Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-w…
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-w…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRI (Jan 30):
nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doct…
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Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction
NOW TorontoCory Doctorow
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Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK): There is nothing harder to stop than an idea whose time has come to pass.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11596830…
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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
* Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration (h/t Molly White) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_…
* Hate Has to Scatter When Minneapolis Arises hamiltonnolan.com/p/hate-has-t…
* Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Weren’t Powerless jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-obam…
* Charter accused of backdoor attack against fixed wireless (h/t Mitch Wagner) fierce-network.com/broadband/c…
* The New Satanic Panic Is Here usermag.co/p/the-new-satanic-p…
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The New Satanic Panic Is Here
Taylor Lorenz (User Mag)Cory Doctorow
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#25yrsago Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About web.archive.org/web/2001060413…
#20yrsago Law enforcement professionals against the war on drugs web.archive.org/web/2006020210…
#20yrsago How DRM tries to resist uninstalling blog.citp.princeton.edu/2006/0…
#15yrsago EFF: FBI may have committed more than 40K intelligence violations since 9/11 eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/eff-…
#15yrsago AnarchistU Toronto: free school classes for February web.archive.org/web/2011012607…
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EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations
Electronic Frontier FoundationCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Florida climate survivors travel to New Hampshire to confront Marco Rubio web.archive.org/web/2016020119…
#10yrsago Elizabeth Warren’s new 1%: the percentage of fraudulent profits companies pay in fines web.archive.org/web/2016012911…
#5yrsago David Dayen's MONOPOLIZED pluralistic.net/2021/01/29/fra…
#1yrago All bets are off pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/whi…
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Elizabeth Warren Challenges Clinton, Sanders to Prosecute Corporate Crime Better Than Obama
The InterceptCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: Trump and the unmighty dollar; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11596214…
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Cory Doctorow
2026-01-26 15:37:39
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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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doct…
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
tanner.utah.edu/center-events/…
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
rebootcommunications.com/event…
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Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction
NOW TorontoCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Sensitive content
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Berkeley: Bioneers keynote, Mar 27
conference.bioneers.org/
* #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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Bioneers 2026 Conference - Bioneers Conference
Bioneers ConferenceCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* How the Internet Got Worse (Masters in Business)
youtube.com/watch?v=auXlkuVhxM…
* Enshittification (Jon Favreau/Offline):
crooked.com/podcast/the-enshit…
* Why Big Tech is a Trap for Independent Creators (Stripper News)
youtube.com/watch?v=nmYDyz8AMZ…
* Enshittification (Creative Nonfiction podcast)
brendanomeara.com/episode-507-…
* Enshittification with Plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ensh…
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Cory Doctorow: Enshittification
Plutopia News NetworkCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Carney isn’t a hero (and that’s OK) (27 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doct…
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Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction
NOW Toronto