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2026-10-17 04:00:45
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware"; and more!
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/
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2026-10-17 04:05:50
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Cory Doctorow
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Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware": And they used Google, Facebook and every other major ad platform to do it.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117455857241569128
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2026-10-17 04:06:58
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Hey look at this
* Philips updates instructions for ultrasound system linked to 4 deaths
https://www.medtechdive.com/news/philips-updates-instructions-for-ultrasound-system-linked-to-4-deaths/832692/
* LLMs don’t reason
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1145639/dont-be-fooled-llms-dont-reason/
* Financial markets: risks remain elevated and vulnerabilities persist
https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr/issues/2026/10/13/global-financial-stability-report-october-2026
* Ultimate gridfinity drawer configurator
https://makerworld.com/en/models/2737065-ultimate-gridfinity-drawer-configurator
* Is Blockbuster Video the Answer to Our Digital Privacy Woes?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/digital-privacy-salazar-paramount/
* Trump Wants Airlines to Scam Passengers
https://newrepublic.com/article/216435/trump-airline-fees-fines-passenger-rights-scam
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2026-10-17 04:07:56
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#25yrsago
Linux on a Big Mouth Billy Bass
https://web.archive.org/web/20010927153043/http://bigmouth.here-n-there.com/
#20yrsago
No-Fly lists even stupider than suspected
https://web.archive.org/web/20061019002553/http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2006%2F10%2F05%2F60minutes%2Fmain2066624.shtml
#20yrsago
Canadian MP booted for his blog
https://web.archive.org/web/20061026153747/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/18/turner-caucus.html
#20yrsago
Recording industry shuts out Brazilian legal scholars
https://web.archive.org/web/20061103225020/http://www.a2kbrasil.org.br/ENG/SIGN-A-PETITION-FOR-AMENDING-THE
#20yrsago
How pickpockets work
https://web.archive.org/web/20070110023812/http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2006/11/mystory.html
#15yrsago
Why are more people opting for legal name-changes than ever before?
https://web.archive.org/web/20111020163908/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15333140
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2026-10-17 04:08:51
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#15yrsago
Advice to the 1% from Lemony Snicket
https://occupywriters.com/works/by-lemony-snicket/
#15yrsago
Proposed Australian law makes it an offense to insult Gaming Minister Michael O’Brien
https://web.archive.org/web/20120507161803/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/surely-this-is-a-joke/story-fn7x8me2-1226167552466
#15yrsago
Aloha From Hell: Sandman Slim goes back to Hell and kicks more ass
https://memex.craphound.com/2011/10/18/aloha-from-hell-sandman-slim-goes-back-to-hell-and-kicks-more-ass/
#10yrsago
California DMV thinks “INFOS3C” is a dirty word
https://www.techdirt.com/2016/10/17/california-dmv-rejects-1nfos3c-vanity-plate-because-sexual-connotation/
#10yrsago
Howard Stern won’t release Trump tapes
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/howard-stern-on-replaying-his-donald-trump-interviews-it-would-be-a-betrayal-7542079/
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2026-10-17 04:09:05
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#10yrsago
Kim Stanley Robinson says Elon Musk’s Mars plan is a “1920s science-fiction cliché”
https://web.archive.org/web/20161018043554/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/why-elon-musk-s-mars-vision-needs-some-real-imagination
#10yrsago
UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal says GHCQ illegally spied for 17 years
https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/17/13305270/uk-illegal-surveillance-gchq-investigatory-powers-tribunal
#10yrsago
Project Include cuts off Y Combinator because Peter Thiel is a part-time investor there
https://web.archive.org/web/20161019043240/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/horrified-by-trump-silicon-valley-leaders-debate-cutting-ties-to-peter-thiel
#10yrsago
Islamophobic terrorist cell planned a “bloodbath” in Kansas, wanted to kill Muslim babies
https://web.archive.org/web/20161018144035/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/15/it-will-be-a-bloodbath-inside-the-kansas-militia-plot-to-ignite-a-religious-war/?utm_term=.a9d769256cf6
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2026-10-17 04:09:22
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#10yrsago
Everything Belongs to the Future: a tale of pharmadystopian, immortal gerontocrats
https://memex.craphound.com/2016/10/18/everything-belongs-to-the-future-a-tale-of-pharmadystopian-immortal-gerontocrats/
#10yrsago
UK government proposes issuing Britons with unique porn-viewing ID numbers
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/a-database-of-the-uks-porn-habits-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/
#10yrsago
Donald Trump’s mail-servers are running Windows 2003
https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/18/labor-shortage-discourse-time/#core
#5yrsago
Copyfraudster censors investigation of implausible covid gadget
https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/18/labor-shortage-discourse-time/#copyfraud
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2026-10-17 04:09:58
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#5yrsago
Corporatism made John Deere ripe for a strike
https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/18/labor-shortage-discourse-time/#deere-dash
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2026-10-17 04:10:13
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Yesterday's threads: Load-bearing; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117449356351050151
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2026-10-17 04:11:27
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/
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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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2026-10-17 04:13:07
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, 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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2026-10-17 04:13:22
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Upcoming appearances:
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#Vancouver
: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/01
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#Victoria
: Munro's Books, Oct 20
https://www.munrobooks.com/events/6113620261020
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#Vancouver
: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/46
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#Ottawa
: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai
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2026-10-17 04:13:49
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
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#Vienna
: TED AI, Oct 28-30
https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/
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#Kilkenny
: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/
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#Vancouver
: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/
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#Vancouver
: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/
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2026-10-17 04:14:09
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
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#Oxford
: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html
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#Sheffield
: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation
* Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28
https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/
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#Oxford
: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/
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#Montreal
: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en
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