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If Musk was broke, he’d just be another asshole with bad ideas: Cory Doctorow

The tech activist’s new book examines how tech monopolies innovated ways to disregard, abuse, and suck us dry – and offers us solution to the “enshittification” of the internet.

The Public Domain Review

Animal Costumes from the 1862 Fairytale Ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association

Photographs from a costume ball featuring fairytale fables.

Ars Technica

New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel

On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

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

Catch me next in #Miami, #Burbank and #Lisbon!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

The Sydney Morning Herald

If Musk was broke, he’d just be another asshole with bad ideas: Cory Doctorow

The tech activist’s new book examines how tech monopolies innovated ways to disregard, abuse, and suck us dry – and offers us solution to the “enshittification” of the internet.

The Public Domain Review

Animal Costumes from the 1862 Fairytale Ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association

Photographs from a costume ball featuring fairytale fables.

Ars Technica

New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel

On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

The Atlantic

For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance

A journey through the security line at the Baltimore airport

SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI ChannelSci Fi Wire PodCast

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation

It’s Time for the Federal Circuit to Shut Down The Eastern District of Texas

One of the biggest reasons the Eastern District of Texas hears so many patent cases (at last check, almost half of all cases filed this year were filed in the Eastern District) is because of a Federal Circuit case from 1990—VE Holding—that radically expanded the places patent owners could sue for...

The Globe and Mail

CRTC ruling handcuffs competitive market: Teksavvy

Ruling means small ISPs must implement data caps, usage-based billing

Lost Animaniacs Clips - Dear Mister Gingrich

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 2 weeks ago

Team 4: Debt Collectors Accused Of Fake Courtroom, Judge - News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

ERIE, Pa. -- A sign in the front of the building tells visitors that it's the Unicredit Debt Resolution Center. Once debtors got inside, they were fooled into believing they were in a courtroom with a judge, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general. Friday, October 29, 2010.

The Atlantic

For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance

A journey through the security line at the Baltimore airport

SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI ChannelSci Fi Wire PodCast

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