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Inside: Zuckermuskian solopsism; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
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Zuckermuskian solopsism: They just don't think other people are real.
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Cory Doctorow
2025-08-18 15:17:33
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* The Alternative newleftreview.org/sidecar/post… (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Is Price Fixing Protected by the 1st Amendment? nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/is…
* FT Business Book of the Year ft.com/content/b64257f1-2949-4…
* Google is killing the open web wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/goog… (h/t Mastodon Explore)
* How the Government Built the American Dream House thenewatlantis.com/publication… (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Antitrust Liability Obligates Structural Change thesling.org/antitrust-liabili…
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Antitrust Liability Obligates Structural Change - The Sling
Daniel A. Hanley (The Sling)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrago PC disguised as a set of encyclopedia volumes mini-itx.com/projects/encyclom…
#20yrago Nobel economist on harm lurking in copyright monopolies web.archive.org/web/2006021702…
#15yrsago Heinlein biography: LEARNING CURVE – the secret history of science fiction memex.craphound.com/2010/08/16…
#10yrago LAPD & Chicago bought “Stingrays on steroids” with asset-forfeiture & DHS money revealnews.org/article/chicago…
#10yrsago NSA kremlinology: spooks outsourced lawbreaking to AT&;T eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/was-…
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Chicago and Los Angeles have used ‘dirt box’ surveillance for a decade
Ali Winston (Reveal)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago German chefs can claim copyright over the arrangement of food on plates techdirt.com/2015/08/17/german…
#10yrsago Massive Star Wars lands coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World web.archive.org/web/2015081523…
#10yrsago America’s “worst voting machines” dropped in Virgina (at last) wired.com/2015/08/virginia-fin…
#5yrsago No one wants an H1B visa pluralistic.net/2020/08/17/aur…
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Star Wars-Themed Lands Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts
Disney Parks BlogCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Amazon bans podcasts that criticize Amazon #https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/combat-wheelchairs/#nondisparagement
#5yrsago Combat Wheelchairs pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/com…
#5yrsago How to Argue With a Racist pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/com…
#5yrsago Self-driving cars are bullshit pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/com…
#1yrago MIT libraries are thriving without Elsevier pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the…
#1yrago "Disenshittify or Die" pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hac…
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Pluralistic: 16 Aug 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: LLMs are slot-machines; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-08-16 14:59:45
Cory 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:
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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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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."
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ithaca: AD White keynote (Cornell), Sep 12
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* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
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* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
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* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
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* #Chicago: Enshittification with Kara Swisher (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
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* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights (Libro.fm)
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* The Utopias Podcast
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* Tariffs vs IP Law (Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons)
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Cory Doctorow on Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights
Pocket CastsCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Zuckermuskian solopsism (18 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netPetra van Cronenburg
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Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I believe it's "solipsism" 😬
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philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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