Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: How Google's trial secrecy lets it control the coverage; The Lost Cause prologue, part III; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/09/working-the-refs/
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My next novel is #TheLostCause, a hopeful tale of the climate emergency. As with all my audiobooks, Amazon refuses to sell this one, so I made my own indie audiobook and I'm pre-selling it right now through #Kickstarter:
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I'm coming to #Minneapolis!
Oct 15: Presenting #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks:
https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127
Oct 16: Keynoting the 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing:
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/
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How Google's trial secrecy lets it control the coverage: You got it wrong, but we won't tell you how.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111204380945006319
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image "Corporate crime" is an oxymoron in America. While it's true that the most consequential and profligate theft in America is #WageTheft, its mechanisms are so obscure and, well, *dull* that it's easy to sell us on the false impression that the real problem is shoplifting: https://newrepublic.com/post/175343/wage-theft-versus-shoplifting-crime -- 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/2023/10/09/working-the-refs/#but-id-have-to-kill-you 1/
The Lost Cause prologue, part III: Going viral in the free world.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111204401511788924
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image My next novel is *The Lost Cause*, a solarpunk adventure about "the first generation in a century that doesn't fear the future." It comes out on Nov 14, and its early fans include Naomi Klein: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/the-lost-cause -- 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/2023/10/09/working-the-refs/#lost-cause-prologue 1/
Hey look at this
* A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder https://www.propublica.org/article/is-lung-float-test-reliable-stillbirth-medical-examiners-murder
* The Rays of the Sun https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-rays-of-the-sun
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A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
#20yrsago #BBCi director’s stunning speech on #FileSharing and TV https://web.archive.org/web/20031018142323/http://www.paidcontent.org/stories/ashleyrts.shtml
#20yrsago SF writers on #Schwarzenegger http://www.infinitematrix.net/faq/editorials/index.html
#20yrsago #eMusic turns into a steaming pile https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/09/emusic-turns-into-a-steaming-pile/
#15yrsago #WalMart now says they’ll keep the #DRM servers on forever https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/09/walmart-now-says-theyll-keep-the-drm-servers-on-forever/
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#15yrsago #NewZealand’s copyright minister starts screaming when asked whether it’s fair to cut people off from the Internet on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of #CopyrightInfringement https://web.archive.org/web/20081009013140/http://it.gen.nz/2008/10/07/ministers-why-we-changed-the-copyright-act/
#15yrsago Kids need to agree to 120+ pages of #EULAs in order to watch #BluRay Sleeping Beauty https://web.archive.org/web/20081013163001/http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/sleeping-beauty-blur.html
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#15yrsago Top Maryland cops ordered nonviolent peace activists’ names added to anti-terror, drug trafficking databases https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703245.html
#10yrsago Battling Boy: Paul Pope surpasses himself https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/08/battling-boy-paul-pope-surpasses-himself/
#10yrsago Congress’s private health club spared from shutdown by #Boehner: “essential” https://archive.thinkprogress.org/exclusive-gyms-for-members-of-congress-deemed-essential-remain-open-during-shutdown-dedd914b6e08/
#10yrsago #LaurenBeukes and her daughter explain @neilhimself's #FortunatelyTheMilk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On4vgU6envM
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#10yrsago @eff's guide to the #NSA’s official #malware https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/how-nsa-deploys-malware-new-revelations
#5yrsago Facebook’s new product: every-room cameras for your home https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/facebook-portal-are-you-serious-rn/
#5yrsago Victory! Google will not bid on $10B Pentagon cloud computing contract https://web.archive.org/web/20181009051823/https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-10-08/google-drops-out-of-pentagon-s-10-billion-cloud-competition
#5yrsago Facebook’s top lobbyist threw #BrettKavanaugh a victory celebration in his home https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/technology/facebook-kavanaugh-nomination-kaplan.html
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How The NSA Deploys Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New Revelations
We've long suspected that the NSA, the world's premiere spy agency, was pretty good at breaking into computers. But now, thanks to an article by security expert Bruce Schneier—who is working with the Guardian to go through the Snowden documents—we have a much more detailed view of how the NSA uses...
#5yrsago French spy used #darknet to sell access to national mass-surveillance databases https://www.zdnet.com/article/french-police-officer-caught-selling-confidential-police-data-on-the-dark-web/
#5yrsago RIP, Google+: long ailing and finished off by a security bug https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe
#5yrsago Virginia towns’ trick-or-treat laws threaten over-12s with jail-time https://letgrow.org/ask-lenore-halloween-rules/
#5yrsago Russians’ support for #Putin drops off a cliff after pension cuts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/08/trust-vladimir-putin-declines-steeply-among-russians-poll-shows-pension-changes
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#5yrsago Tech workers are downing tools and refusing to work on unethical projects https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html
#5yrsago #ClimateChange is AWOL in America’s political debates https://truthout.org/articles/climate-change-is-a-major-midterm-issue-corporate-media-are-ignoring-it/
#5yrsago We’ve got a front-row seat for Europe’s internet censorship plan https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/whats-next-europes-internet-censorship-plan-0
#1yrago $100 billion later, AutonomousVehicles are still a car-wreck https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/herbies-revenge/#100-billion-here-100-billion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money
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Saturday's threads: The Lost Cause prologue (part 2); and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111192491916309603
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The Lost Cause prologue (part 2); and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/07/met-cute-ugly/ #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:
* #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/
* #TaylorBooks (#Charleston, WV), Oct 20, 12h-14h
http://www.taylorbooks.com/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Seizing the Means of Computation (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Oct 25
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/
* The Internet Con at the @internetarchive (virtual), Oct 31
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-the-internet-con-tickets-730939137637
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Recent appearances:
* Platform Decay, and How Amazon Raises Prices for Everyone (#SRSLYWrong)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/297-platform-decay-and-how-amazon-raises-prices-for-everyone-w-cory-doctorow/
* The Diner Podcast
https://www.dinerpodcast.net/cory-doctorow-on-chokepoint-capitalism-en/
* Why the Internet Broke and How to Fix It (#Motherboard Cyber)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3w4k/cyber-cory-doctorow-on-why-the-internet-broke-and-how-to-fix-it
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Andreas K@pluralistic
Not sure if you realize that the term "lost cause" has already a meaning?
Lost Cause | Meaning, Myth, Ideology, History, Significance, & Facts | Britannica
Lost Cause, interpretation of the American Civil War that attempts to preserve Southern honor by casting the Confederate defeat in the best possible light. It attributes the loss to the overwhelming Union advantage in manpower and resources, and it downplays or altogether ignores slavery as the cause of war.
@yacc143 Well, it's about white nationalist militias, so yes, I know about that other meaning.