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(DIR) Post #B5Djsq8IPnJXioJvou by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Today's threads (a thread)Inside: Don't Be Evil; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/11/obvious-terrible-ideas/#Pluralistic1/
(DIR) Post #B5DjsqlI4oVRfkZ4bI by germosch@troet.cafe
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@pluralistic I am voting for an icon thingie meaning "Tron-pilled". Small and retro-style. I'd paste that in my profile pic or header pic ^-^
(DIR) Post #B5DjsqvZSajIBdNHcm by germosch@troet.cafe
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@pluralistic I'm seeing something like this. As Pixelart, for fitting in a corner, maybe more blue-ish? Let's see if my gross skills can whip something up when I find time with GIMP :P#art #tronpilled #pixelart #graphicdesign
(DIR) Post #B5Djsr92eVVMrPg2ca by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Don't Be Evil: Evil genius is just a lack of shame.https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1163863413276278382/
(DIR) Post #B5DjsrIG6EsTJzzOzI by vrtxd@piipitin.fi
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@germosch @pluralistic Thanks for the inspiration, here's my contrib to the public domain
(DIR) Post #B5DjsrutmZmnFq4GDQ by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Hey look at this* Apple signs meaningless deal to make some less-important parts in America https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/apple_expands_list_of_bits/* Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right https://catherinedevries.eu/NHS.pdf* Another Court Rules Copyright Can’t Stop People From Reading and Speaking the Law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/another-court-rules-copyright-cant-stop-people-reading-and-speaking-law* Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/yikes-encryptions-y2k-moment-coming-years-early* Vertical Vertigo https://prospect.org/2026/04/10/apr-2026-magazine-vertical-vertigo-franchise-deregulation-antitrust-law/3/
(DIR) Post #B5DjssW7YBYn7HTzEW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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#25yrsago Trotsky’s assassination - according to the FBI https://web.archive.org/web/20010413212536/http://foia.fbi.gov/trotsky.htm#25yrsago Online headline-writing guidelines from Jakob Nielsen https://memex.craphound.com/2001/04/09/headline-writing-guidelines-from-legendary-usability/#25yrsago Floppy-disk stained-glass windows https://web.archive.org/web/20010607052511/http://www.acme.com/jef/crafts/bathroom_windows.html#15yrsago English school principal announces zero tolerance for mismatched socks https://nationalpost.com/news/u-k-school-cracks-down-on-bad-manners#1yrago EFF's lawsuit against DOGE will go forward https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/09/cases-and-controversy/#brocolli-haired-brownshirts4/
(DIR) Post #B5DjstK6YLXhcIru8u by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Yesterday's threads: Canny Valley and Creative Commons; and more!https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1163799617043170525/
(DIR) Post #B5Djsu2lsHGtqplZlQ by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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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 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:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/6/
(DIR) Post #B5Djsum99ZZG7YzoUS by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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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."https://craphound.com/shop/7/
(DIR) Post #B5DjsvfRpxnst4rygi by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Upcoming appearances:* #Toronto: DemocracyXchange, Apr 16https://www.democracyxchange.org/news/cory-doctorow-to-open-dxc26-on-april-16* #SanFrancisco: 2026 Berkeley Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom, Apr 23https://www.theberkeleyforum.com/#agenda* #London: Resisting Big Tech Empires (LSBU), Apr 25https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globaljusticenow/2042691* #NYC: Enshittification at Commonweal Ventures, Apr 29https://luma.com/ssgfvqz8* #NYC: Techidemic with Sarah Jeong, Tochi Onyibuchi and Alia Dastagir (PEN World Voices), Apr 30https://worldvoices.pen.org/event/techidemic/8/
(DIR) Post #B5DjswLzHnpb10lwzg by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* #Berlin: Re:publica, May 18-20https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp26-sprecher-cory-doctorow* #Berlin: Enshittification at Otherland Books, May 19https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/cory-doctorow.html* #HayOnWye: HowTheLightGetsIn, May 22-25https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/big-ideas-2* SXSW #London, Jun 2https://www.sxswlondon.com/session/how-big-tech-broke-the-internet-b3c4a9019/
(DIR) Post #B5Djsx02srsF1FVwQq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Recent appearances:* The internet is getting worse (CBC The National)https://youtu.be/dCVUCdg3Uqc?si=FMcA0EI_Mi13Lw-P* Do you feel screwed over by big tech? (Ontario Today)https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45-ontario-today/clip/16203024-do-feel-screwed-big-tech* Launch for Cindy's Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (City Lights)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuVCm2PUalU* Chicken Mating Harnesses (This Week in Tech)https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1074* The Virtual Jewel Box (U Utah)https://tanner.utah.edu/podcast/enshittification-cory-doctorow-matthew-potolsky/10/
(DIR) Post #B5Djsxd2Xt48yBl5DE by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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(DIR) Post #B5DjsyBmSir4hw0pMW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
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I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:https://bsky.app/profile/doctorow.pluralistic.net/post/3mj7xwnzhv22peof/