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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

Michael Sean Becker

@msb@social.lol replied · last week

@pluralistic Fantastic to mee you today and get books signed!!! Have a great rest of your tour!

Cavyherd

@cavyherd@wandering.shop replied · last week

@pluralistic

I am inordinately tickled by the derivative terminology spawned from the neo-word-root here.

It pleases my etymology-geek soul....

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in Burbank (TODAY!), Lisbon, Cardiff, Oxford and London!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

Ugo

@meposz@livellosegreto.it replied · last week

@pluralistic we’ll wait for you in Italy too!

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

The Intercept

Dick Cheney Doesn’t Deserve Your Heartfelt Eulogies

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died Monday night. Now is not the time to whitewash his bloody legacy of war and destruction.

Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa

Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past

The American Prospect

America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect

It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

Cory Doctorow

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Cory Doctorow

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Pictorial

The Typewriter ASCII Portraits of Classic Hollywood and the Obsessive Fans Who Made Them

The charm of old movie fan magazines is their sweetness. Their pages may have hinted at all sorts of sordid behavior, but their tone matched that of their most guileless reader—and they incorporated reader perspectives in every issue, printing copious letters and even occasionally letting readers share their own homespun pictures of the stars. This portrait, for example, is from the October 1920 issue of Motion Picture Magazine and is one of the older examples of typewriter or ASCII art you’ll find.

The Intercept

TPP Trade Pact Would Give Wall Street a Trump Card to Block Regulations

Former Citibank executive Michael Froman, the U.S. trade representative, negotiated a pact that will give Citi and other banks a shot to undermine future financial reforms.

Ars Technica

Websites can keep ignoring “Do Not Track” requests after FCC ruling

Petition to impose Do Not Track requirements rejected by commission.

HuffPost

Pentagon Paid Up To $6.8 Million Of Taxpayer Money To Pro Sports Teams For Military Tributes

Honors shouldn't be "taxpayer-funded marketing gimmicks," senators say in new report.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

SFPD Once Again Blames Cyclist For Own Death, City Refuses To Release Video Of Accident: SFist

This is not the first time SFPD has hurried to blame a cyclist in their own death.

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