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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · last week

The American Prospect

The Internet’s Tollbooth Operators - The American Prospect

Tim Wu’s The Age of Extraction chronicles the way Big Tech platforms have turned against their users.

Ars Technica

Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case

But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

A Local Self-Reliance Agenda for New York City: ILSR's Memo to Mamdani |

The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.

Social Media Today

Meta Is Considering Charging Business Pages To Post Links

Meta could be set to make a big push to increase Verified uptake.

jwz: The original Mozilla "Dinosaur" logo artwork

It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is. As I explained in some detail in my 2016 article "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo", I commissioned this artwork from Shepard Fairey to use as the branding of the newly-founded mozilla.org and our open source release of the Netscape ...

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

I'm at the end of my tour for my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

My last two events are CCC in #Hamburg, Dec 27-30:
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/infos/index.html

and the Tattered Cover in #Denver, Jan 22:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-live-at-tattered-cover-colfax-tickets-1976644174937

I hope you can make it!

Eventbrite

Cory Doctorow Live at Tattered Cover Colfax

Join us for a great event with Cory Doctorow as we hear about his bestselling book: Enshittification.

39th Chaos Communication Congress Infos

Infos, news, links and more

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

Image:
Sam Valadi (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132084522@N05/17086570218/

CC BY 2.0:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ — Image: Sam Valadi (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/132084522@N05/17086570218/ CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

The American Prospect

The Internet’s Tollbooth Operators - The American Prospect

Tim Wu’s The Age of Extraction chronicles the way Big Tech platforms have turned against their users.

Ars Technica

Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case

But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

A Local Self-Reliance Agenda for New York City: ILSR's Memo to Mamdani |

The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.

Social Media Today

Meta Is Considering Charging Business Pages To Post Links

Meta could be set to make a big push to increase Verified uptake.

jwz: The original Mozilla "Dinosaur" logo artwork

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · last week

the Guardian

The Internet Problem: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue

Cory Doctorow: Self-publishing a book provides a wealth of opportunity, but decisions are harder when there are no constraints

Google News

Brazil clown secures congress seat after literacy test

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