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Cory Doctorow
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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."

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr (and 1 other) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

* #Cambridge, MA: Harvard Books presents a conversation with Randall "XKCD" Munroe at the Brattle Theater (Oct 7, 6PM)
https://www.harvard.com/event/cory-doctorow

* #WashingtonDC: In conversation with former CFPB chair and FTC commissioner Rohit Chopra at Politics & Prose at the Wharf (Oct 8, 7PM)
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #Brooklyn, NY: Greenlight Bookstore presents a coversation with former FTC chair Lina Khan at the Brooklyn Public Library (Oct 9, 7PM)
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

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

* #NewOrleans, LA: Guest of Honor at DeepSouthCon at the New Orleans Airport Hilton (Oct 10-12)
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans, LA: Enshittification at Octavia Books (Oct 12, 1PM)
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

* #Chicago, IL: In conversation with Rick Perlstein at the University Club (Oct 14, 12PM)
Limited public availability, link to come (second Chicago event planned for spring 2026)

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

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last week

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last week

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last week

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

Upcoming appearances:

* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/policy-provocations-a-conversation-about-communication-power-policy-and-practice

* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/2025-nordlander-lecture-in-science-public-policy

* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enshittification-and-renewal-a-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1563948454929

* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Join us for an evening discussion with Cornell University A.D. White Professor-at-Large Cory Doctorow, led by Professor James Grimmelmann.
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Big Tech’s Big Heist - Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Adam Becker - Brooklyn Book Festival

We hear it again and again, the gospel of technological salvation. First, there was the promise of social media and other digital platforms (Amazon, Google, etc.) that became ingrained in our daily lives—but then devolved into what is widely acknowledged as much poorer-quality service and user experience. Now, it’s AI that’s supposed to save humanity […]
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

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

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
ahttps://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow

* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/

* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
https://dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-10-16/cory-doctorow-enshittification

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

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The Booksmith is so excited to be welcoming Cory Doctorow back to San Francisco for the release of Enshittification at Public Works. He will be joined by How To Do Nothing and Saving TIme author Jenny Odell. Grab a ticket and join us!About the bookEnshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demoralizing. Even terrifying.Enshittification identifies the problem and proposes a solution.When Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification, he was not just finding a funner way to say “things are getting worse.” He was making a specific diagnosis about the state of the digital world and how it is affecting all of our lives (and not for the better).The once-glorious internet was colonized by platforms that made all-but-magical promises to their users—and, at least initially, seemed to deliver on them. But once users were locked in, the platforms turned on them to make their business customers happy. Then the platforms turned to abusing their business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. In the end, the platforms die.Doctorow’s argument clearly resonated. Once named, it became obvious that enshittification is everywhere, so much so that the American Dialect Society named it its 2023 Word of the Year, and was cited as an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.Here, now, in Enshittification the book, Doctorow moves the conversation beyond the overwhelming sense of our inevitably enshittified fate. He shows us the specific decisions that led us here, who made them, and—most important—how they can be undone.About the authorCory Doctorow is a Canadian, British, American blogger, journalist, and activist. For more than twenty-three years, he has worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation on campaigns to further and safeguard our human rights online. He was coeditor of the weblog Boing Boing for nineteen years and now maintains a daily(ish) newsletter at Pluralistic.net. He has written more than thirty books, including nonfiction books, many science fiction novels, collections of short stories and essays, young adult novels, graphic novels, and even a picture book. Born in Toronto, he now lives in Burbank, California. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by York University and an Honorary Doctor of Computer Science from the Open University. He has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. He holds visiting professorship and research appointments at MIT, the University of North Carolina, Cornell University, and the Open University.Jenny Odell is an artist, writer, and educator whose work focuses on close observation of the everyday world. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, and the Paris Review. Odell has been an artist in residence at the San Francisco Planning Department, the Internet Archive, and Recology SF (otherwise known as the dump), and her work has been exhibited internationally. From 2013 to 2021, she taught digital art at Stanford University. She is currently at work on a book about repair.About the bookstoreThe Booksmith is an independent bookstore located in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco since 1976.Please note:This event will be taking place at PUBLIC WORKS at 161 Erie Street in San Francisco. Please note the venue is 21+.Check-in for the event will begin at 6:30pm.Ticket holders will have seats held until 7pm. Arrivals after 7pm will be allowed admission, but seats are not guaranteed.There will be a post-show signing for those who have purchased a ticket with a book. Additional copies and assorted backlist will be for sale at the venue on the night of the event.Venue includes a full-service bar that will be available throughout the event.Questions? tickets@booksmith.com
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Ithaca: Radicalized Q&A (Cornell), Sept 16
https://events.cornell.edu/event/radicalized-qa-with-author-cory-doctorow

* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/policy-provocations-a-conversation-about-communication-power-policy-and-practice

* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/2025-nordlander-lecture-in-science-public-policy

* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enshittification-and-renewal-a-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1563948454929

* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

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Brooklyn Book Festival

Big Tech’s Big Heist - Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Adam Becker - Brooklyn Book Festival

We hear it again and again, the gospel of technological salvation. First, there was the promise of social media and other digital platforms (Amazon, Google, etc.) that became ingrained in our daily lives—but then devolved into what is widely acknowledged as much poorer-quality service and user experience. Now, it’s AI that’s supposed to save humanity […]
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

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Cory Doctorow at The Brattle Theatre

presenting Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It in conversation with Randall Munroe
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances:

* #Ithaca: Enshittification at Autumn Leaves Books, Sept 13
https://www.autumnleavesithaca.com/event-details/enshittification-why-everything-got-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it

* #Ithaca: Radicalized Q&A (Cornell), Sept 16
https://events.cornell.edu/event/radicalized-qa-with-author-cory-doctorow

* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/policy-provocations-a-conversation-about-communication-power-policy-and-practice

* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/2025-nordlander-lecture-in-science-public-policy

* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enshittification-and-renewal-a-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1563948454929

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

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

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/policy-provocations-a-conversation-about-communication-power-policy-and-practice

* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/2025-nordlander-lecture-in-science-public-policy

* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enshittification-and-renewal-a-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1563948454929

* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Ithaca: Communication Power, Policy, and Practice (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/policy-provocations-a-conversation-about-communication-power-policy-and-practice

* #Ithaca: A Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Being a Better AI Critic (Cornell), Sept 18
https://events.cornell.edu/event/2025-nordlander-lecture-in-science-public-policy

* #NYC: Enshittification and Renewal (Cornell Tech), Sept 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enshittification-and-renewal-a-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1563948454929

* #NYC: Brooklyn Book Fair, Sept 21
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/

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