I saw the people putting up these posters today. Apparently there are six different versions. I told them good job. #Ottawa
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I saw the people putting up these posters today. Apparently there are six different versions. I told them good job. #Ottawa
I saw the people putting up these posters today. Apparently there are six different versions. I told them good job. #Ottawa
Frosty barbs on the fence from freezing fog in #ottawa
Frosty barbs on the fence from freezing fog in #ottawa
Now that the Ford govt is directly running the OCDSB with a "supervisor" instead of trustees, and replaced the director of education, they are pushing Google Gemini into schools. "AI resources for students" is at the top of the resource list in today's communication from the OCDSB.
https://www.ocdsb.ca/news-events/news/post/new-ai-resources-for-students
Of course, I have no way of complaining as a parent, since there is no trustee, and the director of Ed and Supervisor will hide like the fucking partisan PC cowards they are
Have I mentioned how much I love the #Ottawa Mastodon community? Cause I do. Early birb site vibes, but it’s November 2025.
That’s it. That’s my review.
Hey Ontario! You've heard of the disastrous Ford bill to destroy tenant rights, but did you know that Omnibus Bill 60 would entirely wipe out the ability of cities to right-size their roads by reducing lanes _at all_, not even just for bike lanes?
If you care about fewer people dying on Ontario roads, the environment and transit, or even just getting where you want to go efficiently (more lanes doesn't mean better traffic flow! Often, exactly the opposite via induced demand), you should care about this provision.
A friend called Ford's office this morning and the staffer answering didn't have any idea what provision they were referring to - that means not nearly enough people know about this proposal and are making it known that this is unacceptable.
Give your MPs and Ford's office a call, eh about Bill 60's threat to municipal control over their streets and transportation infrastructure, eh?
Hey Ontario! You've heard of the disastrous Ford bill to destroy tenant rights, but did you know that Omnibus Bill 60 would entirely wipe out the ability of cities to right-size their roads by reducing lanes _at all_, not even just for bike lanes?
If you care about fewer people dying on Ontario roads, the environment and transit, or even just getting where you want to go efficiently (more lanes doesn't mean better traffic flow! Often, exactly the opposite via induced demand), you should care about this provision.
A friend called Ford's office this morning and the staffer answering didn't have any idea what provision they were referring to - that means not nearly enough people know about this proposal and are making it known that this is unacceptable.
Give your MPs and Ford's office a call, eh about Bill 60's threat to municipal control over their streets and transportation infrastructure, eh?
Listening to @pluralistic at the Ottawa Writer's Festival
@pluralistic A great evening. Thank you for coming to #ottawa .
What an amazing discussion.
#writerfestival
I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Vancouver, #Montreal and #Ottawa!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Vancouver, #Montreal and #Ottawa!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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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."
Upcoming appearances:
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
https://www.showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
https://www.attentionconferences.com/conferences/2025-forum
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/events/3757420251024
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/enshittification
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Vancouver, #Montreal and #Ottawa!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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The chickenized reverse centaur is a new circle of labor hell, a genuinely innovative way of making workers' lives worse in order to extract more billions for one of the most profitable companies in history.
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Vancouver, #Montreal and #Ottawa!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2025-deep-dives-cory-doctorow/
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
https://www.showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
https://www.attentionconferences.com/conferences/2025-forum
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/events/3757420251024
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/enshittification
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?img_index=1
* #Barcelona: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
https://4d.cat/es/conferencia/
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1504647263469
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Upcoming appearances:
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works with Jenny Odell (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25
* #PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
https://www.powells.com/events/cory-doctorow-10-21-25
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2025-deep-dives-cory-doctorow/
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
https://www.showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
https://www.attentionconferences.com/conferences/2025-forum
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/events/3757420251024
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/enshittification
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?img_index=1
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