#Ottawa people: Does anyone know where I can recycle particle board? One of the recycle centres in town said Richmond takes it, and maybe somewhere in Barrhaven? Waste Explorer, of course, is of no help whatsoever.
#Ottawa people: Does anyone know where I can recycle particle board? One of the recycle centres in town said Richmond takes it, and maybe somewhere in Barrhaven? Waste Explorer, of course, is of no help whatsoever.
My BSDCan submission has been approved!
It will be wonderful to be back in Ottawa, meet again all the "old" (and new) friends from the BSD world and, this time, present something that has saved me more than once... and it’s based on NetBSD!
#BSDCan #BSDCon #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #BSDCan2026 #Ottawa #Canada #BSD
No individuals should own cars. All cars should be owned by communities
@urlyman we have been using our local car sharing options for years- it’s great. #communauto #ottawa
So this is the sort of thing I used to use Facebook for but here goes nothing...
Anyone in #Ottawa #Nepean have recommendations on a #Radon tester? A friend from church sent me a CBC article about developments in detecting levels in the human body and I'm genuinely spooked. Particularly as I have a home office in my basement.
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
eof/
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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cory-doctorow/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK); and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRI (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
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That's where *we* all fit in. I'm not asking you to credulously accept Carney's conversion on face value. Rather, I'm asking that you celebrate the vision that Carney articulated *while threatening to destroy his political life if he breaks his word*. Let every politician know that there is glory in standing up for us - and let them know that betrayal will see them tossed overboard, to drown in our wake.
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I'll be in #Ottawa TOMORROW NIGHT (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
eof/
So this is the sort of thing I used to use Facebook for but here goes nothing...
Anyone in #Ottawa #Nepean have recommendations on a #Radon tester? A friend from church sent me a CBC article about developments in detecting levels in the human body and I'm genuinely spooked. Particularly as I have a home office in my basement.
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I'll be in #Ottawa on WEDNESDAY (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
eof/
Upcoming appearances:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cory-doctorow/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cory-doctorow/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
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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."
21/
Upcoming appearances:
* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
* #SaltLakeCity: Enshittification at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Tanner Humanities Center), Feb 18
https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cory-doctorow/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Trump and the unmighty dollar; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/
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I'll be in #Ottawa on WEDNESDAY (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRIDAY (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
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What's more: I suspect that a world that is already bound together with a common tech stack would have a much easier time coordinating resistance to dollar weaponization.
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I'll be in #Ottawa on WEDS (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on FRI (Jan 30):
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
eof/
So Belfast city council is leaving X
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y25jnv2z1o
What are the chances our mayor will direct our city to leave?
So Belfast city council is leaving X
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y25jnv2z1o
What are the chances our mayor will direct our city to leave?
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I'm coming to Colorado! Catch me in #Denver TONIGHT (Jan 22) at The Tattered Cover:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-live-at-tattered-cover-colfax-tickets-1976644174937
And in #ColoradoSprings THIS WEEKEND (Jan 23-25), where I'm the Guest of Honor at COSine:
https://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/
Then I'll be in #Ottawa on WEDS (Jan 28) at Perfect Books:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/
And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on Jan 30:
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/
eof/