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Inside: Apple's unlawful evil; and more!
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Draken BlackKnight
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Cambridge, MA; Washington, #DC and #Brooklyn!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Apple's unlawful evil: Everyone's a rogue capitalist now.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11532773…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-06 14:38:46
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Social Media Provenance Challenge tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20…
* A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech nytimes.com/2025/10/05/books/r…
* Socialist Approaches To Enterprise Information Technology saeit.org/ (h/t DJ)
* Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? theguardian.com/technology/202…
* Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Supercharger network cbsnews.com/chicago/news/used-…
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Ebook DRM that encourages identity theft gets a huge makeover web.archive.org/web/2005101104…
#20yrsago Alternate reality game turns online poker into tombstone parties in cemetaries web.archive.org/web/2013051400…
#20yrsago Reporter vows to fight DRM web.archive.org/web/2005121014…
#20yrsago Library of Congress: Most sound recordings aren’t available clir.org/pubs/reports/pub133/c…
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Contents • CLIR
CLIRCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago T-Mobile sneaks “rootkit” into G2 phones – reinstalls locked-down OS after jailbreaking web.archive.org/web/2010100907…
#15yrsago XKCD’s Online Communities map, part 2 – the online world, visualized with loads of funny xkcd.com/802/
#15yrsago KILL THE DEAD: Kadrey’s grisly, hard-boiled sequel to SANDMAN SLIM memex.craphound.com/2010/10/05…
#15yrsago Security company ad tricks people into thinking their houses were burgled copyranter.blogspot.com/2010/1…
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Online Communities 2
xkcdCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Firefighters watch as house burns to the ground: owner had not paid annual firefighting fees web.archive.org/web/2010100302…
#15yrsago Sky Marshals to lose their cushy first-class seats? web.archive.org/web/2016052103…
#15yrsago Michael Swanwick writes a story about autumn on fallen leaves flickr.com/photos/54366973@N04…
#15yrsago Why the copyright wars matter: a reply to Helienne Lindvall theguardian.com/technology/blo…
#15yrsago William Gibson nails my philosophy in life memex.craphound.com/2010/10/04…
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The real cost of free
Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Car accidents aren’t accidents wired.com/2015/10/stop-calling…
#10yrsago How a romance-scam victim laundered $1.1M worth of other victims’ money wired.com/2015/10/online-datin…
#10yrsago Snowden broke a nondisclosure EULA in order to uphold his Constitutional oath aaronswartzday.org/snowden-oat…
#10yrsago What it’s like to do a lockdown drill with kindergarten kids web.archive.org/web/2014102906…
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Rehearsing for death: A pre-K teacher on the trouble with lockdown drills
Washington PostCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Forget tidying: losing your precious possessions is the real “life-changing magic” medium.com/chrysaora-weekly/th…
#10yrsago UK Chancellor: I must cut tax benefits for working poor to help them independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli…
#10yrsago UK top government official: human rights no longer a “top priority” independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli…
#5yrsago Facebook's living will pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/flo…
#5yrsago Ad-tech is a bubble pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/flo…
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The low paid will suffer if I don't cut their tax credits, says George Osborne | The Independent
Jon Stone (The Independent)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago The Internet is for End-Users pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/flo…
#5yrsago Squeeze Me pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/flo…
#5yrsago Why I love the Haunted Mansion pluralistic.net/2020/10/04/bui…
#5yrsago Normal isn't enough pluralistic.net/2020/10/04/bui…
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Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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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:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My latest nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
contraflowscifi.org/
* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
octaviabooks.com/event/enshitt…
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Cory Doctorow Discusses Ensh*ttification with Lina M. Khan | Brooklyn Public Library
www.bklynlibrary.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow…
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
contraflowscifi.org/
* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
octaviabooks.com/event/enshitt…
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Cory Doctorow Discusses Ensh*ttification with Lina M. Khan | Brooklyn Public Library
www.bklynlibrary.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Chicago: How Platforms Die with Rick Perlstein (University Club), Oct 14
eventbrite.com/e/how-platforms…
* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
dieselbookstore.com/event/2025…
* #Calgary: Literary Death Match (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 17
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
* #Calgary: Big Tech’s Betrayal—and How to Break Free! (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 18
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
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How Platforms Die with Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works with Jenny Odell (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
powells.com/events/cory-doctor…
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
clarionwest.org/event/2025-dee…
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
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Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron
Marnee Chua (Clarion West)Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
attentionconferences.com/confe…
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/even…
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
writersfestival.org/events/fal…
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?i…
* #Barcelona: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
4d.cat/es/conferencia/
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Conferencia - 4D
4D DIGITALITZACIÓ DEMOCRÀTICA I DRETS DIGITALSCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
* #Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
cloudfest.com/usa/
* #Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
burbankbookfestival.com/
* #Lisbon: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble (Web Summit), Nov 12
websummit.com/sessions/lis25/9…
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-fest…
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Web Summit, Lisbon
Web SummitCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…
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Neuroscience, AI, and Society
Computational Neuroscience CenterCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Enshittification (The.Ink)
the.ink/p/watch-cory-doctorow-…
* Why Everything Is Getting Worse (Majority Report)
youtube.com/watch?v=EQW6UxY144…
* Enshittification (Cornell)
ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/…
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WATCH: Cory Doctorow explains enshittification
Anand Giridharadas (The.Ink)Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Cambridge, MA; Washington, #DC and #Brooklyn!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netJWM (Joe No Se)
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