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jenny (phire)
@phire@phire.place  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The latest @showuptoronto newsletter just went out, with 68!!! events this week alone. The city is hella active and there are so many places to channel your energy. Tell your friends and loved ones! https://buttondown.com/showup/archive/show-up-toronto-november-18-2025/ #toronto

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@catzilla@toot.cat  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

People from #toronto - remember Bunz? Is there currently anything equivalent to that?

Bunz was AMAZING when I was saving money, wanted to declutter - I spent one year basically buying nothing and only bunzing stuff I already owned. At some point I ran into a woman who worked for fashion photoshoots and she let me choose whatever I liked from three bags of barely used clothes and shoes, so I didn’t even have to buy office clothes that year (I didn’t work from home back then)

Then Bunz owners got into crypto and people abandoned it.

I’d love to save some money and get rid of STUFF again.

So, is there anything similar?

(Please don’t tell me to use Facebook Marketplace, not willing to)

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@phire@phire.place  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The latest @showuptoronto newsletter just went out, with 68!!! events this week alone. The city is hella active and there are so many places to channel your energy. Tell your friends and loved ones! https://buttondown.com/showup/archive/show-up-toronto-november-18-2025/ #toronto

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

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

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Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 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 (and 1 other) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Virtual: Enshittification at the Internet Archive, Nov 21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-enshittification-tickets-1839608451399

* Virtual: Enshittification with Vass Bednar (Vancouver Public Library), Nov 21
https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
https://www.ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibitions/jailbreaking-canada

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

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Disney has lost Roger Rabbit; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/im-not-bad/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)

The final scene of Disneyland's 'Roger Rabbit's Toontown Spin,' in which Roger Rabbit is deploying a pair of portable holes; the holes have been replaced with copyright symbols, which are partially cropped.

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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

If you have a work you signed away the copyright for 35 years or more ago, here is a tool from Creative Commons and the Authors Alliance for terminating the transfer and getting your rights back (disclosure: I am an unpaid member of the Authors Alliance advisory board):

https://rightsback.org/

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Table booked! Let's go #Toronto #Fediverse

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@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Table booked! Let's go #Toronto #Fediverse

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 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: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/17/stop-killing-games-again/

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Pluralistic: The games industry's self-induced traumatic brain injury (17 Nov 2025)

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Virtual: Enshittification at the Internet Archive, Nov 21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-enshittification-tickets-1839608451399

* Virtual: Enshittification with Vass Bednar (Vancouver Public Library), Nov 21
https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
https://www.ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibitions/jailbreaking-canada

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Book Talk: Enshittification

Join us for a book talk with Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification, as he unpacks how the internet broke—and how we can fix it.
OCAD University

Jailbreaking Canada

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In Conversation: Enshittification

Cory Doctorow and Carole Cadwalladr on how can we fix the Internet.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The games industry's self-induced traumatic brain injury; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/17/stop-killing-games-again/

#Pluralistic

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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

No matter the reason, there is nothing good about the games industry's decades-long project of erasing its own past. It's bad for gamers, it's bad for game developers, and it's bad for games. No art form can exist in a permanent, atemporal *now*, with its history erased as quickly as it's created.

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

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Seeds of #Sovereignty: #Indigenous leaders affirm food as a right, a relationship, and a responsibility

Mon, November 10, 2025

#Toronto #Canada - " #RightToFood and four Indigenous-led Community #FoodCentres have released Seeds of Sovereignty, a new living brief that shares stories, truths, and policy recommendations from Indigenous food leaders across the country.

"The document is both a reflection and a call to action. It outlines six key recommendations aimed at strengthening and celebrating Indigenous food sovereignty including the enactment of an #IndigenousFoodSovereigntyAct, reform of food safety and licensing regulations, recognition of Indigenous law as legitimate governance over food systems, and sustained, unrestricted funding aligned with #Seasonal cycles and community leadership.

" 'The Western system limited our imagination,' says Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown, Indigenous Network Manager at Right To Food. 'Seeds of Sovereignty invites policymakers and partners to step into the imaginary — to reimagine what #equitable food systems look like when led by #IndigenousPeoples.'

