Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: The art of Daniel Danger; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/23/but-i-know-what-i-like/
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The art of Daniel Danger: The best thing I saw at Comic-Con.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110764284692411923
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image There's this #BehavioralEconomics study that completely changed the way i thought about art, teaching, and critique: it's a 1993 study called "Introspecting about Reasons can Reduce Post-Choice Satisfaction" by #TimothyDWilson, #DouglasJLisle, #JonathanSchooler, #SaraHodges, #KristenKlaaren and #SuzanneLafleur: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240281868_Introspecting_about_Reasons_can_Reduce_Post-Choice_Satisfaction 1/
Hey look at this
* We regret this bike lane https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/valencia-street-signage-changed-by-cyclist/
* Why the Internet Needs a #DataPortability Ecosystem https://techpolicy.press/why-the-internet-needs-a-data-portability-ecosystem/
* Explore the dark side of Silicon Valley with #RedTeamBlues https://petewarden.com/2023/07/21/explore-the-dark-side-of-silicon-valley-with-red-team-blues/
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#20yrsago #AnarchistU: #Toronto #FreeSchool https://web.archive.org/web/20030801233908/https://anarchistu.widge.org/bin/view/Anarchistu
#15yrsago #XKCD role-players reenact “I Love the World” strip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvGhEJyfC7U
#15yrsago Racist cop uses UK Terrorism Act to detain mixed-race family and take away their disabled child https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7520598.stm
#15yrsago MPAA wants to randomly break your home theater depending on which channel you’re watching https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/eff-opposes-mpaas-selectable-output-control-fcc-pe
#15yrsago China’s neo-con nationalist youngsters go online https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/07/28/angry-youth
#15yrsago CNN reporter says bad things about the #TSA, gets hassled every time he flies https://web.archive.org/web/20080718134827/https://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/CNN_reporter_wants_off_terror_watch_0716.html
#15yrsago Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees? https://web.archive.org/web/20080725112506/http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/xrated.security.screenings.2.777423.html
#10yrsago #UKInternetCensorship plan no less stupid than it was last year https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/nov/13/children-porn-starbucks
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#10yrsago Get ready for the big bang as #3DPrinting #patents expire https://qz.com/106483/3d-printing-will-explode-in-2014-thanks-to-the-expiration-of-key-patents
#10yrsago Some phones can be pwned by sending 2 SMS messages to them https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/technology/encryption-flaw-makes-phones-possible-accomplices-in-theft.html
#10yrsago Woo with a body-count: measles epidemic follows #AntiVax scare https://science.slashdot.org/story/13/07/22/0319243/fifteen-years-after-autism-panic-a-plague-of-measles-erupts
#10yrsago Legally binding “buzz-off” letters for #DebtCollectors https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/debtcollection/
#10yrsago Footage of #HauntedMansion’s #HatboxGhost finally surfaces after 44 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnERBLhd5ac
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3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents
Here’s what’s holding back 3D printing, the technology that’s supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire, says Duann Scott, design evangelist…
#5yrsago Florida youth voter registration up 41% since #Parkland shooting https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article215169905.html
#5yrsago Google #DRM for Email can be disabled by ticking a few boxes in Firefox https://sysadmin.simmons.ai/2018/06/24/archiving-self-destructing-gmail-with-firefox/
#5yrsago Greedy landlords create a mass-extinction event in #Burbank’s indie paradise https://www.laweekly.com/saving-magnolia-park-why-l-a-s-coolest-shopping-area-is-in-danger/
#5yrsago Disgraced #CharterSchool exec pleads guilty to criminal money laundering, resigns from LA school board https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-ref-rodriguez-resigns-20180722-story.html#
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#5yrsago As Chinese #P2PLending #bubble bursts, “investors” mob Chinese sports-stadiums used as temporary processing centers https://www.ft.com/content/75e75628-8b27-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543
#5yrsago Important victory in Public Resource’s tireless fight to make the law free for everyone https://www.techdirt.com/2018/07/20/appeals-court-tells-lower-court-to-consider-if-standards-incorporated-into-law-are-fair-use-could-have-done-more/
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Thursday's threads: Private equity ghouls have a new way to steal from their investors; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110746467185260204
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Private equity ghouls have a new way to steal from their investors; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/20/continuation-fraud/ #Pluralistic 1/
My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):
and Forbidden Planet (UK):
https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/
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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:
* Decentralization of the Internet Research Group (#IETF-117)
https://dirk-kutscher.info/events/dinrg-ietf-117/
* Midsummer Scream (Long Beach), Jul 30
https://midsummerscream.org/
* #Armadillocon (#Austin), Aug 4-6
https://armadillocon.org/d45/
* @defcon (#LasVegas), Aug 10-13
https://defcon.org/
* An Evening with #VESchwab (#DesMoines), Oct 2
https://www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/ve-schwab
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Recent appearances:
* Cannibal Corp (New Models podcast)
https://soundcloud.com/newmodels/private-cannibal-corp-w-cory-doctorow-nm66
* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn47ptAtVH0
* The Homeless Romantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXn9wy5bHq0
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Unlocked | Cannibal Corp w/ Cory Doctorow (NM66)
First released: 13 June 2023 | To join New Models, find us via patreon.com/newmodels & newmodels.substack.com Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, journalist, and technology activist who’s be
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