Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: When parties fail, movements step up; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/17/popular-front-of-judea/
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This Saturday (19 Aug), I'm appearing at the #SanDiego Union-Tribune Festival of Books. I'm on a 2:30PM panel called "Return From Retirement," followed by a signing:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks
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Festival of Books 2023
The San Diego Union-Tribune’s 7th Annual Festival of Books will be held on August 19 presented by the University of San Diego. The Festival of Books, hosted on the University of San Diego campus, is an event for book lovers of all ages. Attendees will enjoy workshops, activities, photo booths, live entertainment, discussions with award-winning authors and more.
When parties fail, movements step up: Thomas Frank on why we need to occupy the Democrats.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110905519449548272
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Does *anyone* like the US #TwoPartySystem? The parties are opaque, private orgs, weak institutions, prone to capture and corruption, and #gerrymandering's "safe seats" means the *real* election takes place in the party's smoke-filled rooms, selecting the sure-thing candidate: https://doctorow.medium.com/weak-institutions-a26a20927b27 -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/17/popular-front-of-judea/#speaking-frankly 1/
Hey look at this
* #JordanPeterson: Critics complain over 'misleading' book cover quotes https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66520089
* Excerpt Reveal: #TheLostCause by Cory Doctorow https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/08/14/excerpt-reveal-the-lost-cause-by-cory-doctorow/
* Barbiephonic Forever https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2023/08/16/barbiephonic-forever/ (h/t @jwz)
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#15yrsago How the #DailyShow’s PVRs work https://web.archive.org/web/20080819214437/http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2008/08/the-daily-show.html?cid=126776178
#15yrsago Transcript of my talk on “Life in the Information Economy” https://craphound.com/cambridge_biz_lectures.txt
#10yrsago Cross a border, lose your #ebooks https://listserv.crl.edu/wa.exe?A2=LIBLICENSE-L;1e13597c.1308&A2=LIBLICENSE-L;1e13597c.1308
#10yrsago Talking about the writing life https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=223#m4107
#5yrsago NYU makes #MedSchool free for all students https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyu-offers-full-tuition-scholarships-for-all-medical-students-1534433082
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#5yrsago Chinese spies force US-based #Uighurs into “voluntary” surveillance by threatening their families in China https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-police-are-spying-on-uighurson-american-soil
#5yrsago CEO-to-worker #WageGap yawns ever wider, hitting 312:1 in 2017, up by 17.6% https://www.epi.org/press/top-ceos-compensation-increased-17-6-percent-in-2017/
#5yrsago Portugal proves that# austerity doesn’t work https://www.truthdig.com/articles/let-this-be-the-end-of-austerity-once-and-for-all/
#5yrsago Big Bang: the “stupid patent” on #teledildonics has expired https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne55x8/teledildonics-patent-has-expired
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Yesterday's threads: At long last, a meaningful step to protect Americans' privacy; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110900797480285872
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: At long last, a meaningful step to protect Americans' privacy; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/16/the-second-best-time-is-now/ #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:
* #SanDiego Union Tribune Festival of Books, Aug 19
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks
* #BurningMan Center Camp, 1430h, Aug 29
https://playaevents.burningman.org/2023/playa_events/03/
* @eff Awards (#SanFrancisco), Sept 14
https://www.eff.org/awards/effawards/2023
* An Evening with #VESchwab (#DesMoines), Oct 2
https://www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/ve-schwab
* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/
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Festival of Books 2023
The San Diego Union-Tribune’s 7th Annual Festival of Books will be held on August 19 presented by the University of San Diego. The Festival of Books, hosted on the University of San Diego campus, is an event for book lovers of all ages. Attendees will enjoy workshops, activities, photo booths, live entertainment, discussions with award-winning authors and more.
Recent appearances:
* New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-internet-con
* #HauntedMansion #GhostPost Panel Live From #MidsummerScream
https://dizneycoasttocoast.libsyn.com/haunted-mansion-ghost-post-panel-live-from-midsummer-scream-disney-podcast-episode-1027
* how big tech makes the internet worse (What's Gonna Happen)
https://www.stitcher.com/show/what-s-gonna-happen/episode/how-big-tech-makes-the-internet-worse-with-cory-doctorow-305645071
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My latest Medium column is "Enshitternet: The old, good internet deserves a new, good internet"
https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b
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I'm kickstarting the audiobook for "The Internet Con: How To #SeizeTheMeansOfComputation," a #BigTech disassembly manual to disenshittify the web and bring back the old, good internet. It's a #DRMFree book, which means #Audible won't carry it, so this crowdfunder is essential. Back now to get the audio, Verso hardcover and ebook:
http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org
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Laura J MixonExcerpt Reveal: The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow// Cory, you wield fiction like a mantis blade.
https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/08/14/excerpt-reveal-the-lost-cause-by-cory-doctorow/
@LauraJMG Thank you, Laura! It's been ages since I wrote this one, but I've been in the studio all week recording the audio (about to leave for another session!) and I'm so happy with how it turned out.
Sabrina Web 
📎@pluralistic @LauraJMG maybe you already said it somewhere, but who will read this book?
@sabrinaweb71 @pluralistic Cory’s science fiction is for anyone interested in the myriad ways that technology (and how it’s wielded) drive social change. He also deals with inequities of power and its consequences, always in a clever and accessible way. His books have both heart and brains—they’re real page-turners, gripping and highly readable—and his characters are appealing and unforgettable. They stay with you long after you finish.
@sabrinaweb71 @pluralistic Aaannnnddd I see now I totally misunderstood your question, Sabrina. 😂
@sabrinaweb71 @LauraJMG ME! It's my first novel narration (with a director in a studio - as opposed to serializing a book on my podcast, alone in my office)
@pluralistic @LauraJMG I would've bought it anyway, but now I'm even more curious
@sabrinaweb71 @pluralistic Me too! The excerpt is a real sidewinder. This is right up my alley—I don’t know how I missed it when it first came out. Can’t wait to read it!
@pluralistic Happy recording! You really hit the mark. ❤️
NegativeNull@pluralistic "neo-Brandeis" is new to me!
"The New Brandeis or neo-Brandeis movement is an antitrust academic and political movement in the United States which argues that excessively centralized private power is dangerous for economical, political and social reasons."
Max M. Miller@negativenull @pluralistic I’m a proud neo-Brandeisian. Even named my new puppy Brandeis. And unlike most consumer welfare practitioners, I believe that Congress and the people, not the courts, define the objectives and scope of an inherently democratic law.
Zander Arnao