Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Why I don't like AI art; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/com…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Why I don't like AI art; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/com…
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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:
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
exileinbookville.comCory Doctorow
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Why I don't like AI art: I think I've figured it out.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11422541…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-25 22:24:44
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Spammers are more consistent at making SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correct than are legitimate senders toad.social/@grumpybozo/114213…
* The Turd Reich mcusercontent.com/bd36014b9888… (h/t Crystaltips)
* Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews prospect.org/politics/2025-03-…
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Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews
Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect)🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦
2025-03-23 20:20:44
Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Secret copyright treaty will sideline the UN and replace it with private club of rich countries michaelgeist.ca/2010/03/acta-s…
#15yrsago Discarded photocopier hard drives stuffed full of corporate secrets web.archive.org/web/2010032219…
#10yrsago If Indiana legalizes homophobic discrimination, Gen Con’s leaving Indianapolis files.gencon.com/Gen_Con_State…
#10yrsago Sandwars: the mafias whose illegal sand mines make whole islands vanish wired.com/2015/03/illegal-sand…
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High-tech copy machines a gold mine for data thieves - thestar.com
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Woman medicated in a psychiatric ward until she said Obama didn’t follow her on Twitter independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
#10yrsago As crypto wars begin, FBI silently removes sensible advice to encrypt your devices techdirt.com/2015/03/26/fbi-qu…
#10yrsago Australia outlaws warrant canaries arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#10yrsago TPP leak: states give companies the right to repeal nations’ laws eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/its-…
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Australian government minister: Dodge new data retention law like this
Glyn Moody (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Social distancing and other diseases pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
#5yrsago Record wind-power growth pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
#5yrsago Sanders on GOP stimulus cruelty pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
#5yrsago Canada nationalizes covid patents pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
#5yrsago LoC plugs Little Brother pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
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Pluralistic: 26 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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#5yrsago The ideology of economics pluralistic.net/2020/03/26/bad…
#1yrago Meatspace twiddling pluralistic.net/2024/03/26/gli…
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Pluralistic: 26 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Trump loves Big Tech; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11421829…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-03-24 16:13:51
Cory Doctorow
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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:
booksoup.com/book/978180429124…
Both are national bestsellers!
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory 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…
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
exileinbookville.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #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…
* #PDX: Picks and Shovels at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
stores.barnesandnoble.com/even…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
contraflowscifi.org/
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White Whale Bookstore
whitewhalebookstore.comCory 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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Pluralistic: Why I don’t like AI art (25 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory 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
exileinbookville.comDavid Blume
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Gordon Wood
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