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#5yrsago Broadband wins the 2020 election https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/10/dark-matter/#munifiber
#5yrsago Rights of Nature and legal standing https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/10/dark-matter/#rights-of-nature
#5yrsago Microchip "dark matter" https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/10/dark-matter/#precursor
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Yesterday's threads: "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital"; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115525406685311554
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Yesterday's threads: "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital"; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115525406685311554
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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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:
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx
* #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
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx
* #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
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #London: Enshittification with Carole Cadwalladr (Frontline Club), Nov 18
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-enshittification-tickets-1785553983029
* 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
* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
https://libraryfoundationsd.org/events/doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #London: Enshittification with Carole Cadwalladr (Frontline Club), Nov 18
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-enshittification-tickets-1785553983029
* 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
* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
https://libraryfoundationsd.org/events/doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #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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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #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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