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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Tools vs uses; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/03/16/whi…
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Cory Doctorow
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Tools vs uses: Don't fall for it.
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Cory Doctorow
2026-03-16 14:01:28
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries The New Looms Make? mcsweeneys.net/articles/being-…
* A Judge Decided How They Gave Birth. propublica.org/article/florida…
* F-Droid: Google’s Android verification is an ‘existential’ threat to alt app stores thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-go…
* Meta to Shut Down Insta End-to-End Encrypted Chat thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta…
* Removed DOGE Deposition Already Backed Up Across the Net 404media.co/the-removed-doge-d…
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Full text of Bruce Sterling’s ETECH speech from last week web.archive.org/web/2006040602…
#20yrsago HOWTO build a glowing throne out of 4k AOL CDs web.archive.org/web/2006040817…
#20yrsago How Sweden’s “Pirate Bay” site resists the MPAA web.archive.org/web/2006042322…
#15yrsago Stephen King sticks up for unions youtube.com/watch?v=x1vW1zPmnK…
#15yrsago Largest Wisconsin protests ever: 85,000+ people in Madison’s streets web.archive.org/web/2011031915…
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Stephen King - Awake the State Sarasota, Florida
YouTubeCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Why Borders failed quora.com/Borders-Books/Why-is…
#15yrsago HOWTO make Pop Rocks instructables.com/Pop-Rocks/
#15yrsago Ain’t Misbehavin’: subject index to democratic parenting memex.craphound.com/2011/03/14…
#10yrsago 50 reasons the TPP is terrible beyond belief michaelgeist.ca/2016/03/the-tr…
#10yrsago More high-profile resignations at Breitbart, after abused reporter thrown under Trump’s bus buzzfeednews.com/article/rosie…
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The Trouble With the TPP, Day 50: The Case Against Ratifying the Trans Pacific Partnership - Michael Geist
Michael GeistCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago If Iceland held its elections today, the Pirate Party would win torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-…
#10yrsago The Car Hacker’s Handbook: a Guide for Penetration Testers memex.craphound.com/2016/03/14…
#10yrsago USA uses TPP-like trade-court to kill massive Indian solar project web.archive.org/web/2016031408…
#10yrsago These 27 profitable S&P 500 companies paid no tax last year usatoday.com/story/money/marke…
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27 giant profitable companies paid no taxes
Matt Krantz, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Family: police high-fived after tasering our handcuffed relative to death web.archive.org/web/2016031216…
#1yrago The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers pluralistic.net/2025/03/13/ele…
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Family of victim in Coweta County Taser death seeks justice
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: Corrupt anticorruption; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11622823…
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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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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:
* Do you feel screwed over by big tech? (Ontario Today)
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45-…
* 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…
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Enshittification, with Cory Doctorow and Matthew Potolsky - Tanner Humanities Center
tanner.utah.eduCory Doctorow
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