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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Upcoming appearances:

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

* #ColoradoSprings: Guest of Honor at COSine, Jan 23-25
https://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/

* #Ottawa: Enshittification at Perfect Books, Jan 28
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/

* #Toronto: Enshittification and the Age of Extraction with Tim Wu, Jan 30
https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/

* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/

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28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit - Reboot Communications

NOW Toronto

Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction - NOW Toronto

Back by popular demand, Tim Wu (The Age of Extraction) returns to Hot Docs Cinema for a further exploration of the failed promise of the...
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Perfect Books on Instagram: "❗BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME❗ We are SO excited to present author and activist Cory Doctorow as part of what we are now calling The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is presented in partnership with The Other Hill.

We hope you'll us on January 28th 2026 at allsaints as Toronto-born Cory Doctorow gives one of his truly iconic lectures on his most recent book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, followed by an audience Q&A session and book signing.

Until midnight on December 31st, you can get early bird ticket prices, only $10 — the link is on our bio and on our website 👀

🕝 January 28, 2026. Doors 7:00pm, Event 7:30-8:30pm
📍allsaints event space, 317 Chapel St, Ottawa
🎫 EARLY BIRD TICKETS: $10 — Available until midnight on December 31st!
🎫 General Tickets: $15

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS and THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame."

Cory Doctorow, renowned science fiction author, activist, and journalist, will present his latest book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, at The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is part of a series presented in partnership with The Other Hill. Attendees will have the chance to engage with Cory in a Q&A session and get their books signed. Secure your spot before January 31st to take advantage of early bird ticket prices.
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Cory Doctorow Live at Tattered Cover Colfax

Join us for a great event with Cory Doctorow as we hear about his bestselling book: Enshittification.
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@aislinn@merida.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@pluralistic The link isn't working, I'm afraid

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@aislinn Fixed!

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

I'm coming to Colorado! Catch me in #Denver on Jan 22 at The Tattered Cover:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-live-at-tattered-cover-colfax-tickets-1976644174937

And in #ColoradoSprings from Jan 23-25, where I'm the Guest of Honor at COSine:

https://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/

Then I'll be in #Ottawa on Jan 28 at Perfect Books:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nGiHiNUh/

And in #Toronto with Tim Wu on Jan 30:

https://nowtoronto.com/event/cory-doctorow-and-tim-wu-enshittification-and-extraction/

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NOW Toronto

Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction - NOW Toronto

Back by popular demand, Tim Wu (The Age of Extraction) returns to Hot Docs Cinema for a further exploration of the failed promise of the...
https://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine

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Perfect Books on Instagram: "❗BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME❗ We are SO excited to present author and activist Cory Doctorow as part of what we are now calling The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is presented in partnership with The Other Hill.

We hope you'll us on January 28th 2026 at allsaints as Toronto-born Cory Doctorow gives one of his truly iconic lectures on his most recent book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, followed by an audience Q&A session and book signing.

Until midnight on December 31st, you can get early bird ticket prices, only $10 — the link is on our bio and on our website 👀

🕝 January 28, 2026. Doors 7:00pm, Event 7:30-8:30pm
📍allsaints event space, 317 Chapel St, Ottawa
🎫 EARLY BIRD TICKETS: $10 — Available until midnight on December 31st!
🎫 General Tickets: $15

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS and THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame."

Cory Doctorow, renowned science fiction author, activist, and journalist, will present his latest book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, at The Perfect Books Lecture Series. This event is part of a series presented in partnership with The Other Hill. Attendees will have the chance to engage with Cory in a Q&A session and get their books signed. Secure your spot before January 31st to take advantage of early bird ticket prices.
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Cory Doctorow Live at Tattered Cover Colfax

Join us for a great event with Cory Doctorow as we hear about his bestselling book: Enshittification.
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Kirby Goulet
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@Kgou@pixelfed.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

Oops! That page can’t be found..

10:57am 17jan26

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@Kgou Fixed!

