Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Biden should support the UAW; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/18/co-determination/
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On September 22, I'm (virtually) presenting at the #DIGFestival in #Modena, Italy
https://dig-awards.org/en/dig-festival-2023-first-speakers-announced/
That night, I'll be in person at #LA's #BookSoup for the launch of #JustinCKey's "The World Wasn’t Ready for You"
https://www.booksoup.com/event/justin-c-key
On September 27, I'll be at Chevalier's Books in #LosAngeles with #BrianMerchant for a joint launch for my new book *The Internet Con* and his new book, *Blood in the Machine*:
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DIG Festival 2023, first speakers and title announced
From September 21 to 24 2023 Modena will once again become the international centre of investigative journalism, hosting talks, meetings, exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances and workshops. During the 4-days conference, DIG will bring nearly 100 events and speakers to the Italian city: among them Florence Aubenas, Cory Doctorow, Nicola Gratteri, Erik Gandini, Ana Juan, Daniela Pes and many more. The full speakers’ list will be revealed at the beginning of September.
Biden should support the UAW: Get the Democratic Party's mind right.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111087032338423638
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image The #UAW are on #strike against the #BigThree #automakers. #Biden should be roaring his full-throated support for the strike. Doing so would be both just and shrewd. But instead, the #WhiteHouse is waffling...and if recent history is any indication, they might actually come out against the strike. -- 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/2023/09/18/co-determination/#now-make-me-do-it 1/
Hey look at this
* #NewYorkTimes Doesn’t Want Its Stories Archived https://theintercept.com/2023/09/17/new-york-times-website-internet-archive/
* A community-destroying corporation is mounting a massive operation in Scotland. Did you know? https://robinmcalpine.org/a-community-destroying-corporation-is-mounting-a-massive-operation-in-scotland-did-you-know/ (h/t Ken MacLeod)
* Q&A: Tim Wu on the #USvGoogle Trial https://prospect.org/justice/2023-09-18-tim-wu-us-google-trial/
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#20yrsago #AlFranken’s Supply-Side Jesus https://web.archive.org/web/20030923212204/https://buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html
#20yrsago @kwerb’s kick-ass #spectrum paper https://werbach.com/research/supercommons.pdf
#20yrsago Fashion is a #commons: copying is the sincerest form of flattery https://www.npr.org/2003/09/18/1434815/fashion-industry-copes-with-designer-knockoffs
#20yrsago We all pay Hollywood’s price for DVD https://memex.craphound.com/2003/09/18/we-all-pay-hollywoods-price-for-dvd/
#15yrsago California’s #Prop8 would end #SameSexMarriage https://www.youtube.com/user/NoOnProp8dotcom
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#15yrsago @eff sues #Cheney, #Bush, and #NSA to stop illegal #wiretapping https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17-0
#15yrsago #Copyright’s Paradox: brilliantly argued book tackles #FreeSpeech vs. copyright https://memex.craphound.com/2008/09/18/copyrights-paradox-brilliantly-argued-scholarly-book-tackles-free-speech-vs-copyright/
#15yrsago #RIAA wants to fine lawyer who defends file-sharers for blogging about it https://www.wired.com/2008/09/riaa-decries-at/
#15yrsago Infographic shows #WallStreet’s losses https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/15/business/20080916-treemap-graphic.html
#15yrsago How #SEC rule-exemptions led to the Wall St collapse https://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/regulatory-exem.html
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#10yrsago Expanded “Welcome to #Bordertown” audiobook, with @neilhimself, #StevenBrust, #EllenKushner and more https://web.archive.org/web/20140620215953/https://www.bordertownseries.com/audio.html
#15yrsago Testimony of #TroyDavis, on #DeathRow in Georgia https://web.archive.org/web/20080919061107/http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/hear-troy-davis
#10yrsago Script for the #GongShow movie https://web.archive.org/web/20131125112945/http://www.bloodyrarebooks.com/pages/books/5987/sr-chuck-barris-robery-downey/the-gong-show-movie-original-screenplay
#10yrsago Ten notes on communication from John @scalzi https://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/09/16/speech-conversation-debate-engagement-communication/
#10yrsago Rasl: dark comic from #Bone creator #JeffSmith https://memex.craphound.com/2013/09/17/rasl-dark-comic-from-bone-creator-jeff-smith/
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#10yrsago Scientists march across Canada, fighting the Tory war on facts https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientists-aim-to-put-state-of-canadian-research-in-the-public-spotlight-with-demonstrations/article14332546/
#10yrsago #PatentTrolls Lumen View: “Calling us patent trolls is a hate crime, now you owe us even more money” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/angry-entrepreneur-replies-to-patent-troll-with-racketeering-lawsuit/
#10yrsago #TimOReilly explains the mistakes he made and the lessons he learned http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/09/how-i-failed.html
#10yrsago #DieselSweeties music humor book: I’m a Rocker, I Rock Out. https://memex.craphound.com/2013/09/18/diesel-sweeties-music-humor-book-im-a-rocker-i-rock-out/
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#5yrsago Security researchers can access and modify security footage from #Nuuo surveillance systems https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-can-tamper-with-surveillance-camera-footage-due-to-new-zero-day-vulnerability/
