Post AxwFsrTD7ZUWViFVs8 by CGM@mastodon.scot
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(DIR) Post #AxwFspygfZTtskxcem by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:13:37Z
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Today's threads (a thread)Inside: Stock buybacks are stock swindles; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/06/computer-says-huh/#Pluralistic1/
(DIR) Post #AxwFsrTD7ZUWViFVs8 by CGM@mastodon.scot
2025-09-06T18:59:37Z
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@pluralistic I'm beginning to think capitalism may have overstayed its welcome. 🤔
(DIR) Post #AxwFssW5ENNpkubJzM by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-09-06T19:07:54Z
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@CGMIt had a welcome?!@pluralistic
(DIR) Post #AxwFsxJVOZIEdLkqZs by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:14:22Z
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The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:http://disenshittification.org2/
(DIR) Post #AxwFt4rRKnb42cgXwW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:14:40Z
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Stock buybacks are stock swindles: Raising the value of a stock without raising the value of the company.https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1151581540383335123/
(DIR) Post #AxwFtCBC7kYejuyvCq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:14:51Z
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Hey look at this* Five for 50 - Anil Dash https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/05/five-for-fifty/* How To Touch Grass https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/how-to-touch-grass* Why This Economy Feels Weird and Scary https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-this-economy-feels-weird-and* A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer https://www.righto.com/2025/09/marilou-schultz-navajo-555-weaving.html4/
(DIR) Post #AxwFtJ3IZVOw3SLDN2 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:15:10Z
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#20yrsago Interview with mom who won’t pay off the RIAA shakedown https://web.archive.org/web/20051204021157/https://p2pnet.net/story/6134#5yrsago Political ads have very small effect-sizes https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#persuadables#5yrsago CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#co#5yrsago Trump is a salesman https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#cialdinism#5yrsago Physicists overestimate their epidemiology game https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#hubris#1yrago Marshmallow Longtermism https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/04/deferred-gratification/#selective-foresight5/
(DIR) Post #AxwFtPmXYD9gvVYQim by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:15:35Z
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Yesterday's threads: Why Wikipedia works; and more!https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1151530942241205366/
(DIR) Post #AxwFtWzYkCjFHuhQUC by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:16:42Z
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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:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels--My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/7/
(DIR) Post #AxwFteLRPFOK5nzV44 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:17:07Z
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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/8/
(DIR) Post #AxwFtm0Sv7Mlr4ErTs by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:17:17Z
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Upcoming appearances:* #Ithaca: Enshittification at Buffalo Street Books, Sept 11https://buffalostreetbooks.com/event/2025-09-11/cory-doctorow-tcpl-librarian-judd-karlman* #Ithaca: AD White keynote (Cornell), Sep 12https://deanoffaculty.cornell.edu/events/keynote-cory-doctorow-professor-at-large/* #Ithaca: Enshittification at Autumn Leaves Books, Sept 13https://www.autumnleavesithaca.com/event-details/enshittification-why-everything-got-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it* #Ithaca: Radicalized Q&A (Cornell), Sept 16https://events.cornell.edu/event/radicalized-qa-with-author-cory-doctorow* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-108259/
(DIR) Post #AxwFttZ6oiElIXV7x2 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:17:48Z
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12http://www.contraflowscifi.org/* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow2510/
(DIR) Post #AxwFu1EUJGUn4tulv6 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:18:00Z
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25* #Madrid: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28https://4d.cat/es/conferencia/* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-150464726346911/
(DIR) Post #AxwFu8WpBUK3hnY0yO by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:18:25Z
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Recent appearances:* Nerd Harder! (This Week in Tech)https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1047* Techtonic with Mark Hursthttps://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155658* Cory Doctorow DESTROYS Enshittification (QAA Podcast)https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/cory-doctorow-destroys-enshitification-e33812/
(DIR) Post #AxwFuFMRmTBGtdkKGm by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:18:33Z
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(DIR) Post #AxwFuMe4hKRNUL30DY by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2025-09-06T16:18:47Z
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The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:http://disenshittification.orgeof/
(DIR) Post #AxwFz4mKYOXtWV9icq by CGM@mastodon.scot
2025-09-06T19:09:04Z
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@ozzelot @pluralistic In many quarters, yes!
(DIR) Post #Ay1SAN0xGQG0VSwosK by Uair@autistics.life
2025-09-09T07:17:08Z
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@CGM @ozzelot @pluralistic Feudalism: dominance by violenceCapitalism: dominance by moneyWhatever's coming: dominance by liesIt'd be nice if humans stopped trying to dominate each other, but I doubt that'll happen until after the omnicide, when there's only a couple million (thousand?) of us left in some sort of hellish wasteland.
(DIR) Post #Ay1SAORZwv9EwKPb0q by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-09-09T07:19:07Z
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@Uair @CGM @pluralistic I approve of humans dominating each other if it keeps stuff interesting in the bedroom... but societally, yeah, that's not right.