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

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Inside: No such thing as selective censorship resistance; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/16/too-many-throats-to-choke/

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Pluralistic: No such thing as selective censorship resistance (16 Sep 2025)

An elderly white couple photographed in the 1960s. The man has his hand around the woman's shoulder. Both have had their mouths duct-taped shut. The man's gag bears a Google logo; the woman's gag bears a Meta logo. Over the man's shoulder rises the Mastodon mascot, blindfolded. Over the woman's shoulder rises the Bluesky butteryfly, also blindfolded. Emerging from the background is a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
An elderly white couple photographed in the 1960s. The man has his hand around the woman's shoulder. Both have had their mouths duct-taped shut. The man's gag bears a Google logo; the woman's gag bears a Meta logo. Over the man's shoulder rises the Mastodon mascot, blindfolded. Over the woman's shoulder rises the Bluesky butteryfly, also blindfolded. Emerging from the background is a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
An elderly white couple photographed in the 1960s. The man has his hand around the woman's shoulder. Both have had their mouths duct-taped shut. The man's gag bears a Google logo; the woman's gag bears a Meta logo. Over the man's shoulder rises the Mastodon mascot, blindfolded. Over the woman's shoulder rises the Bluesky butteryfly, also blindfolded. Emerging from the background is a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#Ithaca and #NYC! I'm heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11-17. Here's a list of open-to-all #Cornell activities including two major keynotes and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC:

https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/visits/cory-doctorow/

I'll also be at the #Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21:

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/


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Brooklyn Book Festival

Big Tech’s Big Heist - Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Adam Becker - Brooklyn Book Festival

We hear it again and again, the gospel of technological salvation. First, there was the promise of social media and other digital platforms (Amazon, Google, etc.) that became ingrained in our daily lives—but then devolved into what is widely acknowledged as much poorer-quality service and user experience. Now, it’s AI that’s supposed to save humanity […]
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Cory Doctorow

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sept. 12-18 – Cornell Ithaca · Sept. 19 – Cornell Tech FRIDAY, SEPT. 12: KEYNOTE TALK “The Enshittification of Everything (and what to do about it)” 3:00pm · Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium (Rm. 132), Goldwin Smith Hall Register here to livestream Free & open to the public. Book signing and light reception […]
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

No such thing as selective censorship resistance: Age verification, or getting rid of Big Tech (pick one).

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115214741810451619

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hey look at this

* Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/ (h/t Nelson Minar)

* A Tale of Two Countries https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-countries

* Apple's Assault on Standards https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/ (h/t Dan Gillmor)

* Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Lamp and air humidifier with up to 4 light modes https://www.squattingslavs.org/products/chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant (h/t Bruce Sterling)

* Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOoIzjokRpx/ (h/t Alice)

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Instagram

Jacob Witzling on Instagram: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"

73K likes, 1,380 comments - jacobwitzling on September 15, 2025: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité".
Infrequently Noted

Apple's Assault on Standards - Infrequently Noted

By subverting the voluntary nature of open standards, Apple has defanged them as tools that users might use against the totalising power of native apps in their digital lives. This high-modernist approach is antithetical to the foundational commitments of internet standards bodies and, over time, erode them.

A Tale of Two Countries

Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically
BogdanTheGeek's Blog

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

d to more programming https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/16/tivos-accidental-no-save-locks-applied-to-more-programming/

#20yrsago Finnish Culture Minister: citizens concerned about copyright are “terrorists” https://hietanen.typepad.com/copyfraud/2005/09/the_story_of_fi.html

#20yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson on eco-disasters on Earth and Mars https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown

#20yrsago WIPO wants to give webcasters the right to steal from public domain, Creative Commons and GPL http://www.cptech.org/wipo/15sep05letter2usptoloc.html

#15yrsago Astronauts’ fingernails fall off https://web.archive.org/web/20100916000752/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100913-science-space-astronauts-gloves-fingernails-injury/

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September 15, 2005, CPTech letter to USPTO and LOC on WIPO Webcasting Treaty Proposal

the Guardian

Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson

Sci-fi aouthor Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel, Fifty Degrees Below, is set in a flood-ridden America facing the consequences of global warming. Sarah Crown talks to him about climate change, the power of science and the trials of living under 'the worst president in American history'.
CopyFraud

The story of Finnish copyright law

Copyright law has received much attention in Finnish press for past 3 days. The new Finnish copyright law is in its final stage in parliament. What started over 10 years ago in WIPO has lead to an evil law and...
https://memex.craphound.com

TiVo’s “accidental” no-save locks applied to more programming

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