The U.K.’s abolition of the “nondom” tax regime has triggered an exodus of wealthy individuals, with many relocating to more tax-friendly countries like Italy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/ultrarich-move-in-herds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #london #taxesukeconomy #italy
No pride in genocide, Cisco
Youth Demand group disrupts the Cisco’s float as part of London pride, pointing out how the company of is complicit in genocide and “hiding their crimes behind a veil of pink washing”: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-pride-palestine-protest-youth-demand-b2783254.html
Hey, there's a #Guix#London #meetup planned for Tuesday next week:
https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/308234219/
Time: Tuesday 8th July at 6pm
Location: 20 Farringdon St, EC4A 4AB
Being troubled by some unmatched parenthesis? Come speak to us!
In love with #Nix / #NixOS and curious to know more about Guix? Join us!
(Please register on meetup.com or DM me as your name needs to be passed to the building reception so they can let you in.)
Is anyone here involved in the argument going on with changing rooms at the west reservoir in London? Trying to find out what the state of the agreed plan is, in the face of extremely uncited assertions.
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE TONIGHT (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on TOMORROW (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
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Upcoming appearances:
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-op-congress-2025-book-your-place
* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: How much (little) are the AI companies making? and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/30/accounting-gaffs/
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE TONIGHT (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on TOMORROW (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
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They are certain to keep the bubble pumping for months or perhaps years, convincing gullible bosses to fire talented employees and replace them with bumbling chatbots that will linger for years or decades, the asbestos in the walls of our high-tech civilization.
I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
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Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE TONIGHT (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on TOMORROW (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE on TUESDAY (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on WEDNESDAY (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
eof/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-op-congress-2025-book-your-place
* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE on TUESDAY (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on WEDNESDAY (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
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Labour walked away from voters. Tories are in chaos. Libdems permanently discredited themselves in the coalition government. The youthquake that buoyed up Corbyn was driven by a desperate hunger for change. The party grandees that purged Labour of everyone who wanted a better country have created a massive constituency that's up for grabs. I
I'm desperate for change, too. I've joined the Greens, and I'll be voting for Polanski in the leadership race:
https://join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE on TUESDAY (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on WEDNESDAY (July 2):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE NEXT TUESDAY (July 1):
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on July 2:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
eof/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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."
10/
Upcoming appearances:
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-op-congress-2025-book-your-place
* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825
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