"Jolene Andrew, Director of Community Development at #Líl̓wat Community Food Centre, adds: 'We don't need permission — we just need to do it. This brief is a reminder that sovereignty is already being lived in our communities every day.'

"Developed through gatherings in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut (2024) and #Líl̓watNation, #BritishColumbia (2025), Seeds of Sovereignty amplifies the collective voice of Right To Food's Indigenous Community Food Centres and Indigenous Network. It highlights what is already thriving in communities — hunters harvesting country food, youth learning traditional skills, Elders teaching, and families gathering — affirming that food sovereignty is alive.

" 'Our communities are not waiting. We are organizing, harvesting, teaching land-based skills, and pushing policy,' the brief states. 'Food is not a service — it's a right, a relationship, a responsibility.' "

Source:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seeds-sovereignty-indigenous-leaders-affirm-174000530.html

Full document and stories from participating communities are available at:
https://righttofood.ca/good-food-organizations/indigenous-network/seeds-of-sovereignty/

#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousNews #FirstNations #IndigenousFoodSecurity
#IndigenousFoodSovereignty
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Seeds of #Sovereignty: #Indigenous leaders affirm food as a right, a relationship, and a responsibility

Mon, November 10, 2025

#Toronto #Canada - " #RightToFood and four Indigenous-led Community #FoodCentres have released Seeds of Sovereignty, a new living brief that shares stories, truths, and policy recommendations from Indigenous food leaders across the country.

"The document is both a reflection and a call to action. It outlines six key recommendations aimed at strengthening and celebrating Indigenous food sovereignty including the enactment of an #IndigenousFoodSovereigntyAct, reform of food safety and licensing regulations, recognition of Indigenous law as legitimate governance over food systems, and sustained, unrestricted funding aligned with #Seasonal cycles and community leadership.

" 'The Western system limited our imagination,' says Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown, Indigenous Network Manager at Right To Food. 'Seeds of Sovereignty invites policymakers and partners to step into the imaginary — to reimagine what #equitable food systems look like when led by #IndigenousPeoples.'

"Jolene Andrew, Director of Community Development at #Líl̓wat Community Food Centre, adds: 'We don't need permission — we just need to do it. This brief is a reminder that sovereignty is already being lived in our communities every day.'

"Developed through gatherings in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut (2024) and #Líl̓watNation, #BritishColumbia (2025), Seeds of Sovereignty amplifies the collective voice of Right To Food's Indigenous Community Food Centres and Indigenous Network. It highlights what is already thriving in communities — hunters harvesting country food, youth learning traditional skills, Elders teaching, and families gathering — affirming that food sovereignty is alive.

" 'Our communities are not waiting. We are organizing, harvesting, teaching land-based skills, and pushing policy,' the brief states. 'Food is not a service — it's a right, a relationship, a responsibility.' "

Source:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seeds-sovereignty-indigenous-leaders-affirm-174000530.html

Full document and stories from participating communities are available at:
https://righttofood.ca/good-food-organizations/indigenous-network/seeds-of-sovereignty/

#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousNews #FirstNations #IndigenousFoodSecurity
#IndigenousFoodSovereignty
#IndigenousFoodSystems #Reclaiming

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@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Going to be in #Toronto at the start of December, should we run an #ActivityInThePub and when/where works best?
#Fediverse
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

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

Catch me next in #London, #Toronto and #SanDiego!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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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:

* #London: Downstream IRL with Zack Polanski, Ash Sarkar, and 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

* Virtual: Enshittification at the Internet Archive, Nov 21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-enshittification-tickets-1839608451399

* Virtual: Enshittification with Vass Bednar (Vancouver Public Library), Nov 21
https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present

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Join us for a book talk with Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification, as he unpacks how the internet broke—and how we can fix it.
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In Conversation: Enshittification

Cory Doctorow and Carole Cadwalladr on how can we fix the Internet.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
https://www.ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibitions/jailbreaking-canada

* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
https://libraryfoundationsd.org/events/doctorow

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

* #Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
https://rjjulia.com/event/2025-12-08/cory-doctorow-enshittification

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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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