Post B6iUEIEi4VQglHYHXU by pluralistic@mamot.fr
(DIR) More posts by pluralistic@mamot.fr
(DIR) Post #B6iUEEKaahkueMGv9E by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Today's threads (a thread)Inside: AI and a world without migrants; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/#Pluralistic1/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEEwWJg64Y01DGq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
My next book is *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*, out next month. Pre-order it now, including as a DRM-free audiobook or ebook, at my Kickstarter, and help me continue to prove that DRM-free isn't just the *right* way to reach an audience, it's also the *best* way to reach them:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai 2/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEFUCIT2GERm6lM by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
AI and a world without migrants: It's solipsism all the way down.https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1166454783828415533/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEFxGYOHtgbNK4W by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Hey look at this* EU's digital sovereignty boo-boo may be the best thing to ever happen to the project https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/26/eus-digital-sovereignty-boo-boo-may-be-the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-to-the-project/5244715* Revealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current system https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-palantirs-nhs-tech-is-ten-times-slower-than-nhs-thiel-trump* The human cost of governing by spreadsheet https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-05-2026/the-human-cost-of-governing-by-spreadsheet* Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought he was https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/21/mark-carney-climate-canada* It's time to talk about my writerdeck https://veronicaexplains.net/my-first-writerdeck/4/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEH3KTKjR5hDgA4 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
#15yrsago California prison overcrowding, in photos https://web.archive.org/web/20110525171353/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/california-prison-overcrowding-photos#15yrsago What Will Come After: the sweet melancholy of the zombie apocalypse https://memex.craphound.com/2011/05/25/what-will-come-after-the-sweet-melancholy-of-the-zombie-apocalypse/#10yrsago If Donald Trump ever talks to a real journalist, these are the questions he should answer https://www.nationalmemo.com/21-questions-for-donald-trump#10yrsago Norwegian Consumer Council broadcasts live, marathon reading of app Terms of Service https://web.archive.org/web/20160526145553/https://www.forbrukerradet.no/vilkar-og-personvern-minutt-for-minutt/5/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEHfy9fdl1XIXOC by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
#10yrsago Pastejacking: using malicious javascript to insert sneaky text into pasted terminal commands https://github.com/dxa4481/Pastejacking#10yrsago Why medieval monks filled manuscript margins with murderous rabbits https://web.archive.org/web/20160614000551/https://jonkanekojames.com/2015/05/02/why-are-there-violent-rabbits-in-the-margins-of-medieval-manuscripts/#10yrsago Students: court orders government agencies to offer educational discount on FOIA requests https://web.archive.org/web/20160525155102/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160521/16031934508/appeals-court-tells-government-it-must-extend-educational-institution-foia-fee-price-break-to-students.shtml#10yrsago The euphemisms news reporters use when a sports figure injures his penis and testicles https://web.archive.org/web/20160525125452/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/media-groin-draymond-green-steven-adams/6/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEIEi4VQglHYHXU by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
#10yrsago Company says facial features reveal terrorists and pedophiles 80% of the time https://web.archive.org/web/20160525130941/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/05/24/terrorist-or-pedophile-this-start-up-says-it-can-out-secrets-by-analyzing-faces/#5yrsago We promised this vaccine waiver 20 years ago https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/25/the-other-shoe-drops/#quid-pro-quo7/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEIfITehG5jzVyq by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Yesterday's threads: The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble; and more!https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1166403068175321368/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEJ4owl75MtvtlQ by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
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/9/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEJRVaPGGVGY17w by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
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/10/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEJrk0sFFocoy12 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Upcoming appearances:* SXSW #London, Jun 2https://www.sxswlondon.com/session/how-big-tech-broke-the-internet-b3c4a901* #KansasCity: Facing the Future (Woodneath Library Center), Jun 10https://www.mymcpl.org/events/119655/facing-future-cory-doctorow* #LA: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Brian Merchant (Skylight Books), Jun 19https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-cory-doctorow-presents-reverse-centaurs-guide-life-after-ai-w-brian-merchant* #MenloPark: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Angie Coiro (Kepler's), Jun 21https://www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/cory-doctorow-202611/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEKK6JQvjEa5cDg by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* #Toronto: TBA, Jun 23* #NYC: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Jonathan Coulton (The Strand), Jun 24https://www.strandbooks.com/cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaur-s-guide-to-life-after-ai.html* #Philadelphia: TBA, Jun 25* #Chicago: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Rick Perlstein (Exile in Bookville), Jun 26https://exileinbookville.com/events/5062812/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEKjGnr3yUdriS0 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):* #Edinburgh International Book Festival with Jimmy Wales, Aug 17https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-front-list-cory-doctorow-and-jimmy-wales13/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEL4BY5nFXVeQ3E by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
Recent appearances* On Enshittification – and what can be done about it (Re:publica)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhINQgPMVSI* EFFecting Change: How to Disenshittify the Internet (EFF, with Wendy Liu)https://archive.org/details/effecting-change-enshittification* The “Enshittification” of Everything (Bioneers)https://bioneers.org/cory-doctorow-enshittification-of-everything-zstf2605/* Enshittification (99% Invisible)https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/666-enshittification/* Artificial Intelligence: The Ultimate Disruptor, with Astra Taylor and Yoshua Bengio (CBC Ideas)https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16210039-artificial-intelligence-the-ultimate-disruptor14/
(DIR) Post #B6iUELUlxF3ory5eUa by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
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/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/--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 "🪨". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!--You can also get a fulltext RSS feed, licensed CC BY 4.0:https://pluralistic.net/feed/15/
(DIR) Post #B6iUELzy5G0wQigZ7I by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:https://bsky.app/profile/did:web:pluralistic.net/post/3mmt36hkwbc2g16/
(DIR) Post #B6iUEMXe42x87ARSbo by pluralistic@mamot.fr
0 likes, 0 repeats
My next book is *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*, out next month. Pre-order it now, including as a DRM-free audiobook or ebook, at my Kickstarter, and help me continue to prove that DRM-free isn't just the *right* way to reach an audience, it's also the *best* way to reach them:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai eof/
(DIR) Post #B6j6HNmFiuAx4d8piS by nicole@kiwifarms.cc
1 likes, 0 repeats
@pluralistic You should join a better instance with a higher character limit. Gonna ignore you until that happens.