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@ericawrites@ack.nerdfight.online  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

If you're looking for a food bank to donate money to, I'd suggest the Rainier Valley Food Bank, which covers #Seattle's most racially, ethnically, and economically diverse neighborhoods. Lots of families and elders!

https://www.rvfb.org/

South Seattle is the best!

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@ericawrites@ack.nerdfight.online  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

If you're looking for a food bank to donate money to, I'd suggest the Rainier Valley Food Bank, which covers #Seattle's most racially, ethnically, and economically diverse neighborhoods. Lots of families and elders!

https://www.rvfb.org/

South Seattle is the best!

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@ike@pkm.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Apparently ICE operations are ramping up in King County.

They nabbed a mom after dropping her child off at preschool in Issaquah.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/mother-ice-custody-child-preschool-drop-off/281-39d9a0b7-e640-4390-9e6a-fc541d76c071

#KingCounty #Seattle #Issaquah #Washington #ICE

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@ike@pkm.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Apparently ICE operations are ramping up in King County.

They nabbed a mom after dropping her child off at preschool in Issaquah.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/mother-ice-custody-child-preschool-drop-off/281-39d9a0b7-e640-4390-9e6a-fc541d76c071

#KingCounty #Seattle #Issaquah #Washington #ICE

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@ammaratef45@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

If you make it to @SeaGL this year, don't miss the RTM talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/XE8TL3/) and the @coopcloud talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/)

#seattle #seagl2025 #tech

Resist Tech Monopolies: Community Photo Hosting SeaGL 2025

Resist Tech Monopolies (RTM) is a collective that aims to build & support community alternatives to big tech. One of our projects is a self-hosted and distributed photo sharing application that will be an alternative to proprietary platforms like Google and iCloud Photos. Alternatives already exist; however, there are several barriers to more people adopting these tools, including cost of physical infrastructure, required tech skills, time and energy, and a lack of desired features. In this talk we present the case for resisting tech monopolies like Google Photos, go through the technical details of how we set up a community photo hosting platform, and share our lessons learned on the process.

Coop-Cloud: Democrtically built and governed cloud SeaGL 2025

Coop-cloud is a federation of tech cooperatives that builds shared cloud tools and democratically govern the maintenance and development of these tools. The talk goes through coop-cloud's governing structure, what tools they developed (with some practical examples), and what are the challenges of this model.
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@ammaratef45@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

If you make it to @SeaGL this year, don't miss the RTM talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/XE8TL3/) and the @coopcloud talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/)

#seattle #seagl2025 #tech

Resist Tech Monopolies: Community Photo Hosting SeaGL 2025

Resist Tech Monopolies (RTM) is a collective that aims to build & support community alternatives to big tech. One of our projects is a self-hosted and distributed photo sharing application that will be an alternative to proprietary platforms like Google and iCloud Photos. Alternatives already exist; however, there are several barriers to more people adopting these tools, including cost of physical infrastructure, required tech skills, time and energy, and a lack of desired features. In this talk we present the case for resisting tech monopolies like Google Photos, go through the technical details of how we set up a community photo hosting platform, and share our lessons learned on the process.

Coop-Cloud: Democrtically built and governed cloud SeaGL 2025

Coop-cloud is a federation of tech cooperatives that builds shared cloud tools and democratically govern the maintenance and development of these tools. The talk goes through coop-cloud's governing structure, what tools they developed (with some practical examples), and what are the challenges of this model.
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@dgodon@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Tell Port of #Tacoma & Port of #Seattle Commissioners to remove LNG (fracked gas) from their Clean Air Plan!
LNG, aka fracked gas is not a climate solution and poisons the air near extraction sites and refinery's like Puget Sound Energy's Tacoma LNG refinery.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-lng-out-of-nw-ports-clean-air-strategy?clear_id=true

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #London: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris, Nov 15
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/cory-doctorow-with-sarah-wynn-williams

* #London: Downstream IRL with Aaron Bastani (Novara Media), Nov 17
https://dice.fm/partner/tickets/event/oen5rr-downstream-irl-aaron-bastani-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-17th-nov-earth-london-tickets

* #London: Enshittification with Carole Cadwalladr (Frontline Club), Nov 18
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-enshittification-tickets-1785553983029

* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
https://compneuro.washington.edu/news-and-events/neuroscience-ai-and-society/

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In Conversation: Enshittification

Cory Doctorow and Carole Cadwalladr on how can we fix the Internet.

Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Sarah Wynn-Williams | Barbican

Is life online getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow shares strategies for how we might reclaim the internet.
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Neuroscience, AI, and Society

Neuroscience, AI, and Society A seminar series featuring scientists, thinkers, and writers on the intersections of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and society. Upcoming Seminars The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Criticizing AI Cory Doctorow December 4 2025 7:00 pm, Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center Theater (3930 Brooklyn Ave NE)
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@dgodon@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Tell Port of #Tacoma & Port of #Seattle Commissioners to remove LNG (fracked gas) from their Clean Air Plan!
LNG, aka fracked gas is not a climate solution and poisons the air near extraction sites and refinery's like Puget Sound Energy's Tacoma LNG refinery.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-lng-out-of-nw-ports-clean-air-strategy?clear_id=true

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@nullagent@partyon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

A really exciting milestone happened today, a ton of my local hacker friends got together and signed a lease for a new hacker space!

It's not open yet but be sure to follow us here on mastodon for updates -> @dma

https://dma.space/about

#CapitolHill #Seattle #WA #MakerSpace #Hackerspace #cybersecurity #linux #3dprinting #amateurradio

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@nullagent@partyon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

A really exciting milestone happened today, a ton of my local hacker friends got together and signed a lease for a new hacker space!

