todwest , 2 months ago

@pluralistic That stew looks delicious

pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in Chicago (Apr 17), Torino (Apr 21) Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

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

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

Twinkfrump Linkdump: All the miscellany that didn't make it.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112264265917107262

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

#5yrsago The Pinkertons’ plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/10/magazine/climate-change-pinkertons.html

#5yrsago Ford CEO: we “overestimated” self-driving cars https://www.engadget.com/2019-04-10-ford-ceo-says-the-company-overestimated-self-driving-cars.html

#5yrsago Talking Radicalized with John Scalzi in the LA Times https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-fob-cory-doctorow-interview-radicalized-20190411-story.html

#5yrsago Illinois almost passed a bill that banned devices that record you without your consent — and then Big Tech stepped in https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywyzm5/big-tech-lobbying-gutted-a-bill-that-would-ban-recording-you-without-consent

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

#1yrago Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

Yesterday's threads: No, "convenience" isn't the problem; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112258466357646251

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 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 , 2 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 , 2 months ago

Upcoming appearances:

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

• Torino Tech Biennale, Apr 21
  https://www.biennaletecnologia.it/evento/come-sfuggire-al-merdocene-e-costruire-un-internet-migliore/

• The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
  https://www.bookpassage.com/event/cory-doctorow-bezzle-martin-hench-novel-corte-madera-store

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

• Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
  https://wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow-2/

• Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-cory-doctorow-the-bezzle-tickets-876989167207

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

• “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
  https://www.oreilly.com/live-events/tim-oreilly-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification-and-the

• "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
  https://www.laemmle.com/film/finding-money?date=2024-05-15

• Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
  https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15/authors-alliance-10th-anniversary-event-authorship-in-an-age-of-monopoly-and-moral-panics/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

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

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

Recent appearances:

• Deep Dive podcast
  https://open.spotify.com/episode/0bS0DS1H7ghHkiyx4KzXBV?si=fe7242019e734d61

• Digital capitalism course: What is digital capitalism? (Transnational Institute)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCzWpEQcd7E

• The Scam Economy (Lost Dollar Business Club)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChg9ZiY_bk

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

Today's top sources: Bill Budington, Gord Doctorow, @ryansingel.

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18+ pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in Chicago (Apr 17), Torino (Apr 21) Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

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

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18+ PlasmaBeast , 2 months ago

@pluralistic Digital capitalism? I thought that was known as surveillance capitalism.

18+ PlasmaBeast , 2 months ago

@pluralistic Given the choice, I opt out of DRM as much as possible. Especially given the levels of DRM. One of the worst being backdoors and the other being being unable to change ones operating system.

18+ PlasmaBeast , 2 months ago

@pluralistic Honestly though, given you have your stuff everywhere, if I was to give you money, it would likely be voluntary. You do what you do well.

SarraceniaWilds , 2 months ago

@pluralistic wait what youre coming to winnipeg
nobody comes to winnipeg
this is quite the shock so early in the morning

pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

@SarraceniaWilds Hope you make it!

tezoatlipoca , 2 months ago

@pluralistic @SarraceniaWilds We hope you survive Winnipeg.

DenOfEarth , 2 months ago

@SarraceniaWilds @pluralistic
Wow if Winnipeg got the nod, is there hope still for Ottawa or Montréal?

Eating popcorn anxiously

pluralistic OP , 2 months ago

@DenOfEarth @SarraceniaWilds I was in both last year but will not be making it to either this year

DenOfEarth , 2 months ago

@pluralistic @SarraceniaWilds
Fair! 👍