Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Three more AI psychoses; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Three more AI psychoses; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/nor…
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Cory Doctorow
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Three more AI psychoses: Everyone calm down.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11621946…
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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)
Cory Doctorow (Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net)Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* E is for.... Enshittification evanshunt.com/enshittification…
* Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909) publicdomainreview.org/collect…
* Organized Money: Why Your Lamp Sucks prospect.org/2026/03/11/organi…
* The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled theverge.com/policy/893272/liv…
* Public speakerphone use is officially out of control arstechnica.com/culture/2026/0…
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The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled
Lauren Feiner (The Verge)Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Notorious financier gets a “super-injunction” prohibiting the press from revealing that he is a banker telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsby…
#10yrsago Shortly after her death, Harper Lee’s heirs kill cheap paperback edition of To Kill a Mockingbird newrepublic.com/article/131400…
#10yrsago Web security company breached, client list (including KKK) dumped, hackers mock inept security arstechnica.com/information-te…
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After an easy breach, hackers leave “TIPS WHEN RUNNING A SECURITY COMPANY”
Sean Gallagher (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Microsoft spams corporate users with messages denigrating their IT departments web.archive.org/web/2016030919…
#10yrsago Cycle and Recycle: gorgeous photos of the European recycling process wired.com/2016/03/paul-bulteel…
#10yrsago Fellowships for “Robin Hood” hackers to help poor people get access to the law web.archive.org/web/2016030422…
#10yrsago 3D printed battle-armor for cats web.archive.org/web/2016031122…
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Fellowship
Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin HoodCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Great moments in the history of black science fiction web.archive.org/web/2016030803…
#1yrago Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster" pluralistic.net/2025/03/11/klo…
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A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction
Fantastic StoriesCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11621258…
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Cory Doctorow
2026-03-11 21:09:02
Cory Doctorow
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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:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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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:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Craphound Shop
Craphound ShopCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Barcelona: Enshittification with Simona Levi/Xnet (Llibreria Finestres), Mar 20
llibreriafinestres.com/evento/…
* #Berkeley: Bioneers keynote, Mar 27
conference.bioneers.org/
* #Montreal: Bronfman Lecture (McGill) Apr 10
eventbrite.ca/e/artificial-int…
* #London: Resisting Big Tech Empires (LSBU)
tickettailor.com/events/global…
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Bioneers 2026 Conference - Bioneers Conference
Bioneers ConferenceCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Berlin: Re:publica, May 18-20
re-publica.com/de/news/rp26-sp…
* #Berlin: Enshittification at Otherland Books, May 19
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-d…
* #HayOnWye: HowTheLightGetsIn, May 22-25
howthelightgetsin.org/festival…
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#rp26-Sprecher Cory Doctorow | re:publica
republicaCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Launch for Cindy's Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (City Lights)
youtube.com/watch?v=WuVCm2PUal…
* Chicken Mating Harnesses (This Week in Tech)
twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tec…
* The Virtual Jewel Box (U Utah)
tanner.utah.edu/podcast/enshit…
* Tanner Humanities Lecture (U Utah)
youtube.com/watch?v=i6Yf1nSyek…
* The Lost Cause
streets.mn/2026/03/02/book-clu…
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Book Club: The Lost Cause - Streets.mn
Ian R Buck (Streets.mn)Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Three more AI psychoses (12 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:
bsky.app/profile/doctorow.plur…
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