It's not open yet but be sure to follow us here on mastodon for updates -> @dma

https://dma.space/about

#CapitolHill #Seattle #WA #MakerSpace #Hackerspace #cybersecurity #linux #3dprinting #amateurradio

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: [[URL]]

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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is ad-/tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "➰". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

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You can also get a fulltext RSS feed, licensed CC BY 4.0:

https://pluralistic.net/feed/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Portland, #Seattle and #Vancouver!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
https://www.cloudfest.com/usa/

* #Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
https://www.burbankbookfestival.com/

* #Lisbon: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble (Web Summit), Nov 12
https://websummit.com/sessions/lis25/92f47bc9-ca60-4997-bef3-006735b1f9c5/a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet/

* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx

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A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet | Web Summit

CloudFest USA

CloudFest is the world's #1 cloud computing event, and we're coming to Miami Florida!
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont):

* #Oxford: Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now with Tim Wu at Rawley House (Oxford Internet Institute), Nov 14
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/enshittification-and-extraction-the-internet-sucks-now/

* #London: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris, Nov 15
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/cory-doctorow-with-sarah-wynn-williams

* #London: Downstream IRL with Aaron Bastani (Novara Media), Nov 17
https://dice.fm/partner/tickets/event/oen5rr-downstream-irl-aaron-bastani-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-17th-nov-earth-london-tickets

* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
https://compneuro.washington.edu/news-and-events/neuroscience-ai-and-society/

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https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk

Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now

Join Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow, for a lively, infuriating and invigorating exploration of the forces that drove the internet to its current miserable state, and a prescription for taking it back and making a new, good internet that is fit for purpose

Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Sarah Wynn-Williams | Barbican

Is life online getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow shares strategies for how we might reclaim the internet.
Computational Neuroscience Center

Neuroscience, AI, and Society

Neuroscience, AI, and Society A seminar series featuring scientists, thinkers, and writers on the intersections of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and society. Upcoming Seminars The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Criticizing AI Cory Doctorow December 4 2025 7:00 pm, Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center Theater (3930 Brooklyn Ave NE)
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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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Cory Doctorow launches Enshittification | Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

Drawn & Quarterly is an internationally renowned publisher of the world's best cartoonists.
  1. Cory Doctorow: Enshittification - Granville Island Stage - Vancouver - Oct 23, 2025
EVENT DESCRIPTION At last, a word has been coined that encapsulates our modern era, that eloquently sums up the pressing issues of our times: Enshittification. The term—which creator Cory Doctorow describes as a diagnosis about the state of exploitative online services, and the disheartening digital world as a whole—resonated so strongly that the American Dialect Society named it the 2023 Word of the Year, and it was cited as an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror. With incisive urgency as well as humour, Doctorow will speak with author and political commentator David Moscrop about how we reached this point, and what we can collectively do to move beyond hopelessness about our enshittified fate, and back toward the optimism promised by the earliest days of the internet.  Presented in partnership with Raincoast Books.  ACCESSIBILITY INFO We do our best to make our events low-barrier, accessible experiences for our community. If you have accessibility needs or questions, please reach out to our Festival Box Office by emailing boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca or phoning 778-658-0462, Mon - Thurs 11am - 3pm.  We have not arranged for this event to include ASL interpretation. However, we invite you to request it with at least two weeks notice by contacting our box office. For more information about accessibility at the Vancouver Writers Fest, including specific information about this venue, please click here to be redirected to our website. BOX OFFICE INFO This event is in-person. Details are subject to change. Check out our Box Office Info for more information. For phone sales and technical assistance, please call Showpass support at 1 (844) 307-7469. Mon - Fri: 8am - 6pmSat and Sun: 9am - 6pm We offer no exchanges or refunds except if an event is cancelled. Check your order carefully before you click Pay. View all upcoming events  
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Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron

Join Cory Doctorow (Enshittification), Ed Zitron (Better Offline), and moderator Whitney Beltrán for a discussion of how reckless tech policy created an enshittogenic environment that allowed the…
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach'; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/21/florida-duh/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach' (21 Oct 2025)

The Penguin Random House cover for Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach.'
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The Penguin Random House cover for Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach.'
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Portland, #Seattle and #Vancouver!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The resulting story has more twists and turns than an invasive Burmese python, that apex predator of the gate-guarded McMansion development. It's screamingly funny, devilishly inventive, and deeply, profoundly satisfying. With *Fever Beach*, Hiaasen makes a compelling case for Florida as the perfect microcosm of the terrifying state of America, and an even more compelling case for his position as its supreme storyteller.

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

You do not need to have read any of Hiaasen's other novels to love this one. But I'm pretty sure that if you start with this one, you're going to want to dig into the dozens of other Hiaasen books, and you will not be disappointed if you do.

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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Portland, #Seattle and #Vancouver!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

(New dates just added in #SanDiego and #Denver!)

eof/

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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@garland@social.seattle.wa.us  ·  activity timestamp last week

Current conditions: thunder, lightning, rain, blue skies, dark clouds, bright sunshine, and a rainbow.
#Seattle #WAwx

City skyline dominated by dark clouds, but there are also small areas of blue sky and a rainbow.
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City skyline dominated by dark clouds, but there are also small areas of blue sky and a rainbow. Bright sunshine is reflecting off the windows of a high rise building.
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@skotchygut@social.seattle.wa.us  ·  activity timestamp last week

this is one of my favorite shots

#Seattle #NoKings

about two dozen protestors are facing the camera with their signs. Just behind them a flock of monarch butterfly signs.
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