#Trump approves deployment of 350 #NationalGuard members to #NewOrleans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/24/trump-national-guard-deployment-new-orleans
> Critics say deployment is unwarranted and could cause fear in the city, which has seen a decrease in violent crime rates
Il paraît que le fedi peut faire de la magie, alors j'essaye... je suis à la recherche d'un #soubassophone d'occasion ! (pour un projet New Orleans dans la campagne Rennaise) 🤞 #neworleans #brassband #musique #rennes
“If the goal was for them to come here and augment existing law enforcement, to pursue violent criminals or people with extensive criminal histories, why wouldn’t you be more transparent about who you’ve arrested and why?”
Morrell and other officials have said the crackdown appears to be a dragnet focused on people with brown skin, citing viral videos of encounters such as masked agents chasing a 23-year-old U.S. citizen returning home from the grocery store.
“If the goal was for them to come here and augment existing law enforcement, to pursue violent criminals or people with extensive criminal histories, why wouldn’t you be more transparent about who you’ve arrested and why?”
Morrell and other officials have said the crackdown appears to be a dragnet focused on people with brown skin, citing viral videos of encounters such as masked agents chasing a 23-year-old U.S. citizen returning home from the grocery store.
Il paraît que le fedi peut faire de la magie, alors j'essaye... je suis à la recherche d'un #soubassophone d'occasion ! (pour un projet New Orleans dans la campagne Rennaise) 🤞 #neworleans #brassband #musique #rennes
Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #ICE in #NewOrleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left.
From Freedomnews.tv
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZDulAZPflkjukfU6f9G54T9bbcp5OjuKjy
Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #ICE in #NewOrleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left.
From Freedomnews.tv
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZDulAZPflkjukfU6f9G54T9bbcp5OjuKjy
Big enough that I couldn't really take a photo that captures it. Haven't seen a protest this big here, including after the BP oil spill.
We're intentionally a bit removed from the center since we're here with kids.
Big enough that I couldn't really take a photo that captures it. Haven't seen a protest this big here, including after the BP oil spill.
We're intentionally a bit removed from the center since we're here with kids.
So excited to hear @pluralistic talk about Enshittification at Octavia Books here in #NewOrleans @noladon
He drank a big cup of coffee beforehand!
Update: Great talk! I was barely able to keep up with the highly caffeinated flow of information! Fortunately, I now have the book to review at my leisure. And I ended up sitting right next to my old NolaBlogger buddy @TMRuppert Good times.
So excited to hear @pluralistic talk about Enshittification at Octavia Books here in #NewOrleans @noladon
He drank a big cup of coffee beforehand!
Update: Great talk! I was barely able to keep up with the highly caffeinated flow of information! Fortunately, I now have the book to review at my leisure. And I ended up sitting right next to my old NolaBlogger buddy @TMRuppert Good times.
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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #NewOrleans, #Chicago, and #LosAngeles!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
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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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Upcoming appearances:
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/
* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow
* #Chicago: How Platforms Die with Rick Perlstein (University Club), Oct 14
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-platforms-die-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1747916117159
* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
https://dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-10-16/cory-doctorow-enshittification
* #Calgary: Literary Death Match (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 17
https://wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/show/literary-death-match/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/cyber-rights-now/
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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #NewOrleans, #Chicago, and #LosAngeles!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
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We don't have a word for this new anti-enshittification, anti-oligarch, anti-carbon baron movement yet, but perhaps that word might be "solidarity." Solidarity is the opposite of fascism. The solidarinet is the opposite of the enshitternet. Solidarity is what stops disasters from becoming catastrophes:
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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Brooklyn, #NewOrleans and #Chicago!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
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