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@OhMrBill@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@pluralistic
Hope I can see you & Tim Wu online.
This am, I disenshittified myself by not following #Youtube when I saw them on the fediverse.
Small steps here...
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification: Regulatory arbitrage isn't just for tax cheats.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115911110992978751

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Hey look at this

* STFU 🤫 https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/stfu (h/t Boing Boing)

* Libro.fm is hiring a Technical Product Manager https://blog.libro.fm/open-positions/technical-product-manager-content-systems/

* The Harm to Consumers and Sellers from Universal Commerce Protocol, in Google’s Own Words https://www.thesling.org/the-harm-to-consumers-and-sellers-from-universal-commerce-protocol-in-googles-own-words/

* ‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning ... https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/01/15/anything-that-cant-go-on-forever-eventually-stops-enshittification-author-issues-stark-warning-to-ottawa-over-ai-policy/488014/

* 88% of all songs on Spotify have been demonetized https://musically.com/2026/01/15/5-1tn-annual-music-streams-but-120-5m-tracks-had-10-or-fewer/

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‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy

Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will intentionally degrade their products to recoup large infrastructure expenditures—and it’s up to policymakers to protect Canadians from this.
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The Harm to Consumers and Sellers from Universal Commerce Protocol, in Google’s Own Words - The Sling

This week, to much fanfare, Google introduced its new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). UCP was developed in collaboration with multiple retail partners, including Target and Walmart.. UCP involves artificial intelligence (AI) agents (i.e., programs that can perform some tasks autonomously) in the shopping process (aka, agentic commerce). Simply put, instead of searching for a specific... Read More
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5.1tn annual music streams... but 120.5m tracks had 10 or fewer

Music-biz number-cruncher Luminate has published its year-end report for 2025, with plenty of stats for the industry to chew over.
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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

#20yrago Hollywood’s Member of Parliament makes national news https://web.archive.org/web/20060213161019/http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20060123_120006_120006

#20yrsago Skip $250/plate dinner for dirty MP, eat with copyfighters https://web.archive.org/web/20060118062522/http://www.onlinerights.ca/

#20yrago Octavia Butler’s “Fledgling”: subtle, thrilling vampire novel https://memex.craphound.com/2006/01/17/octavia-butlers-fledgling-subtle-thrilling-vampire-novel/

#10yrsago Revealed: the hidden web of big-business money backing Europe and America’s pro-TTIP “think tanks” https://thecorrespondent.com/3884/Big-business-orders-its-pro-TTIP-arguments-from-these-think-tanks/855725233704-2febf71a

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Big business orders its pro-TTIP arguments from these think tanks

Think tanks present themselves as independent providers of arguments, facts, and figures in the ideologically charged debate on TTIP, the pending free trade agreement between the U.S. and the EU. But is that really the case? Together with the Platform for Authentic Journalism and fellow correspondent Dimitri Tokmetzis, I investigated where think tanks get their money and whether this influences their work.
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Octavia Butler’s “Fledgling”: subtle, thrilling vampire novel

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

#10yrsago The bizarre magnetic forest rings of northern Ontario https://www.bldgblog.com/2016/01/rings/

#10yrsago 2016 is the year of the telepathic election, and it’s not pretty http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/01/some-american-political-marker.html

#10yrsago Trump Casinos lost millions every single year that Donald Trump ran it (but he’s still rich) https://memex.craphound.com/2016/01/17/trump-casinos-lost-millions-every-single-year-that-donald-trump-ran-it-but-hes-still-rich/

#10yrsago Oregon domestic terrorists now destroying public property in earnest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/16/oregon-militias-behavior-increasingly-brazen-as-public-property-destroyed?CMP=edit_2221

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Oregon militia's behavior increasingly brazen as public property destroyed

Occupiers of Malheur refuge apparently testing officials’ patience: ‘They’re really trying to get a rise out of somebody,’ says local tribal leader
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Trump Casinos lost millions every single year that Donald Trump ran it (but he’s still rich)

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Rings

In the forests of northern Ontario, a “strange phenomenon” of large natural rings occurs, where thousands of circles, as large as two kilometers in diameter, appear in the remote landsc…
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

#10yrsago Jeremy Corbyn proposes ban on dividends from companies that don’t pay living wages https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/16/jeremy-corbyn-to-confront-big-business-over-living-wage

#10yrsago The Electable Mr Sanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160119083607/http://robertreich.org/post/137454417985

#10yrsago Suspicious, photo-taking “Middle Eastern” men were visually impaired tourists https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mall-video-men-1.3406619

#5yrsago Fighting fiber was the right's dumbest self-own https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/17/turner-diaries-fanfic/#1a-fiber

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Six Responses to Bernie Skeptics

1. “He’d never beat Trump or Cruz in a general election.” Wrong. According to the latest polls, Bernie is the strongest Democratic candidate in the general election, defeating both Donald Trump and...
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Jeremy Corbyn to confront big business over living wage

Labour leader intends to bar firms from distributing dividends unless they pay the living wage
https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: 17 Jan 2021

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