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"Be what you would seem to be..."

-- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, 1865

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Profile ImageA photo of old-timey Peanut Butter Kisses: taffy candies in orange and black wrappers. Likely stale. IYKYK.
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Here forideas, discoveries, venting, news, camaraderie, 'the duration'..until I'm not
JustaMomMay 2
Tinker ☀️Apr 30

Looks like Corporate #infosec has made it's choice.

#RSAC is filled with talks embracing AI and making it "secure".

And they invited and encouraged the Trump regime to spread its disinformation - fully sanctioned and encouraged by the conference leadership(and by conference attendees who laughed at the regime's jokes and lies and issued no challenges or stands during the talk).

With the ostracization of #ChrisKrebs by industry and the full embrace of Kristi Noem as a speaker, this was the moment that infosec made its bed.

Y'all lie in it now.

JustaMomMay 2
Eric AlperMay 2
Jill Sobule has passed away at age 66. She paved the way with heart, humor, and honesty. The first openly gay artist to break the Billboard Top 20, her songs like “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel” changed the soundtrack—and the conversation.
JustaMomApr 19
AkaSci 🛰️Apr 18

This newly processed image of a cosmic pillar in the Eagle Nebula M16 has been released as part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations.

The 9.5 light-years tall pillar is 7,000 light-years from Earth.

The intricate structure is sculpted from cold Hydrogen gas by the fierce radiation and stellar winds of stars north-east of this image near the center of M16. New star formation is occurring within the compressed gas of the pillar.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-spies-cosmic-pillar-in-eagle-nebula/
ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll
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Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

Hubble releases a new image from the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16). This iconic "Pillar of Creation" is an area where new stars are forming.

NASA Science
JustaMomApr 18
Cory DoctorowApr 18

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (18 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

JustaMomApr 18
Coach Pāṇini ®Apr 18

as the #Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, began talking up new products, five employees stood on a platform above, exposing lettering on their T-shirts that spelled out the words: “Does Our Code Kill Kids, Satya?”

#genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/18/microsoft-ai-israel-gaza-war

Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’

Internal turmoil rises at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza war

The Guardian
JustaMomApr 15
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Apr 15
P.S. I noticed one error in the article: the description of DNS tunneling is wrong. When someone is using DNS tunneling to exfiltrate data, they're generating the DNS queries with the data in them from inside the network, causing them to be sent to a DNS server under their control outside the network. It's not the server generating the queries as described in the article.
I didn't notice any other substantive errors in the article.
#infosec #DNSTunneling
JustaMomApr 15
Jonathan Kamens 86 47Apr 15
This is a long, well-reported, well-sourced article about all the f*ckery DOGE is doing with exfiltrating data from government agencies for purposes unknown (likely nefarious and illegal).
Many of the dangers and threats cited here are the things I was saying were going to happen to anyone in the media who would listen during my media blitz after I was fired. Glad to see them getting more attention.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #infosec
Ref: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
JustaMomApr 15
Show threadPetra van CronenburgApr 15

🧵 Read the alt texts of the photos above about the #yarn's history. Here you can learn more about the history of this "more glossy than silk" patent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon

This #emboidery #floss was a hype since 1905/1910 ... and we can imagine that some of the governesses who had the misfortune to be on board, used it for #embroideries in the luxury rooms of the #Titanic.

#history #textileHistory #histodon #fibreArts #textileArts

Rayon - Wikipedia

JustaMomApr 15
Petra van CronenburgApr 15

🧵 #OTD the #Titanic sank in 1912. When I was a very small child, I knew an old woman who narrowly escaped this disaster. As the governess of a US millionaire's children, she was supposed to be travelling on the Titanic. They arrived too late in England and couldn't get tickets.

Shortly before her death, she gave me some old #yarn. I haven't dared to use it to this day because it's like travelling back in #deepTime. 113 years can feel so near.

#histodon #museum #embroidery #fiberArts #history

JustaMomApr 15
Denis BuckleyApr 15

'“Taxes,” declared Oliver Wendell Holmes, “are what we pay for civilized society.” But these days barbarians are in control.'

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/happy-tax-evasion-day?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=diqr

Happy Tax Evasion Day!

DOGE is stealing your tax revenue and giving it to rich cheaters

Paul Krugman
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Cory DoctorowApr 18

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/

#Pluralistic

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Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in #NewZealand at UNITY BOOKS in #AUCKLAND (May 2, 6PM):

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1320740102199

and #WELLINGTON (May 3, 3PM):

https://www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-events/author-talk-picks-and-shovels-by-cory-doctorow

More tour dates (#PDX, #Pittsburgh, #London, #Manchester) here:

http://martinhench.com

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An Evening With Cory Doctorow

Join us for an evening with Canadian-British author, activist and journalist, Cory Doctorow.

