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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Miami, #Burbank and #Lisbon!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech: The path to a post-American internet.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11547621…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-11-01 19:59:05
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* The Forgotten History of Socialism and the Occult jacobin.com/2025/10/socialism-…
* Study: AI Models Trained On Clickbait Slop Result In AI ‘Brain Rot,’ ‘Hostility’ techdirt.com/2025/10/31/study-…
* The Validation Machines theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
* The Department of Defense Wants Less Proof its Software Works eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/depa…
* Ireland: Adopt new, transparent process to appoint Data Protection Commissioner article19.org/resources/irelan…
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The Validation Machines
Raffi Krikorian (The Atlantic)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Sony DRM uses black-hat rootkits web.archive.org/web/2005110205…
#20yrsago Suncomm encourages people to break its DRM web.archive.org/web/2005111611…
#20yrsago Public Enemy’s Internet strategy web.archive.org/web/2005110305…
#10yrsago Petition: Rename Stephen Harper to “Calgary International Airport” change.org/p/rename-stephen-ha…
#10yrsago Hallowe’en with NYC’s super-rich nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/10/…
#5yrsago D2020 pluralistic.net/2020/10/31/wal…
#5yrsago The Americans pluralistic.net/2020/10/31/wal…
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Halloween in Manhattan’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes
The New York TimesCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: The internet was made for privacy; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-31 17:06:17
Cory Doctorow
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* Virtual: Peoples and Things with danah boyd and Lee Vinsel, Nov 3
youtube.com/live/WjFvGPLpskk
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
* #Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
cloudfest.com/usa/
* #Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
burbankbookfestival.com/
* #Lisbon: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble (Web Summit), Nov 12
websummit.com/sessions/lis25/9…
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Cory Doctorow on Enshittification, with danah boyd and Lee Vinsel
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-fest…
* #Oxford: Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now with Tim Wu at Rawley House (Oxford Internet Institute), Nov 14
oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event…
* #London: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris, Nov 15
barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/…
* #London: Downstream IRL with Aaron Bastani (Novara Media), Nov 17
dice.fm/partner/tickets/event/…
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Hay Festival After Hours
Hay FestivalCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #London: Enshittification with Carole Cadwalladr (Frontline Club), Nov 18
eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversa…
* Virtual: Enshittification with Vass Bednar (Vancouver Public Library), Nov 21
crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-pres…
* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…
* #Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
rjjulia.com/event/2025-12-08/c…
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In Conversation: Enshittification
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* CA Enshittification and the Rot Economy with Ed Zitron (Clarion West)
youtube.com/watch?v=Tz71pIWbFy…
* Amanpour & Co (New Yorker Radio Hour)
youtube.com/watch?v=I8l1uSb0LZ…
* Enshittification is Not Inevitable (Team Human)
teamhuman.fm/episodes/339-cory…
* The Great Enshittening (The Gray Area)
reddit.com/r/philosophypodcast…
* Enshittification (Smart Cookies)
youtube.com/watch?v=-BoORwEPlQ…
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Cory Doctorow: Enshittification is Not Inevitable
Team HumanCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: There’s one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech (01 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Miami, #Burbank and #Lisbon!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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getting rid of anticircumvention laws only requires that governments control their own behavior – unlike taxing or fining companies, which only works if governments can control the behavior of companies"
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