Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach'; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/10/21/flo…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach'; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/10/21/flo…
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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 #Portland, #Seattle and #Vancouver!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach': If you didn't laugh, you'd have to cry.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11541325…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-21 17:08:19
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* The pivot antipope.org/charlie/blog-stat…
* Video Game Union Workers Rally Against $55 Billion Saudi-Backed Private Acquisition of EA eurogamer.net/ea-union-workers…
* China Has Overtaken America paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chi…
* How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-…
* OpenAI Needs $400B In The Next 12 Months wheresyoured.at/openai400bn/
* China Forces Bessent to Embrace Anti-Monopoly thebignewsletter.com/p/welcome…
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China Forces Scott Bessent to Embrace Anti-Monopoly Tactics
Matt Stoller (BIG by Matt Stoller)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago WSJ tech writer damns DRM web.archive.org/web/2005102702…
#20yrsago Fundraiser: donate $500 to shut up loudmouth message-board poster metafilter.com/dios-rothkofund…
#20yrsago Chinese activist to Jerry Yang: You are helping to maintain an evil system web.archive.org/web/2005102702…
#15yrsago Canadian gov’t scientists protest gag order, go straight to public with own website web.archive.org/web/2010102014…
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Federal scientists go public in face of restrictive media rules
The Globe and MailCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Scary Godmother: delightful, spooky graphic storybook for kids memex.craphound.com/2010/10/20…
#10yrsago The Welcome to Night Vale novel dances a tightrope between weird humor and real pathos memex.craphound.com/2015/10/20…
#10yrsago How a lobbyist/doctor couple are destroying Worker’s Comp across America propublica.org/article/inside-…
#10yrsago How the market for zero-day vulnerabilities works arstechnica.com/information-te…
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The first rule of zero-days is no one talks about zero-days (so we’ll explain)
Sebastian Anthony (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains mathbabe.org/2015/10/20/guest-…
#10yrsago On saying “no”: creativity, self-care, privilege, and knowing your limits tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/12…
#5yrsago Solar's "miracle material" pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…
#5yrsago Cadillac perfects the murdermobile pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…
#5yrsago Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…
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Austin Kleon
austinkleon (Tumblr)Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: The mad king's digital killswitch; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11540695…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-20 14:25:15
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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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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
clarionwest.org/event/2025-dee…
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
attentionconferences.com/confe…
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/even…
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Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron
Marnee Chua (Clarion West)Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
writersfestival.org/events/fal…
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?i…
* #Barcelona: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
4d.cat/es/conferencia/
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
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Enshittification
Ottawa International Writers FestivalCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #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…
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-fest…
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CloudFest USA
CloudFest USACory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont):
* #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/…
* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…
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OII | Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now
www.oii.ox.ac.ukCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
rjjulia.com/event/2025-12-08/c…
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Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* The Great Enshittening (The Gray Area)
reddit.com/r/philosophypodcast…
* Enshittification (Smart Cookies)
youtube.com/watch?v=-BoORwEPlQ…
* Enshittification (The Gist)
youtube.com/watch?v=EgBiv_KchI…
* Canadian tariffs with Avi Lewis
plagal.wordpress.com/2025/10/1…
* Enshittification (This Is Hell)
thisishell.com/interviews/1864…
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Why does the INTERNET suck so bad now? | Cory Doctorow, author of ENSHITIFICATION, has a few ideas
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Portland, #Seattle and #Vancouver!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Thorium
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