#5yrsago Happy Day Against #DRM! How We’ll Hill-Climb Our Way to Glory! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/defeating-drm-hill-climbing-our-way-glory
#5yrsago Edward #Snowden on #MalkiaCivich, a multigenerational black rights activist on the front lines of the surveillance wars https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-edward-snowden-malkia-cyril-activist-surveillance/
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#5yrsago Evidence of #NSOGroup surveillance products found in 45 countries, including notorious human-rights abusers https://citizenlab.ca/2018/09/hide-and-seek-tracking-nso-groups-pegasus-spyware-to-operations-in-45-countries/
#5yrsago #Seattle can’t afford to fund arts, housing or tourism, but it can find $135 million to repair the #Mariners stadium https://www.thestranger.com/news/2018/09/17/32479271/king-county-council-will-give-the-mariners-135-dollars
#5yrsago Podcast: Today, Europe Lost The Internet. Now, We Fight Back. https://ia802809.us.archive.org/6/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_297/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_297_-_Today_Europe_Lost_the_Internet_64kb.mp3
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#5yrsago #SAD: #Doonesbury’s collected Trump strips afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted https://memex.craphound.com/2018/09/18/sad-doonesburys-collected-trump-strips-afflict-the-comfortable-and-comfort-the-afflicted/
#5yrsago Photos: #HongKongDisneyland in the aftermath of Super Typhoon #Mangkhut https://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2018/09/photos-hong-kong-disneyland-devastated.html</a.
#5yrsago #AjitPai: California #NetNeutrality law is “illegal” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/ajit-pai-calls-californias-net-neutrality-rules-illegal/
#5yrsago North Carolina #Verizon customers, trapped by #HurricaneFlorence, say they’re being throttled and upsold https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/9glj90/big_shout_out_to_verizon_for_throttling_data_for/
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#5yrsago Anatomy of a Reddit #cryptocurrency spam-factory https://www.vice.com/en/article/438v7j/inside-a-reddit-sockpuppet-operation-spam-upvote-shadowbanned
#5yrsago Georgia Republican introduces legislation to kill #PACER, the outrageous paywall around the US justice system https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/new-bill-would-finally-tear-down-federal-judiciarys-ridiculous-paywall/
#5yrsago #Birtherism for everyone: Kansas woman told birth certificate can’t be used for passport renewal https://web.archive.org/web/20180911045911/https://www.kctv5.com/news/kansas-woman-told-birth-certificate-wasn-t-enough-to-prove/article_144c19aa-b50f-11e8-94f5-6b921312a97a.html
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Saturday's threads: Greenwashing set Canada on fire; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111076115493177993
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Greenwashing set Canada on fire; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/16/murder-offsets/ #Pluralistic 1/
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
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My latest novel 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 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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* DIG Festival (#Modena, Italy), Sept 22
https://dig-awards.org/en/dig-festival-2023-first-speakers-announced/
* Launch for #JustinCKey's "The World Wasn’t Ready for You," #BookSoup (#LA), Sept 22
https://www.booksoup.com/event/justin-c-key
* Launch for "#TheInternetCon" and @brianmerchant's "#BloodInTheMachine," Chevalier's Books (#LA), Sept 27
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-blood-in-the-machine-by-brian-merchant-tickets-696349940417
* An Evening with #VESchwab (#Boise), Oct 2
https://www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/ve-schwab
* Wired Nextfest/#WNF23 (#Milano), Oct 7-8
https://eventi.wired.it/nextfest23-milano
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DIG Festival 2023, first speakers and title announced
From September 21 to 24 2023 Modena will once again become the international centre of investigative journalism, hosting talks, meetings, exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances and workshops. During the 4-days conference, DIG will bring nearly 100 events and speakers to the Italian city: among them Florence Aubenas, Cory Doctorow, Nicola Gratteri, Erik Gandini, Ana Juan, Daniela Pes and many more. The full speakers’ list will be revealed at the beginning of September.
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks (#Minneapolis), Oct 15
https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127
* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/
* 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities (#Charleston, WV), Oct 19
https://festivallcharleston.com/venue/university-of-charleston/
* Seizing the Means of Computation (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Oct 25
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/
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Recent appearances:
* How to Take Back the Internet (Wired Have a Nice Future)
https://www.wired.com/story/have-a-nice-future-podcast-21/
* Sci-fi and Amazon's empire (The Workers' Speculative Society)
https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/doctorow
* An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse (@defcon 31)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4
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