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Yesterday's threads: Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11503464…

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Cory Doctorow

2025-08-15 20:22:55

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dog…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Bluesky creates the world’s weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause (15 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory 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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* #Chicago: Enshittification with Kara Swisher (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
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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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Recent appearances:

* The Utopias Podcast
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* ORG at 20: In conversation with Maria Farrell
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