copyranter.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-maybe-just-maybe-buy-yourself.html

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     #15yrsago OK Go explains the screwed-up state of the music industry https://web.archive.org/web/20100120223701/http://okgo.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=4169

     #15yrsago Steampunk “Raptor Pilot” mask #4 https://web.archive.org/web/20100122011026/http://bobbasset.com/?p=306

     #15yrsago New Orleans cops use ancient “unnatural copulation” law to turn sex workers into sex-offenders https://web.archive.org/web/20100118124027/https://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=673

     #15yrsago Korean court legalizes some game-item sales https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2010/01/11/socialAffairs/Supreme-Court-acquits-two-in-cyber-money-game-case/2915126.html

     #15yrsago Mass photo-shoot in Trafalgar Square this Saturday https://web.archive.org/web/20091214075615/http://photographernotaterrorist.org/2009/12/mass-photo-gathering/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:37:03 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #15yrsago Animals at Play: ethology for kids shows that play is universal https://memex.craphound.com/2010/01/19/animals-at-play-ethology-for-kids-shows-that-play-is-universal/

     #10yrsago GOP accuses Obama of being President https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-accuse-obama-of-using-position-as-president-to-lead-country

     #10yrsago I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That https://memex.craphound.com/2015/01/20/i-think-youll-find-its-a-bit-more-complicated-than-that/

     #10yrsago Life inside a DDOS “booter site” https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/a-hacked-ddos-on-demand-site-offers-a-look-into-mind-of-booter-users/

     #10yrsago G+ Kremlinology: estimating the desolation of Google’s social media ghost-town https://web.archive.org/web/20150130125653/https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/nAya9WqdemIoVuVWVOYQUQ

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     #10yrsago The Knowledge: London cabbies’ multi-year, grueling training https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/t-magazine/london-taxi-test-knowledge.html

     #5yrsago Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/frontier-an-isp-in-29-states-plans-to-file-for-bankruptcy/

     #5yrsago Bestiality was not socially acceptable in medieval Europe https://going-medieval.com/2020/01/20/no-bestiality-was-never-ok-you-absolute-rabid-weirdo/

     #5yrsago Facial recognition isn’t just bad because it invades privacy: it’s because privacy invasions fuel discrimination https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/opinion/facial-recognition-ban-privacy.html

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:37:28 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #1yrago Brinklump Linkdump https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/20/motley/#i-have-heard-the-mermaids-singing

     #1yrago 2600's amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/#hack-the-planet

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:38:32 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Yesterday's threads: Fu-Schnickens; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113844455139082005

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:38:42 JST Cory Doctorow

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     My last nationally bestselling novel was "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 Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:39:05 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 Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:39:16 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances:

     * Picks and Shovels with Ken Liu (Boston), Feb 14
     https://brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-02-14/cory-doctorow-ken-liu-picks-and-shovels

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

     * Picks and Shovels with Wil Wheaton (Los Angeles), Feb 18
     https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Cory-Doctorow-Wil-Wheaton-Author-signing

     * 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 Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:39:23 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

     * Picks and Shovels with John Hodgman (NYC), Feb 26
     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-john-hodgman-picks-and-shovels-tickets-1131132841779

     * Picks and Shovels (Penn State), Feb 27
     https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/assets/uploads/CoryDoctorow-Poster.pdf

     * Picks and Shovels at the Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown, PA), Mar 1
     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-picks-and-shovels-a-martin-hench-novel-tickets-1146230880419

     * Picks and Shovels at Fountain Bookstore (Richmond, VA), Mar 5
     https://fountainbookstore.com/events/1795820250305

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

     * Picks and Shovels at First Light Books (Austin), Mar 10
     https://thethirdplace.is/event/cory-doctorow-picks-shovels-1

     * Picks and Shovels at Dark Delicacies (Burbank), Mar 13
     https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3257/Thu%2C_Mar_13th_6_pm%3A_Pick_%26_Shovel%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

     * 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

     * Teardown 2025 (PDX), Jun 20-22
     https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2025

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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:40:00 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Recent appearances:

     * Right to Repair with Karen Sandler (Software Freedom Conservancy):
     https://videos.trom.tf/w/q1AAL629GYMFtN6nCy15WE

     * Just Say It's Capitalism (This Week in Tech)
     https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1014?autostart=false

     * Lost Dollar Business Club
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuLGgMQfFCk

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:40:11 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/).

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     *Picks and Shovels* is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

     http://martinhench.com

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