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(DIR) Post #AseqMzEGjipMwwsVmq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:44:01Z
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Today's threads (a thread)Inside: Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/01/doctor-robo-blabbermouth/#Pluralistic1/
(DIR) Post #AseqMzlajpTycIT7j6 by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-04-01T14:42:38Z
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@pluralistic Loved this when I read it on your site. You didn't mention on-line therapy companies like betterhelp and teladoc, which have their own set of risks. Search for "teladoc privacy scandals" for an eyeful.The only safe therapy option is in-person visits with an actual therapist who will respect your privacy. Anything else is fraught with truly ugly risks.
(DIR) Post #AseqN0Y9pGKZ2vBuQS by Phosphenes@mastodon.social
2025-04-01T15:06:52Z
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@lemgandi @pluralistic Even in person, your records all go into a computer, which WILL be leaked some way, legally or illegally. I never tell therapists anything private anymore. Generally avoid them where possible. Bad idea? Yes, but few other choices.
(DIR) Post #AseqN1JeyeKPQFPqT2 by cerement@social.targaryen.house
2025-04-01T15:43:19Z
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@Phosphenes @lemgandi @pluralistic which brings us right back to one of the points Cory makes: who can actually afford an in-person, private therapist nowadays? (at least in the US)
(DIR) Post #AseqN1tooDFfEOKipM by Jeanniewarner@wandering.shop
2025-04-01T18:20:42Z
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@cerement @Phosphenes @lemgandi @pluralistic Who can even get one if they're on Kaiser? There's a mental health professionals shortage, which is not going to get any better with defunding all the universities, canceling student debt forgiveness, etc. where are new psychologists going to come from, we ponder.I presume this means that Republicans are fine with everybody being crazy so that they can blame gun violence on that.
(DIR) Post #AseqN2ec0EgLZWE5lQ by cerement@social.targaryen.house
2025-04-01T20:05:10Z
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@Jeanniewarner @Phosphenes @lemgandi @pluralistic - IF you can afford a therapist- IF you can find one available- your next hurdle is the conservative stigmatization of mental health as a moral failing rather than a societal failing – you need a mental health professional to get you over the hurdle of needing to seek out a mental health professional
(DIR) Post #AseqN5xViQa7p05j8a by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:44:36Z
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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 TOMORROW (Apr 2):https://exileinbookville.com/events/44853sAnd in #BLOOMINGTON on FRIDAY (Apr 4):https://morgensternbooks.com/event/2025-04-04/author-event-cory-doctorowMore tour dates here:http://martinhench.com2/
(DIR) Post #AseqND4VGpKnsiPuVc by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:44:59Z
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Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined: Same goes for trusting an AI with your trade secrets.https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1142627236052253203/
(DIR) Post #AseqNKqyL1GS149DWq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:45:13Z
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Hey look at this* Tariffs, Abundance and Why America Can't Build https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-tariffs-abundance* Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers https://prospect.org/labor/2025-03-30-global-working-conditions-matter-american-workers-su-tai-ilab/* "An off switch? She'll get years for that." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/an-off-switch-shell-get-years-for-that-2/4/
(DIR) Post #AseqNTxKUkhIFOBvBg by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:45:33Z
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#15yrsago Noteworthy Modern Occurances: the Digital Economy Bill https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/disconnection-notices-served/#15yrsago Digital Economy Bill: the last hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOyg1GUY18U#5yrsago Turn on wifi sharing https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#digital-divide#5yrsago Coronavirus travel posters https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#jennifer-baer#5yrsago How you are subsidizing the otherwise unprofitable Fox News https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#unfoxmycablebox#5yrsago Ted Chiang on pandemics as idiot plots https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#disaster-capitalism5/
(DIR) Post #AseqNbFJOIEyrBesgi by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:45:56Z
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#5yrsago Bird's "Black Mirror" mass layoffs https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#2-mins#5yrsago UK public health official endorses official reagents for covid tests https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#unauthorized-reagents#5yrsago A promising, plausible plan for "privacy-preserving" surveillance https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#pepp-pt#5yrsago Private equity titan squats on empty hospital https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/02/eff-livestream-today/#joel-kills#1yrago Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/#guillotine-watch6/
(DIR) Post #AseqNj14V7bSxL3cbQ by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:46:14Z
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Yesterday's threads: Private-sector Trumpism; and more!https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1142573471361826157/
(DIR) Post #AseqNqZ0RLuIMbzJy4 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:46:23Z
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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.https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzleSigned copies from Chevalier's Books:https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle--My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:http://seizethemeansofcomputation.orgSigned copies available from Book Soup:https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245Both are national bestsellers!8/
(DIR) Post #AseqNxIxNQEDGrX6QK by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:46:35Z
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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."https://craphound.com/shop/9/
(DIR) Post #AseqO59gBnYpcPFo4e by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:47:03Z
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Upcoming appearances:* #Chicago: Picks and Shovels with Peter Sagal, Apr 2https://exileinbookville.com/events/44853* #Chicago: ABA Techshow, Apr 3https://www.techshow.com/* #Bloomington: Picks and Shovels at Morgenstern, Apr 4https://morgensternbooks.com/event/2025-04-04/author-event-cory-doctorow* #Bloomington: Ostrom Center, Apr 4https://events.iu.edu/ostromworkshop/event/1843316-hls-beyond-the-web-cory-doctorow* #Pittsburgh: Picks and Shovels at White Whale Books, May 15https://whitewhalebookstore.com/events/20250515* #Pittsburgh: PyCon, May 16https://us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/10/
(DIR) Post #AseqOCOpFsps5POV9c by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:47:12Z
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2025* #PDX: Picks and Shovels at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025http://www.contraflowscifi.org/11/
(DIR) Post #AseqOJb8UVqGPcCvoW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:47:24Z
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Recent appearances:* Fire the unelected social media dictators (Al Jazeera Upfront)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXa4DzhkUZ8* Capitalists Hate Capitalism (MMT Podcast)https://pileusmmt.libsyn.com/195-capitalists-hate-capitalism-with-cory-doctorow* How to Destroy Our Tech Overlords (Homeless Romantic)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epma2B0wjzU12/
(DIR) Post #AseqOR0Cxh3ZNOzYMi by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:47:32Z
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You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection! Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/01/doctor-robo-blabbermouth/--If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is ad-/tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "đŸª¿". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!--You can also get a fulltext RSS feed, licensed CC BY 4.0:https://pluralistic.net/feed/13/
(DIR) Post #AseqOYesUskR7Z4dEG by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-04-01T12:47:44Z
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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 TOMORROW (Apr 2):https://exileinbookville.com/events/44853sAnd in #BLOOMINGTON on FRIDAY (Apr 4):https://morgensternbooks.com/event/2025-04-04/author-event-cory-doctorowMore tour dates here:http://martinhench.comeof/
(DIR) Post #AsfdqerTvFjcDqzv5k by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2025-04-01T20:20:42Z
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@cerement @Jeanniewarner @Phosphenes @lemgandi @pluralistic obscene morbid wealth is a mental illness, cured by a regular diet of antitrust and curbs on stock ownership in a companies, limiting both total size and the number of companies owned.Perhaps the most useful measure is one of scale so whether it’s scraped under one company that’s a conglomerate or a rat’s nest of shell companies, the amount any one person or their allies can have control over must have a definite limit.
(DIR) Post #AsfdqfiIkrzArfi6QC by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-04-02T05:25:52Z
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell"Morbid wealth"!!! Great phrase!! @cerement @Jeanniewarner @Phosphenes @lemgandi @pluralistic