Eventbrite
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case: A folder on his desktop called "mens rea."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114358994363238772

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

Attached: 1 image It's damned hard to prove an antitrust case: so often, the prosecution has to prove that the company *intended* to crush competition, and/or that they raised prices or reduced quality because they knew they didn't have to fear competitors. -- 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/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/#is-you-taking-notes-on-a-criminal-fucking-conspiracy 1/

Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Hey look at this

* Unions, Not Just Factories, Will Make America Great https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/unions-not-just-factories-will-make

* How Wales is building a sharing economy through its ‘libraries of things’ https://theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/05/how-wales-is-building-a-sharing-economy-through-its-libraries-of-things/ (h/t Bill McKibben)

* Google Is Operating an Ad Tech Monopoly, Judge Rules https://gizmodo.com/google-is-operating-an-ad-tech-monopoly-judge-rules-2000590754

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Unions, Not Just Factories, Will Make America Great

Factory jobs only become good when workers unionize. And factories for all is a mirage.

Labor Politics
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

#20yrsago White House drug agency giving away anti-drug ringtones https://web.archive.org/web/20050419024323/http://www.freevibe.com/stepup/freevibe_ringtones.asp

#15yrsago George Washington owes $100K in library fines https://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/04/president-accused-of-theft-failing-to-pay-massive-library-fines.html

#10yrsago Slack’s CEO gives charmingly bullshit-free justification for $2.8B valuation https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/is-slack-really-worth-2-8-billion-a-conversation-with-stewart-butterfield/

#5yrsago Delivery services are gouging restaurants to death https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/18/politics-of-discouragement/#rent-seekers

#5yrsago ICANN pauses selloff of .ORG registry https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/18/politics-of-discouragement/#savedotorg

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Freevibe | Freevibe Ringtone

Freevibe is the site for teens to get scientifically accurate drug information, games, and tips for leading healthy lifestyles and rejecting drugs. Share your anti-drug with the world, play games, shout out on our message boards and get the latest info. about music, sports and entertainment.

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

#5yrsago Garbage Math https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/18/politics-of-discouragement/#xkcd-2295

#5yrsago The Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/18/politics-of-discouragement/#ilhan-omar

#1yrago Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/18/in-extremis-veritas/#the-winnah

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Pluralistic: 18 Apr 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Wednesday's threads: Trump fought the law and Trump won; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114350608596473508

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Trump fought the law and Trump won; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/16/weaponized-administrative-incompetence/ #Pluralistic 1/

Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

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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

Both are national bestsellers!

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The Bezzle

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s pris...

Macmillan Publishers
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Upcoming appearances:

* #Auckland: Unity Books, May 2, 6PM
https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1320740102199

* #Wellington: Unity Books, May 3, 3PM
https://www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-events/author-talk-picks-and-shovels-by-cory-doctorow

* #Pittsburgh: Picks and Shovels at White Whale Books, May 15
https://whitewhalebookstore.com/events/20250515

* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16
https://us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/

* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2025

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An Evening With Cory Doctorow

Join us for an evening with Canadian-British author, activist and journalist, Cory Doctorow.

Eventbrite
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #PDX: Picks and Shovels with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/

* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059

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Author Signing with Cory Doctorow & Andrew "Bunnie" Huang

Join us for an in-store event, Author Signing with Cory Doctorow & Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, on Friday, June 20, 2025.

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

Recent appearances:

* Can we use the Internet for Democracy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_HON6iql8

* Fightback Against Trump's Tariff Attack (Avi Lewis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9sgIAc6z_o

* The Voice of Canadian Humanism
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uuwdZTIbWzKhBQ3mmMiRv?context=spotify%3Ashow%3A6N5hl8on16CfaeYArrKyqZ

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Can we use the Internet for Democracy? with Cory Doctorow

YouTube
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

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Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (18 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in #NewZealand at UNITY BOOKS in #AUCKLAND (May 2, 6PM):

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1320740102199

and #WELLINGTON (May 3, 3PM):

https://www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-events/author-talk-picks-and-shovels-by-cory-doctorow

More tour dates (PDX, Pittsburgh, London, Manchester) here:

http://martinhench.com

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An Evening With Cory Doctorow

Join us for an evening with Canadian-British author, activist and journalist, Cory Doctorow.

Eventbrite
Show threadtwodimesApr 18
@pluralistic my course last semester was a grad/undergrad split and I was explaining to these young folks how it used to feel like I couldn't have what I wanted because it didn't exist/too expensive - like an mp3 player that would last all day. And now it feels like what I want doesn't exist because it's being killed for not making the lines go up fast enough.
Show threadCavyherdApr 18

@pluralistic

Hey you know, if this writing thing doesn't work out for you, you could have an unplumbed second career as a horror illustrator.

That is possibly the •creepiest• illo you've managed yet 😬

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18
@cavyherd Thank you!
Show threadMarshall MayerApr 18
@pluralistic @cavyherd I just learned last week that you did the amazing collages. Your productivity is beyond real.
Show threadCavyherdApr 18

@AuthenticPhoto @pluralistic

Have you seen his yearly compilations? Pretty astonishing.

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18
@cavyherd @AuthenticPhoto I'm doing a small, limited run book of my favorites in the fall, working title CANNY VALLEY. Bruce Sterling's on to write the intro.
Show threadCavyherdApr 18

@pluralistic @AuthenticPhoto

Oh, fun!

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 18
@AuthenticPhoto @cavyherd Awwww.
Show threaderisApr 19
@pluralistic aaaaaggghhhh i can't unsee that