eestileib , 4 months ago

@pluralistic

This is one of my favorite columns, absolutely true.

I never ever wanted people to know my name in connection to my job function when I was at a mega corp.

jnareb , 3 months ago

@pluralistic One recommendation: instead of using https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ which is bare-bones list of problems without examples, perhaps a better link would be https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names which thought covers only a subset of issues, does this with detailed examples (and a recommendation).

pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in Tucson (Mar 9/10), San Francisco (Mar 13), Anaheim and more!

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

The real problem with anonymity: The banal anonymity of evil.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112037739026716568

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

at this

• Flipper Zero's Co-Founder Says the Hacking Tool Is All About Exposing Big Tech's Shoddy Security https://gizmodo.com/flipper-zeros-co-founder-says-the-hacking-tool-is-all-a-1851279603

• Mastodon for Apple II (]@nelson)

• Data is power in the gig economy https://www.gorodeo.app/blog/data-is-power-in-the-gig-economy

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

#20yrsago The Orkut Song https://web.archive.org/web/20050910045938/http://sims.berkeley.edu/~dmb/orkut/orkutworld.mp3

#15yrsago Doctors force patients to sign gag orders forbidding online reviews https://www.montereyherald.com/2009/03/04/doctors-using-patient-waivers-to-curb-negative-online-reviews/

#10yrsago Edward Snowden to speak at SXSW https://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27783

#10yrsago Delhi police lost password for complaints portal in 2006, haven’t checked it since https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/vigilance-complaints-pile-up-as-delhi-police-doesnt-know-password/

#5yrsago London councils plan to slash benefit payments with an “anti-fraud” system known to have a 20% failure rate https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-face-incorrect-benefit-cuts-from-automated-fraud-detector-11651031

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

#5yrsago History is made: petition opposing the EU’s #Article13 internet censorship plan draws more signatures than any petition in human history https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet

#5yrsago The People’s Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism https://memex.craphound.com/2019/03/05/the-peoples-republic-of-walmart-how-late-stage-capitalism-gives-way-to-early-stage-fully-automated-luxury-communism/

#5yrsago BATHDOOM: A Doom level based on a terrible bathroom remodel https://twitter.com/dietinghippo/status/1102153605899927556

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

#1yrago They’re still trying to ban cryptography https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/05/theyre-still-trying-to-ban-cryptography/

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Yesterday's threads: The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112032889913733140

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

My last novel was "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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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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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

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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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Upcoming appearances:

• Tucson Festival of Books, Mar 9/10
  https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676

• San Francisco Public Library, Mar 13

• Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back (virtual), Mar 26
  https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3781006

• Wondercon (Anaheim), Mar 29-31
  https://www.comic-con.org/wc/

• The Bezzle at Anderson's Books (Chicago), Apr 17
  https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

• Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival, May 5-11
  https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

• Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
  https://media-ecology.org/convention

• American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
  https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Recent appearances:

• Is Social Media Becoming a Bit Shit? (The Briefing)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPlpMd1KEw

• Radioactive (KRCL)
  https://krcl.org/blog/grist-investigates-doctorow-seed/

• The enshittification of music (Music Ally)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh20fD3XXbg

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Today's top sources: @waxy (https://waxy.org/).

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in Tucson (Mar 9/10), San Francisco (Mar 13), Anaheim and more!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

Name your price for 18 of my DRM-free ebooks and support @eff with the Humble Cory Doctorow Bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cory-doctorow-novel-collection-tor-books-books

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18+ bjnord , 4 months ago

@pluralistic This one from last year is a very good read! Explains the "enforcement nexuses" available to governments wanting to impose their will in this area, with example cases where they do/don't work.

"They're still trying to ban cryptography" https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/05/theyre-still-trying-to-ban-cryptography/