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Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine (25 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The billionaires aren't OK (24 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: It's still censorship (even if it doesn't violate the First Amendment) (22 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: AI psychosis and the warped mirror (18 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism's causal chain (17 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: No such thing as selective censorship resistance (16 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Hate the player AND the game (10 Sep 2025)

Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

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Cory Doctorow
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A squadron of four heavily armed riot cops with batons in their hands. They wear visors, Oakleys and gaiters. Their badges have been replaced with chromed Apple logos. In the background is an Apple 'Think Different' wordmark. Looming in the foreground is Trump's candyfloss hair.
A squadron of four heavily armed riot cops with batons in their hands. They wear visors, Oakleys and gaiters. Their badges have been replaced with chromed Apple logos. In the background is an Apple 'Think Different' wordmark. Looming in the foreground is Trump's candyfloss hair.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

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Cory Doctorow
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Truly, everyone's a "rogue capitalist" now. It's almost like the problem with companies isn't whether their business model is based on showing you ads or charging you money, but rather, whether they can abuse you for profit and get away with it.

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

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Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine (25 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The billionaires aren't OK (24 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: It's still censorship (even if it doesn't violate the First Amendment) (22 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: AI psychosis and the warped mirror (18 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism's causal chain (17 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: No such thing as selective censorship resistance (16 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Hate the player AND the game (10 Sep 2025)

Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  路  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

A US $100 bill, tinted blue. Benjamin Franklin has been replaced with the bear from the California state flag. The FRANKLIN caption in the scrollwork below the portrait oval has been replaced with KROPOTKIN.
A US $100 bill, tinted blue. Benjamin Franklin has been replaced with the bear from the California state flag. The FRANKLIN caption in the scrollwork below the portrait oval has been replaced with KROPOTKIN.
A US $100 bill, tinted blue. Benjamin Franklin has been replaced with the bear from the California state flag. The FRANKLIN caption in the scrollwork below the portrait oval has been replaced with KROPOTKIN.
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 4 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Cambridge, MA; Washington, #DC and #Brooklyn!

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Cory Doctorow
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Blue Bonds are the good version of Trump's beloved shitcoins. Rather than wildcat money created by and for speculators, Blue Bonds are a source of public prosperity, backed by a present or future Fed under democratic control, accountable to the people. Trump and his fascist pals are all-in on creating as many forms of "money" as there are memes on the internet. Here, at last, is a form of novel money creation that builds a human, shared future.

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 4 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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Pluralistic: When your ISP pays you (03 Oct 2025)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine (25 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The billionaires aren't OK (24 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: It's still censorship (even if it doesn't violate the First Amendment) (22 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: AI psychosis and the warped mirror (18 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism's causal chain (17 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: No such thing as selective censorship resistance (16 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Hate the player AND the game (10 Sep 2025)

Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

eof/

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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Inside: When your ISP pays you; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/03/we-dont-care-we-dont-have-to/

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Pluralistic: When your ISP pays you (03 Oct 2025)

A female figure in a 1960s dress and gloves, flying through the air astride a Western Electric Bell telephone handset. Her head has been replaced with the head of Karl Marx. A shower of US hundred dollar bills flows out of the receiver's earpiece and mic. In the background is a telephone pole with many wires attached to it, slicing chords through the blue sky.
A female figure in a 1960s dress and gloves, flying through the air astride a Western Electric Bell telephone handset. Her head has been replaced with the head of Karl Marx. A shower of US hundred dollar bills flows out of the receiver's earpiece and mic. In the background is a telephone pole with many wires attached to it, slicing chords through the blue sky.
A female figure in a 1960s dress and gloves, flying through the air astride a Western Electric Bell telephone handset. Her head has been replaced with the head of Karl Marx. A shower of US hundred dollar bills flows out of the receiver's earpiece and mic. In the background is a telephone pole with many wires attached to it, slicing chords through the blue sky.
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Cory Doctorow
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The New Deal was a mere blip in the American project, but a century later, America's poorest, worst-served people are still reaping its benefits, with *far* faster, cheaper connections than you can get from the big telcos that have sewn up New York City and Los Angeles. And in some of those places, the public ISP doesn't just shower their subscribers with fast data - they shower them with *millions of dollars*.

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/02/there-goes-the-sun/

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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowPluralistic: Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine (25 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The billionaires aren't OK (24 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: It's still censorship (even if it doesn't violate the First Amendment) (22 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: AI psychosis and the warped mirror (18 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism's causal chain (17 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: No such thing as selective censorship resistance (16 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025)Pluralistic: Hate the player AND the game (10 Sep 2025)

Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

eof/

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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Decarbonization at a distance; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/02/there-goes-the-sun/

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A Chinese Communist propaganda poster showing a cross-section of Chinese people waving the Little Red Book. The Little Red Book has been replaced with solar panels. The background has been replaced with the EU flag.
A Chinese Communist propaganda poster showing a cross-section of Chinese people waving the Little Red Book. The Little Red Book has been replaced with solar panels. The background has been replaced with the EU flag.
A Chinese Communist propaganda poster showing a cross-section of Chinese people waving the Little Red Book. The Little Red Book has been replaced with solar panels. The background has been replaced with the EU flag.
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

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https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Do that work, and maybe you'll be able to keep the lights on in the coming American Dark Ages. Practically speaking, it's unlikely that the rest of the world is going to accept 250 million American refugees fleeing the 50 million Trump diehards who've looted the country and torched its future.

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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:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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