Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/four-bar-linkage/
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Next Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:
https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/
On May 22, I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307
On May 23, I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:
https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser
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Cory Doctorow - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Cory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus and many other publications. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open… Continue Reading
Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110363156172759052
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#20yrsago #WilWheaton’s book is out! https://web.archive.org/web/20030520183700/https://www.monolithpress.com/projects.php?projectID=2
#20yrsago #EdwardTufte shreds PowerPoint https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp
#20yrsago #DRM is philosophically broken, too https://www.wired.com/2003/06/copy-protection-is-a-crime/
#20yrsago New #PageRank optimization may pave way for idiosyncratic Google https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/704975
#15yrsago Security guards threaten NPR photogs with arrest for shooting panorama of DC’s Union Station https://web.archive.org/web/20080517104116/http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/almost_arrested_for_taking_photos_at_uni.html
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#15yrsago Warner/DC comics shuts down children’s cancer charity auction over trademark https://web.archive.org/web/20080517045311/https://sayitbackwards.blogspot.com/2008/05/important-charity-auction-update.html
#15yrsago @GratefulDead shake down NPR over including a song in an online mix https://www.npr.org/sections/monitormix/2008/05/days_be_more_than_all_we_have_2.html/
#15yrsago Analog switchoff == DRM screwjob https://tidbits.com/2008/05/12/digital-rights-misery-when-technology-is-designed-to-fail/
#15yrsago US and EU commissioner trying (again!) to sneak #SoftwarePatents into Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20080514074905/http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/McCreevy_wants_to_legalise_Software_Patents_via_a_US-EU_patent_treaty
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#15yrsago London supermarket secretly photographs alcohol/cigarette buyers, wants national database https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566181/Hi-tech-face-recognition-cameras-used-Budgens-spot-underage-drinkers.html
#15yrsago Canada’s #CrownCopyright: high-cost censorship https://www.thestar.com/business/2008/05/12/crown_copyright_is_overdue_for_retirement.html
#15yrsago Passively Multiplayer Online Game launches — using game-scoring to keep track of and expand how you browse https://pmog.com
#10yrsago Apple can decrypt iPhones for cops; Google can remotely “reset password” for Android devices https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/apple-deluged-by-police-demands-to-decrypt-iphones/
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#10yrsago Inside the world of “#booters” — cheesy DoS-for-hire sites https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/ddos-services-advertise-openly-take-paypal/
#10yrsago “Citation needed”‘s #Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_needed
#10yrsago #Scientology sucks at photoshop https://tonyortega.org/2013/05/12/scientology-sunday-funnies-portland-is-now-cleared-on-to-the-rest-of-earth/
#10yrsago How #Anonymous got involved in fighting for justice for rape victims https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/anonymous-rape-steubenville-rehtaeh-parsons-oprollredroll-opjustice4rehtaeh/
#10yrsago #3DPrintedGuns and the law: will judges be able to think clearly about digital files when guns are involved? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/13/3d-printed-guns
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#5yrsago White woman calls cops on black family who barbecued in Oakland Park’s barbecue area https://panthertimes.com/2018/05/02/white-privilege-used-to-fight-racially-charged-harassment-at-lake-merritt/
#5yrsago 75% of #TheresaMay’s £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/it-looks-like-shameless-bribe-12520491
#5yrsago Cops have a secret, unaccountable system for tracking you by your cellphone, and they abuse it like crazy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-tracking-law-enforcement.html
#1yrago A useful, critical taxonomy of #decentralization, beyond blockchains https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/12/crypto-means-cryptography/#p2p-rides-again
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Thursday's threads: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110351837703626957
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/11/ugly-houses-ugly-truth/ #Pluralistic 1/
My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon 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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/
* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307
* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 28
https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-enigma-12147
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 29
https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-danger-and-desire-of-the-frontier-12246
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), May 29
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctorow-red-team-blues-with-tim-harford-tickets-574673793787
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Cory Doctorow - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Cory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus and many other publications. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open… Continue Reading
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/nottingham
* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow/manchester-deansgate
* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow-registration-539205788027
* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/4/4/connection-interrupted-with-nina-allan-cory-doctorow-and-ian-mcdonald
* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
https://www.bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-techno-thriller
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-keynote-von-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-kreative-arbeitsmaerkte-und-monopole
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Recent appearances:
* Slurry With The Turd On Top (Jordan, Jesse, Go!)
https://maximumfun.org/episodes/jordan-jesse-go/slurry-with-the-turd-on-top-with-cory-doctorow/
* The Mark Thompson Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_eK8IC-5M
* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (On the Media)
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/enshittification-part-1-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-on-the-media
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