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2026-11-07 05:16:57
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's "Against Tech Oligarchy"; and more!
Archived at:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/07/aeiou-but-sometimes-why/
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The Haymarket Books edition of JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's 'Against Tech Oligarchy.'
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2026-11-07 05:17:20
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Cory Doctorow
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JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's "Against Tech Oligarchy": Inventing a new labor playbook for a unique and powerful industry.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117575331114461567
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2026-11-07 05:17:33
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Hey look at this
* Text Watermarking
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/08/24/Text-Watermarking
* Every Past and Tomorrow: The Physical Landscape of AI
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stephenvoss/every-past-and-tomorrow-a-survey-of-virginia-data-centers
* Reflecting on Digital Rights Wins and Losses in Sacramento
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/reflecting-digital-rights-wins-and-losses-sacramento
* Join EFF to Celebrate the Life of Aaron Swartz
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/join-eff-celebrate-life-aaron-swartz
* Goodbye from Salon
https://www.salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye-from-salon/
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2026-11-07 05:17:48
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#25yrsago
EMI will distribute music on Gnutella
#25yrsago
Photos from O'Reilly P2P Con
https://web.archive.org/web/20011124163254/http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/11/05/monday_photos.html
#20yrsago
Aussie Institute of Criminology calls piracy losses “self-serving hyperbole”
https://web.archive.org/web/20061208043648/http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20713160^15306^^nbv^,00.html
#20yrsago
UK airport cop: gun-shaped shirt decoration is illegal
https://memex.craphound.com/2006/11/07/uk-airport-cop-gun-shaped-shirt-decoration-is-illegal/
#15yrsago
Bug report: “Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic”
https://web.archive.org/web/20120112020023/https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/3/110
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2026-11-07 05:18:01
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#10yrsago
Hong Kong erupts after Beijing refuses to allow dissident lawmakers to re-take oath
https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/06/street-protests-as-beijing-preempts-hong-kong-courts-with-new-interpretation-of-basic-law/
#10yrsago
“Massive scale” shut-down of polling places in districts known for suppressing Black voters
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/04/voting-rights-protections-gutted-polling-places-shuttered-massive-scale
#10yrsago
Donald Trump’s campaign takes away his right to tweet without supervision
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html?_r=1
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2026-11-07 05:18:06
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#10yrsago
National Guard helicopter, 7 cop cars sent to warrantlessly seize a single marijuana plant from an 81-year-old grandmother
https://www.loweringthebar.net/2016/11/national-guard-one-plant.html
#5yrsago
Bait and Switch
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/07/bait-and-switch/
#1yrago
The enshittification of labor
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/07/postwar-social-contract/#a-defense-of-social-contracts
#1yrago
The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/06/vertical-blinds/#invest-dont-acquire
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2026-11-07 05:18:21
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Thursday's threads: Without CDA 230, Facebook will own the internet forever; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117563027623837915
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2026-11-07 05:18:41
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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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2026-11-07 05:18:49
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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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2026-11-07 05:19:18
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Upcoming appearances:
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#Kilkenny
: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/
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#Courtenay
: 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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#Folkestone
Writers Festival, Nov 16
https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/cory-doctorow-the-internet-is-broken-now-what/
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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
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2026-11-07 05:19:27
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* 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/
* Santa Barbara: UCSB Reads, Apr 29
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/ucsb-reads-2027-presents-author-cory-doctorow
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#Montreal
: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en
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