Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK); and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK); and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRI (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
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84 likes, 3 comments - perfectbooksottawa on December 29, 2025: "EDIT: SOLD OUT ❗BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME❗ We are SO excited to present author and activist Cory Doctorow as part of what we are now calling The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is presented in partnership with The Other Hill. We hope you'll us on January 28th 2026 at allsaints as Toronto-born Cory Doctorow gives one of his truly iconic lectures on his most recent book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, followed by an audience Q&A session and book signing. Until midnight on December 31st, you can get early bird ticket prices, only $10 — the link is on our bio and on our website 👀 🕝 January 28, 2026. Doors 7:00pm, Event 7:30-8:30pm 📍allsaints event space, 317 Chapel St, Ottawa 🎫 EARLY BIRD TICKETS: $10 — Available until midnight on December 31st! 🎫 General Tickets: $15 Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS and THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.".
Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK): There is nothing harder to stop than an idea whose time has come to pass.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115968303633853196
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Hey look at this
* Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration (h/t Molly White) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_detentions_and_deportations_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration
* Hate Has to Scatter When Minneapolis Arises https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/hate-has-to-scatter-when-minneapolis
* Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Weren’t Powerless https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-obama-biden-executive-power
* Charter accused of backdoor attack against fixed wireless (h/t Mitch Wagner) https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/cables-future-dims-charter-plotting-backdoor-attack-against-fixed-wireless
* The New Satanic Panic Is Here https://www.usermag.co/p/the-new-satanic-panic-is-here
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#25yrsago Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About https://web.archive.org/web/20010604131027/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mil.millington/things.html
#20yrsago Law enforcement professionals against the war on drugs https://web.archive.org/web/20060202103138/http://leap.cc/
#20yrsago How DRM tries to resist uninstalling https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2006/01/29/cd-drm-unauthorized-deactivation-attacks/
#15yrsago EFF: FBI may have committed more than 40K intelligence violations since 9/11 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/eff-releases-report-detailing-fbi-intelligence
#15yrsago AnarchistU Toronto: free school classes for February https://web.archive.org/web/20110126075027/https://anarchistu.org/
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#10yrsago Florida climate survivors travel to New Hampshire to confront Marco Rubio https://web.archive.org/web/20160201193104/https://act.climatetruth.org/sign/climatevoices2016_videoandpetition/?source=BB
#10yrsago Elizabeth Warren’s new 1%: the percentage of fraudulent profits companies pay in fines https://web.archive.org/web/20160129113016/https://theintercept.com/2016/01/29/elizabeth-warren-challenges-clinton-sanders-to-prosecute-corporate-crime-better-than-obama/
#5yrsago David Dayen's MONOPOLIZED https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/29/fractal-bullshit/#dayenu
#1yrago All bets are off https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out
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Yesterday's threads: Trump and the unmighty dollar; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115962141689927895
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, 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:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cory-doctorow/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Berkeley: Bioneers keynote, Mar 27
https://conference.bioneers.org/
* #Berlin: Re:publica, May 18-20
https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp26-sprecher-cory-doctorow
* #Berlin: Enshittification at Otherland Books, May 19
https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/cory-doctorow.html
* #HayOnWye: HowTheLightGetsIn, May 22-25
https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/big-ideas-2
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Recent appearances:
* How the Internet Got Worse (Masters in Business)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auXlkuVhxMo
* Enshittification (Jon Favreau/Offline):
https://crooked.com/podcast/the-enshittification-of-the-internet-with-cory-doctorow/
* Why Big Tech is a Trap for Independent Creators (Stripper News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmYDyz8AMZ0
* Enshittification (Creative Nonfiction podcast)
https://brendanomeara.com/episode-507-enshittification-author-cory-doctorow-believes-in-a-new-good-internet/
* Enshittification with Plutopia
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-enshittification/
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
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84 likes, 3 comments - perfectbooksottawa on December 29, 2025: "EDIT: SOLD OUT ❗BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME❗ We are SO excited to present author and activist Cory Doctorow as part of what we are now calling The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is presented in partnership with The Other Hill. We hope you'll us on January 28th 2026 at allsaints as Toronto-born Cory Doctorow gives one of his truly iconic lectures on his most recent book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, followed by an audience Q&A session and book signing. Until midnight on December 31st, you can get early bird ticket prices, only $10 — the link is on our bio and on our website 👀 🕝 January 28, 2026. Doors 7:00pm, Event 7:30-8:30pm 📍allsaints event space, 317 Chapel St, Ottawa 🎫 EARLY BIRD TICKETS: $10 — Available until midnight on December 31st! 🎫 General Tickets: $15 Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS and THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.".
@pluralistic Hey, I'm halfway between the two! Feel to drop in for a coffee/beer (alcohol free) on your way past.
A parachute might be required. ;)