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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:54:20 JST Cory Doctorow

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   Inside: Defense (of the internet) (from billionaires) in depth; and more!

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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 have one more week to 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 Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:55:30 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Defense (of the internet) (from billionaires) in depth: "Nonprofits" can and do enshittify.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113879387183117610

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:55:52 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Hey look at this

     * Unlikely bedfellows: How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike https://theconversation.com/unlikely-bedfellows-how-platform-companies-shortchange-porn-performers-and-ride-hailing-drivers-alike-246120 (h/t Varun Chari)

     * Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy https://www.404media.co/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy/

     * The intrepid writer taking on Big Tech: ‘Elon Musk is an ordinary mediocrity’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/cory-doctorow-elon-musk/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:56:18 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #20yrsago DVD licensing cartel sued under anti-trust http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/20/content_410667.htm

     #20yrsago You’re a sucker if you believe no-DRM, no-release threats from Hollywood https://memex.craphound.com/2005/01/24/youre-a-sucker-if-you-believe-no-drm-no-release-threats-from-hollywood/

     #15yrsago Secret copyright treaty: how we got here, what you can do https://thecommandline.net/2010/01/20/danny_obrien_acta/

     #10yrsago Making, gender, and doing https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/why-i-am-not-a-maker/384767/

     #10yrsago How to fix copyright in two easy steps (and one hard one) https://locusmag.com/2015/01/cory-doctorow-a-new-deal-for-copyright/

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     #10yrsago GOP senator who boasted about her family’s self-reliance received $460K in federal subsidies https://districtsentinel.com/despite-campaigning-pork-cutting-family-living-within-means-sen-ernsts-kin-took-460000-farm-subsidies/

     #5yrsago Jamie Dimon is a (highly selective) socialist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT9mzlC9rcU

     #5yrsago Wells Fargo’s ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very rich) https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2020/01/23/wells-fargo-ex-ceo-john-stumpf-banned-banking-fined-17-5-m/4555993002/

     #5yrsago Youtube’s Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/24/youtubes-content-id-has-become-the-tool-of-choice-for-grifty-copyfraudsters-who-steal-from-artists/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:57:11 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago The Guardian has outed the true identity of the mysterious founder of the Base, a white nationalist terror group https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/revealed-the-true-identity-of-the-leader-of-americas-neo-nazi-terror-group

     #5yrsago The case for replacing air travel with high-speed sleeper trains https://theconversation.com/could-sleeper-trains-replace-international-air-travel-130334

     #5yrsago Canadian “protesters” at Huawei extradition hearing say they were tricked, thought they were in a music video https://thebreaker.news/news/paid-protest-meng/

     #5yrsago London cops announce citywide facial recognition cameras https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/24/21079919/facial-recognition-london-cctv-camera-deployment

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:57:23 JST Cory Doctorow

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     #5yrsago Arizona HOA threatens residents with fines for posting critical comments about its board https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert/2020/01/23/gilbert-val-vista-lakes-homeowners-association-orders-residents-delete-online-posts/4548736002/

     #5yrsago Bipartisan consensus is emerging on reining in Big Tech https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078903/podcast-house-antitrust-chairman-cicilline-tech-monopoly-vergecast

     #1yrago How lock-in hurts design https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/#is-prohibited

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:57:50 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Yesterday's threads: Kier Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy"; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113873766442963107

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:58:04 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 Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:58:15 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, 24-Jan-2025 06:58:29 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 Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:58:45 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

     * Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal (Chicago), Feb 23
     https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/picks-shovels-cory-doctorow-tickets-1219803217259

     * 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 Red Emma's (Baltimore), Mar 2
     https://redemmas.org/events/cory-doctorow-presents-picks-and-shovels/

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

     * Picks and Shovels with Lee Vinsel (Richmond, VA), Mar 5
     https://fountainbookstore.com/events/1795820250305

     * 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

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 06:59:37 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Upcoming appearances (cont'd)

     * 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 Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:00:21 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 Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:00:33 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:00:55 JST Cory Doctorow

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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 have one more week to pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

     http://martinhench.com

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