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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The worst possible antitrust outcome; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unpunishing-process/

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Deb Nam-Krane
@dnkboston@apobangpo.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@pluralistic I shared the meat of this post with one of my young adult sons last night. He froze when I told him the punchline of the judgment, then came to the same conclusion I did: "the judge must have been bribed." Guess we can thank this administration for clearing the scales off of everyone's eyes so early on--I wasn't close to this cynical until I was in my late thirties.
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crashbox
@crashbox@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@pluralistic I find it interesting, in a sad way, that the judges name, Mehta, is a homonym for mettā. There's nothing loving or kind about that ruling.
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Laura :v_trans:
@klaura@tech.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@pluralistic this one is dripping with levels of frustration that i haven't seen in years on the newsletter. genuinely crushing news, but thank you for your work regardless
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Kingcel
@Kingcel@kingcels.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@pluralistic You're a kaffir.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:

http://disenshittification.org

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Richard
@back2basics@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@pluralistic

When I try to support it I get into an infinite loop of "Making sure you're human", check the box, then back to "Making sure you're human." I'm using LibreWolf; guess I'll try something else just long enough to get to the page I need.

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The worst possible antitrust outcome: Hope you like enshittification.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115142377130746674

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hey look at this

* Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/america-free-trial-services/684072/?gift=jQN1t1D1nkO2TQodBiz5KLmz9qdi35_pconlf7F6jjg

* The Happiest Place on Earth https://ramblingreaders.org/book/442124/s/the-happiest-place-on-earth

* the brompton-ness of it all https://backofmind.substack.com/p/the-brompton-ness-of-it-all

* I am a Private Citizen Seeking to Hold My Government Accountable. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Government Doctor, Killed My YouTube Channel. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vinayprasadlovescensorship/ (h/t Boing Boing)

* Lawbreaking as a Method of Competition https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5433014

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#20yrsago DVD Jon cracks Windows streaming video DRM https://www.theregister.com/2005/09/02/dvd_jon_mediaplayer/

#15yrsago German “secure” ID cards compromised on national TV, gov’t buries head in sand https://web.archive.org/web/20100826072237/http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20100824-29359.html

#15yrsago Applying “ownership” to links, public domain material does more harm than good https://locusmag.com/2010/09/cory-doctorow-proprietary-interest/

#5yrago How to report on vote-by-mail https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/free-steven-donziger/#write-the-vote

#5yrsago Amazon's weird, terrible Flex https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/free-steven-donziger/#chickenized-flex

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#5yrsago Chevron's dirty tricks against environmental lawyer https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/free-steven-donziger/#free-donziger

#5yrsago Russia didn't hack Michigan https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/free-steven-donziger/#mittenski

#5yrsago Amazon drivers hide phones in trees https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/free-steven-donziger/#phone-trees

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Yesterday's threads: All (antitrust) politics are local; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115135451372215524

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