Remember the Global War on Terror? I know, it's been a minute. But there was a time when we were all meant to take terrorism - *real* terrorism, the knocking-down-buildings kind, not the being-mean-to-Teslas kind - seriously.
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The country poured billions into AI infrastructure, but the data center gold rush is unraveling as speculative investments collide with weak demand and DeepSeek shifts AI trends.
My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s pris...
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The dawn of the internet promised a more democratic and connected world. Tech philosopher Cory Doctorow returns us to this vision in his new novel, ”Picks and Shovels.”
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:
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And in #BLOOMINGTON on Apr 4:
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More tour dates here:
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
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Reality-Based Communities: Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops.
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-27 15:06:48
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Locus Awards Poll Login poll.voting.locusmag.com
* How to Delete Your 23andMe Data eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-…
* China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused. technologyreview.com/2025/03/2…
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China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
Caiwei Chen (MIT Technology Review)Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Battlefield Earth screenwriter apologises nypost.com/2010/03/28/i-penned…
#15yrsago UK government’s smoke-filled room legislative process theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#15yrsago UK government wants to secretly read your postal mail theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#10yrsago What it’s like to teach evolution at the University of Kentucky orionmagazine.org/article/defe…
#10yrsago Prisoner escapes by faking an email ordering his release bbc.com/news/uk-england-london…
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Wandsworth Prison escapee Neil Moore faked bail email
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#10yrsago 8-bit photo gun made from a Game Boy and a thermal printer vtol.cc/filter/works/gbg-8
#5yrsago Employers scramble to buy remote-worker spyware pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
#5yrsago United gets $25B stimulus and announces layoffs pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
#5yrsago Trump officials killed Walmart opioid prosecutions pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
#5yrsago Boardgame Remix Kit pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
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::vtol::
vtol.ccCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago The Pandemic Playbook pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
#5yrsago Charter techs get $25 gift cards instead of hazard pay pluralistic.net/2020/03/28/unr…
#1yrago The credit card fee victory is a defeat pluralistic.net/2024/03/28/con…
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Pluralistic: 28 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: The AOC-Sanders anti-oligarch tour is all about organizing; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-26 18:15:07
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My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:
chevaliersbooks.com/product-pa…
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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:
seizethemeansofcomputation.org
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
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Both are national bestsellers!
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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craphound.com/shop/
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Chicago: Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal, Apr 2
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
* #Chicago: ABA Techshow, Apr 3
techshow.com/
* #Bloomington: Picks and Shovels at Morgenstern, Apr 4
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
* #Pittsburgh: Picks and Shovels at White Whale Books, May 15
whitewhalebookstore.com/events…
* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16
us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/
* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl…
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
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Author Signing with Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Capitalists Hate Capitalism (MMT Podcast)
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/195-capit…
* How to Destroy Our Tech Overlords (Homeless Romantic)
youtube.com/watch?v=epma2B0wjz…
* The internet that could have been was ruined by billionaires (Real News Network)
therealnews.com/the-internet-t…
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The internet that could have been was ruined by billionaires
Maximillian Alvarez (The Real News Network)Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
And in #BLOOMINGTON on Apr 4:
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
More tour dates here:
martinhench.com
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
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