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Inside: The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/06/vertical-blinds/
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I wish I could attend one of your readings. The quote about what your parents taught you of resistance resonated with me, because that's how I've always felt. I appreciate your efforts, Cory.
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I listened to your interview with Robert Evans last night. It was pleasant and quite engaging to actually hear you.
@pluralistic No #Philly stop? Some of us can't get to New York or DC
The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world: If reality doesn't fit the theory, ignore reality.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115502882590069236
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Hey look at this
* Lina Khan co-chairs Mamdani's transition team https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/05/nyregion/nyc-mayor-mamdani
* The Democrats' problem in the Senate is not progressives https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-need-a-bigger-senate-solution
* How anti-cybercrime laws are being weaponized to repress journalism. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/nigeria-pakistan-jordan-cybercrime-laws-journalism.php
* Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/the-internet-archive-survived-major-copyright-losses-whats-next/
* Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List https://www.wired.com/story/hack-exposes-kansas-city-kansas-polices-secret-misconduct-list/
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Hey look at this
* Lina Khan co-chairs Mamdani's transition team https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/05/nyregion/nyc-mayor-mamdani
* The Democrats' problem in the Senate is not progressives https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-need-a-bigger-senate-solution
* How anti-cybercrime laws are being weaponized to repress journalism. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/nigeria-pakistan-jordan-cybercrime-laws-journalism.php
* Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/the-internet-archive-survived-major-copyright-losses-whats-next/
* Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List https://www.wired.com/story/hack-exposes-kansas-city-kansas-polices-secret-misconduct-list/
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#20yrsago BBC Archive database — early info https://web.archive.org/web/20051102024643/https://www.hackdiary.com/archives/000071.html
#20yrsago Sony releases de-rootkit-ifier, lies about risks from rootkits https://web.archive.org/web/20051126084940/http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=921
#20yrsago Pew study: Kids remix like hell https://web.archive.org/web/20051104022412/http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/source/rss/report_display.asp
#15yrsago How I use the Internet when I’m playing with my kid https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/nov/02/cory-doctorow-children-and-computers
#15yrsago Bedtime Story: Supernatural thriller about the dark side of “getting lost in a good book” https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/02/bedtime-story-supernatural-thriller-about-the-dark-side-of-getting-lost-in-a-good-book/
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#15yrsago The Master Switch: Tim “Net Neutrality” Wu explains what’s at stake in the battle for net freedom https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-tim-net-neutrality-wu-explains-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-for-net-freedom/
#15yrsago Times Online claims 200K paid users: but where’s the detailed breakdown? https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/times-online-claims-200k-paid-users-but-wheres-the-detailed-breakdown/
#15yrsago Duelling useless machines: a metaphor for polarized politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgoSOSGrx4
#15yrsago Hari Prasad, India’s evoting researcher, working to save Indian democracy from dirty voting machines https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/2010-pioneer-award-winner-hari-prasad-defends
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#15yrsago Science fiction tells us all laws are local — just like the Web https://locusmag.com/feature/cory-doctorow-a-cosmopolitan-literature-for-the-cosmopolitan-web/
#15yrsago UK Lord claims mysterious "foundation" wants to give Britain £17B, no strings attached http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/11/conspiracy-theories.html
#15yrsago New Zealand proposes “guilty until proven innocent” copyright law to punish accused infringers https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/11/new-zealand-p2p-proposal-guilty-until-proven-innocent/
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#15yrsago The Master Switch: Tim “Net Neutrality” Wu explains what’s at stake in the battle for net freedom https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-tim-net-neutrality-wu-explains-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-for-net-freedom/
#15yrsago Times Online claims 200K paid users: but where’s the detailed breakdown? https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/times-online-claims-200k-paid-users-but-wheres-the-detailed-breakdown/
#15yrsago Duelling useless machines: a metaphor for polarized politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgoSOSGrx4
#15yrsago Hari Prasad, India’s evoting researcher, working to save Indian democracy from dirty voting machines https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/2010-pioneer-award-winner-hari-prasad-defends
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#20yrsago BBC Archive database — early info https://web.archive.org/web/20051102024643/https://www.hackdiary.com/archives/000071.html
#20yrsago Sony releases de-rootkit-ifier, lies about risks from rootkits https://web.archive.org/web/20051126084940/http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=921
#20yrsago Pew study: Kids remix like hell https://web.archive.org/web/20051104022412/http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/source/rss/report_display.asp
#15yrsago How I use the Internet when I’m playing with my kid https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/nov/02/cory-doctorow-children-and-computers
#15yrsago Bedtime Story: Supernatural thriller about the dark side of “getting lost in a good book” https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/02/bedtime-story-supernatural-thriller-about-the-dark-side-of-getting-lost-in-a-good-book/
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