Hey look at this

* Life Among the Econ https://ibiblio.org/philecon/life-econ-crop.pdf (h/t John Naughton)

* Software Freedom Conservancy hands Vizio its ass https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/16/vizio-remand-win/

* What is the Software Freedom Conservancy? https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/

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#20yrsago Kottke on ETCON https://web.archive.org/web/20020603082103/http://www.kottke.org/02/05/index.html

#15yrsago Image-search isn’t a copyright violation (Perfect 10)https://web.archive.org/web/20070519084149/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005259.php

#15yrsago Rudy Rucker, Terry Bisson and me reading/talking in SF https://ia802708.us.archive.org/26/items/SFinSF_Cory_Doctorow_and_Rudy_Rucker/SFinSF_1_Cory_Doctorow_256.mp3

#15yrsago HD-DVD re-cracked six days *before* it is patched https://www.engadget.com/2007-05-17-newest-aacs-circumvented-the-matrix-trilogy-set-free.html

#10yrsago Private-equity driven dentists accused of “dentally abusing” poor kids on Medicaid with painful, unnecessary procedures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-05-17/dental-abuse-seen-driven-by-private-equity-investments

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#10yrsago People of Burning Man [NSFW] https://memex.craphound.com/2012/05/17/people-of-burning-man-nsfw/

#10yrsago Canada’s warrantless surveillance bill is, improbably, dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120516120311/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/how-the-toews-sponsored-internet-surveillance-bill-quietly-died/article2432916/

#10yrsago London cops want to suck your phone dry in an instant https://web.archive.org/web/20121025162138/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3357807/met-police-uses-quick-mobile-data-extraction-system-against-suspects/

#5yrsago The new Apple campus has a 100,000 sqft gym and no daycare https://qz.com/984785/apples-new-5-billion-apple-park-campus-has-a-100000-square-foot-gym-and-no-daycare-aapl/

#5yrsago Mocking the $2,145 “couture Ikea bag” with awesome Ikea bag hacks https://food52.com/blog/19685-how-to-repurpose-your-bright-blue-ikea-bag

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#5yrsago Airline lobby group claims a laptop ban would cost $1B https://consumerist.com/2017/05/17/airline-industry-says-expanding-ban-on-laptops-would-cost-travelers-1-billion/

#5yrsago Chelsea Manning is a free woman https://theintercept.com/2017/05/17/chelsea-manning-is-a-free-woman-her-heroism-has-expanded-beyond-her-initial-whistle-blowing/

#1yrago The Public Interest Internet: Reviving pre-enclosure glory https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/17/disgracenote/#enclosure

#1yrago Paygo, false consciousness and the IRS: Why we can't have nice things https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/17/disgracenote/#false-consciousness

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Yesterday's threads: Amy's Kitchen, a case-study in the problems with consumerism; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/108312652120492974

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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/

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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

Signed copies here:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2024/Available_Now%3A__How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism.html

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, 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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Upcoming appearances:

* ABC Copyright Conference keynote (University of Western Ontario/London)
https://abccopyright.com/conference-schedule-2022/

* OpenJSWorld Keynote (Austin), Jun 8
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/openjs-world/program/schedule/

* UK Competition and Markets Authority Data Technology and Analytics conference (London), Jun 15-16
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cma-data-technology-and-analytics-conference-2022-registration-308678625077

* A New HOPE (NYC), Jul 24
https://www.hope.net/

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Recent appearances:

* Revolutionizing Activism — The Power of Utopia (Center for Artistic Activism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TBlSc3PNUA

* A Little Patience and a Lot of Tape (This Week in Tech)
https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/873

* Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 (Life Itself podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUMD5MoQdo

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poesy-the-monster-slayer/#poesy

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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/17/dollars-for-docs/

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If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "The Fatfinger Economy"

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-fatfinger-economy-7c7b3b54925c

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