Ancestors

Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:52

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Christopher Brown's 'A Natural History of Empty Lots'; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/17/cyberpunk-pastoralism/

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:53

On September 24th, I'll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?startDate=2024-09-24&endDate=2024-09-24

The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865946/thelostcause

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:53

Christopher Brown's 'A Natural History of Empty Lots': A gorgeous, lush tale of the nature bursting through every seam.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113153415021927218

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Toot

Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:54

Hey look at this

Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results https://9to5google.com/2024/09/11/google-search-internet-archive-wayback-machine/

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s done apologizing https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-says-hes-done-apologizing/ (h/t @slashdot)

Big publishers think libraries are the enemy https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/

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Descendants

Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:54

[#]20yrsago Spam subjects printed on custom tees https://web.archive.org/web/20040922090125/http://www.spamshirt.com/home.php?lang=en

[#]15yrsago Smokescreen privacy game uses fun missions to show kids how data on social services can be used against them https://web.archive.org/web/20090918144940/http://www.smokescreengame.com/

[#]10yrsago Bill to ban terms of service that say you’re not allowed to complain https://web.archive.org/web/20140915162934/https://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/congress-fight-for-your-right-to-yelp-20140915/

[#]5yrsago The Babysitter’s Coven https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/17/the-babysitters-coven/

[#]1yrago How To Think About Scraping https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/17/how-to-think-about-scraping/

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:55

Yesterday's threads: Anti-cheat, gamers, and the Crowdstrike disaster; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113147376306367338

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:55

My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

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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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:56

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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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:56

Upcoming appearances:

The Right to Read, Boston Public Library, Sep 24

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66cf2d8bf520192f005fcc50

SOSS Fusion (Atlanta), Oct 22

https://sossfusion2024.sched.com/speaker/cory_doctorow.1qm5qfgn

TusCon (Tucson), Nov 8-10

https://tusconscificon.com/

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:57

Recent appearances:

@defcon 32 - Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmstuO0Em8

The Van Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDa_a-NlILs

HC4US

https://soundcloud.com/hc4us/081224-cory-doctorow-a-canadian-british-science-fiction-author-activist-and-journalist

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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-17 at 14:57

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