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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

AI’s like that one friend who never admits they’re wrong, but always manages to get the last word.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
franksting@theblower.au ("Frank’s Ting") wrote:

New #Mansplaining Hall of Fame just dropped

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
DavidReed@mastodon.online ("David S. Reed") wrote:

@pluralistic
“Manhattan-Adjacent Project” If the Algonquin still had a round table, Cory Doctorow should be at its head. (Topology be damned.)

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renchap@oisaur.com ("Renaud Chaput") wrote:

I will be at the NGI Forum in Brussels next week!

On Thursday I will participate in the NGI Impact Stories panel to explain how @ngi is helping Mastodon, and on Friday on a another panel to discuss tech sovereignty and what can bring in Europe with @openwebsearcheu

You can still register to attend online: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

If you also attend, please come say hi! I will have some Mastodon stickers to distribute and will be happy to discuss anything Mastodon / Fediverse related

#ngiforum

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

If you're looking for a righteous war, this one isn't it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/i-cant-believe-im-suddenly-pro-iran/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

breakfast in the cemetery

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

Does your organization rely on MDN for reference docs?
Do you often need to check browser compat on MDN or caniuse.com?
Do you use tools like browser DevTools or VSCode in your work?

If so, you rely directly on the work that Open Web Docs does and you should consider sponsoring them.

Here is how to convince your boss:
https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-06-18-how-to-convince-your-boss-to-sponsor-open-web-docs/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
zombiewarrior@techhub.social wrote:

@pluralistic

libertarian: an anarchist with a private police force

pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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

Catch me in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on FRIDAY (Jun 20):

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

And at the #TUALATIN Public Library on SUNDAY (Jun 22):

https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

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

http://martinhench.com

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/18/anarcho-cryptid/

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Recent appearances:

* FediForum Keynote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7%5FGs1t0qe78

* Science Fiction is EXPOSING Scams and AI Dystopia (Bad Faith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrKlp%5FIiko

* The Rideshare Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeoCxJWVVE

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-op-congress-2025-book-your-place

* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 10
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Upcoming appearances:

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

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

* #Tualatin Public Library, Jun 22:
https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

* #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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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

May 30th's threads: Farewell (for the moment); and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114597237091087760

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

#10yrsago Seattle’s tent cities https://grist.org/cities/tent-cities-seattles-unique-approach-to-homelessness/

#5yrsago This is the EU's interoperability moment https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/18/digital-services-act/#interop

#5yrsago Sterilizer company vs Right to Repair https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/18/digital-services-act/#steris

#1yrago It's been twenty years since my Microsoft DRM talk https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/18/greetings-fellow-pirates/#arrrrrrrrrr

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

#15yrsago Canadian copyright astroturf site gives marching orders to its users https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2010/06/astroturf-campaign-mandatory-letter/

#10yrsago Corbis will cheerfully charge you up the wazoo for public domain images https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/stock-photos-will-drive-photoshop-use-into-the-ground

#10yrsago Privacy activists mass-quit U.S. government committee on facial recognition privacy https://theintercept.com/2015/06/16/privacy-advocates-resign-protest-u-s-facial-recognition-code-conduct-2/

#10yrsago FCC fines AT&T $100M for throttling “unlimited” customers https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/17/att-just-got-hit-with-a-100-million-fine-after-slowing-down-its-unlimited-data/?utm%5Fcontent=buffere69ad&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Hey look at this

* Chubby Cable https://chubbycable.com/collections/chubby-cable

* Why I Became a Crypto Shill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDsSg-Xm1ms (h/t User Mag)

* Russian edition of "Attack Surface" https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114636648703596013

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice: Anarchists, cryptids and haints (oh my).

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114704507403962852

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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

Catch me in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on FRIDAY (Jun 20):

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

And at the TUALATIN Public Library on SUNDAY (Jun 22):

https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

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

http://martinhench.com

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/18/anarcho-cryptid/

#Pluralistic

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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
saramg@fosstodon.org ("SaraMG 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I love a good mansplain smackdown.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
feed@404media.co ("404 Media") wrote:

Podcast: Airlines Sold Your Flight Data to DHS—And Covered It Up

Airlines selling detailed flight data to DHS; how AI scrapers are hammering open archives; and the casual surveillance relationship between ICE and local cops.

https://www.404media.co/podcast-airlines-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs-and-covered-it-up/

pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

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

Catch me in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on FRIDAY (Jun 20):

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

And at the #TUALATIN Public Library on SUNDAY (Jun 22):

https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

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

http://martinhench.com

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

These three tales stand alone, so there's no need to read the previous volumes before diving into this one. But you *should* read the other two, because they're great:

* *The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion* (2017):

https://reactormag.com/excerpts-margaret-killjoy-the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion/

* *The Barrow Will Send What It May*: (2018):

https://reactormag.com/excerpts-the-barrow-will-send-what-it-may-margaret-killjoy/

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Killjoy's really onto something with this series. She's tapping into the deep roots of fantasy - maybe the socialist parables woven into William Morris's stories. She's also connecting with the roots of urban fantasy (I was delighted to see a reference to Terri Windling's *superb*, absolutely *amazing* Borderland series).

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Pratchett did one of these (*Lords and Ladies*), and so have many others - but no one's done it where the resistance comes from a motley band of queer punk club-owners in a rural town, who team up with local shitkickers to hunt the elves and banish them to their realm.

The final tale is "The Battle of Miami," a story about a streetfighting anti-globalist battle. It's a tale of Black Bloc tactics and true queer love, that lights up with joy.

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

It's ultimately a story about how the competent people who have their shit together in our lives are just as broken as the rest of us, and about the many ways that release, fulfillment and actualization can take place. It's spooky as *fuck*.

The middle story is "The Fairies of the Spring," which summons up the old, mean roots of the Fair Folk, the cruelty behind their beauty and merry laughter.

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