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2026-11-09 00:19:45
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: America cannot undo Trumpism; and more!
Archived at:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/09/brunch-is-canceled-forever/
#Pluralistic
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A pair of wrecked, overturned wagons against a weathered wooden building tinted like a faded US flag; between them is a DEAD END sign. To the left is a 1930s streetcorner with a ONE-WAY sign; entering from that edge is an engraving of an elephant with upraised trunk, decorated in GOP livery and topped with a mop of Trump hair.
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2026-11-09 00:20:33
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Cory Doctorow
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America cannot undo Trumpism: The only way out is through.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117585480232506849
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2026-11-09 00:20:53
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Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* GROTESQUE TABLES II FIRST EDITION
https://www.paperposts.me/oblique-strategies/
* The New York Times Doesn’t Understand AI’s Role in Suppressing Wages
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-york-times-doesnt-understand-ais-role-in-suppressing-wages-2000836392
* Into the Blueniverse
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/into-the-blueniverse
* Scamwich: Inside a Restaurant Delivery Payment-Skimming Campaign
https://www.infohawk.com/news/2026-11-05-scamwich-restaurant-skimming
* Customer or product?
https://customerorproduct.org/
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2026-11-09 00:21:21
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Cory Doctorow
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#25yrsago
Open wifi saves traveler from hotel dial-up gouging
https://memex.craphound.com/2001/11/09/i-just-wanna-say-that/
#25yrsago
Why Cryptosystems Fail
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/wcf.html
#25yrsago
Bruce Sterling on Pokemon
https://web.archive.org/web/20050908070521/https://www.wired.com/news/audio/interviews/sterling_11.mp3
#20yrsago
Fred von Lohmann’s talk at USC
https://web.archive.org/web/20061110090032/https://centeronpublicdiplomacy.com/podcasts/061107_von_lohmann.mp3
#20yrsago
Secret WIPO memo: rich countries to kill Broadcast Treaty, Development Agenda
https://www.ip-watch.org/2006/11/07/developed-country-strategy-on-wipo-development-agenda-governance-revealed/?res=1024_ff&print=0
#20yrsago
Canadian copyright czar forced to turn away industry bribes
https://web.archive.org/web/20101018194506/http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1521&Itemid=125
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2026-11-09 00:22:10
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#20yrsago
Copyright explained through a wild west metaphor
http://www.greglondon.com/bountyhunters/
#20yrsago
Why Zune shouldn’t pay blood money to Universal
https://cdm.link/universal-microsoft-screw-over-artists-set-absurd-and-dangerous-precedent-with-zune/#more-1719
#15yrsago
New Fed warrantless GPS trackers discovered in the wild
https://web.archive.org/web/20111110191030/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/gps-tracker-times-two/all/1
#15yrsago
Occupy Atlanta encamps on lawn of house under foreclosure threat
https://web.archive.org/web/20111109225513/https://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/08/363692/occupy-atlanta-encamps-in-neighborhood-to-save-police-officers-home-from-foreclosure/
#15yrsago
Ben from Ben and Jerry’s serves ice-cream to Occupiers
https://www.fastcompany.com/1678825/the-ice-cream-man-of-zuccotti-park-ben-cohen-on-his-work-with-occupy-wall-street
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2026-11-09 00:22:29
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Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago
Identity theft marketplace sells mothers’ maiden names, dates of birth, etc
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/11/how-much-is-your-identity-worth/
#15yrsago
Policy-by-nudging unsupported by evidence, and undemocratic
https://web.archive.org/web/20111112154542/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228376.500-nudge-policies-are-another-name-for-coercion.html
#15yrsago
Wired.com photo policy: all staff-produced photos will now be Creative Commons licensed
https://web.archive.org/web/20111111051330/https://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/11/creative-commons/?pid=1365&pageid=6275
#15yrsago
“Piracy-stricken” Viacom CEO tops pay-raise charts
https://www.techdirt.com/2011/11/07/viacom-decimated-piracy-its-ceo-got-biggest-raise-any-exec-anywhere/
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2026-11-09 00:24:01
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Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago
Boyett’s Mortality Bridge: Rock n’ roll Dante meets Orpheus
https://memex.craphound.com/2011/11/08/boyetts-mortality-bridge-rock-n-roll-dante-meets-orpheus/
#10yrsago
FAA okays use of semi-autonomous drones for Disneyland and Disney World fireworks displays
https://web.archive.org/web/20161110065859/http://thedisneyblog.com/2016/11/07/disney-drones/
#10yrsago
Glenn Beck’s “decency” doesn’t extend to answering questions about why he was such an asshole
https://wnyc.org/story/beck-changed-man
#10yrsago
CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright
https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/5bmzuj/cbc_are_blocking_podcast_apps/
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2026-11-09 00:24:19
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Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago
Winter Denial of Service attack knocks out heating in Finnish homes
https://web.archive.org/web/20161109214609/https://metropolitan.fi/entry/ddos-attack-halts-heating-in-finland-amidst-winter
#10yrsago
Women are flocking to Susan B Anthony’s grave to cover it with “I Voted” stickers
https://www.thecut.com/2016/11/susan-b-anthonys-grave-will-be-open-until-the-polls-close.html
#10yrsago
Edward Snowden to Trump campaign: “old laptops” could vet 800,000 emails in “minutes-to-hours”
https://web.archive.org/web/20161107235120/https://www.yahoo.com/news/edward-snowden-crushes-conspiracy-theory-053349259.html
#10yrsago
My neighborhood realtor is determined to turn a buck on electoral eschatology
https://memex.craphound.com/2016/11/08/my-neighborhood-realtor-is-determined-to-turn-a-buck-on-electoral-eschatology/
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2026-11-09 00:24:34
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Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago
A history of Chinese science fiction, from 475 BC to Cixin Liu
https://web.archive.org/web/20161105172922/http://mithilareview.com/wang_11_16/
#10yrsago
How Audi cheated emissions tests: if (steering) then (pollute)
https://www.jalopnik.com/america-figured-out-a-new-way-audi-cheated-on-emissions-1788630969/
#10yrsago
Senate investigates Wells Fargo retaliations against whistleblowers
https://web.archive.org/web/20161108210544/http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2016-11-03_Wells_Fargo_FINRA_Violations_Letter_Final.pdf
#10yrsago
A madman has been given the keys to the surveillance state
https://memex.craphound.com/2016/11/09/a-madman-has-been-given-the-keys-to-the-surveillance-state/
#5yrsago
Stockholm's war on interoperability
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/09/skrota-skolplattformen/#privacy-without-monopoly
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2026-11-09 00:24:47
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Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago
Right-Clicker-Mentality
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#spoilsports-r-us
#5yrsago
Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#the-chosen-ones
#5yrsago
Imagining the end of capitalism
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#its-pronounced-tape-ass
#1yrago
Facebook's fraud files
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/08/faecebook/#too-big-to-care
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2026-11-09 00:25:01
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Saturday's threads: JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's "Against Tech Oligarchy"; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117575346915995325
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2026-11-09 00:25:09
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Cory Doctorow
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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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2026-11-09 00:25:27
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Cory Doctorow
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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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2026-11-09 00:53:56
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joshbuddy
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I might be wrong here, but I feel like when it comes to international relations, everyone has a short memory. If that's true, could that short memory allow a return to the old order?
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