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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Berlin: Enshittification at Otherland Books, May 19
https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/cory-doctorow.html

* #HayOnWye: HowTheLightGetsIn, May 22-25
https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/big-ideas-2

* SXSW #London, Jun 2
https://www.sxswlondon.com/session/how-big-tech-broke-the-internet-b3c4a901

* #NYC: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Jonathan Coulton (The Strand), Jun 24
https://www.strandbooks.com/cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaur-s-guide-to-life-after-ai.html

* #Edinburgh International Book Festival with Jimmy Wales, Aug 17
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-front-list-cory-doctorow-and-jimmy-wales

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How Big Tech Broke the Internet | SXSW London 2026 Sessions

The internet promised openness, creativity, and connection but today a handful of tech giants control much of the digital world. In this talk, Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow - Otherland Buchhandlung Berlin

Cory Doctorow kommt wieder ins Otherlandund präsentiert Enshittification (die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt) Wann: 19. 05. 2026 um 19:30 // Wo: Otherland Bitte anmelden mit einer Mail an: service@otherland-berlin.de

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Big Ideas

#hayonwye #nyc #berlin #edinburgh #london

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@jawarajabbi@mastodon.online · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@pluralistic

As usual, Mr. Doctorow does not mince words.

#AIBubble #AI

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

I'm coming to #Guelph, Ontario TOMORROW (May 😄 to deliver the Musagetes Lecture:

https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/guelph-lecture-on-being-2026/

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Guelph Lecture—On Being

Presented by ArtsEverywhere Festival The 2026 Guelph Lecture—On Being will be presented by Cory Doctorow on the “enshittification” of the internet. The keynote lecture will explore how we can…

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Bubbles are REALLY evil: Bernie Ebbers got what was coming to him.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116532300697071646

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Hey look at this

* Appearing Productive in The Workplace https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/

* Unsolicited https://www.jennyvolvovski.com/category/unsolicited

* Half of Labour’s Voters Set to Abandon Party in England as Keir Starmer’s ‘London Wall’ Crumbles https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/exclusive-poll-half-of-labours-voters-set-to-abandon-party-in-england-as-keir-starmers-london-wall-crumbles/

* Am I Meant To Be Impressed? https://www.wheresyoured.at/am-i-meant-to-be-impressed/

* Froth is a small live lexical language for programmable devices https://frothlang.org/

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Am I Meant To Be Impressed?

If you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and OpenAI’s finances,

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Exclusive Poll: Half of Labour's Voters Set to Abandon Party in England as Keir Starmer’s 'London Wall' Crumbles

Support for Labour and the Conservatives set to fall severely at Thursday's local elections, as Reform and the Greens make gains, an exclusive Omnisis poll for Byline Times suggests

Unsolicited / Jenny Volvovski

Jenny Volvovski is a designer by day and asleep by night.

No One's Happy

Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy

AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 2 hours ago

#20yrsago Judge mocks FCC’s legal argument for wiretapping VoIP https://web.archive.org/web/20060512141440/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004638.php

#20yrsago Podcasting saved from the UN — for now https://web.archive.org/web/20060603152220/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004637.php

#15yrsago Two billion people and the royal wedding: pretty damned unlikely https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2011/05/06/2-billion-viewers/

#15yrsago Mozilla tells DHS: we won’t help you censor the Internet https://torrentfreak.com/homeland-security-wants-mozilla-to-pull-domain-seizure-add-on-110505/

#15yrsago Foxconn workers forced to sign promise not to commit suicide due to working conditions https://memex.craphound.com/2011/05/05/foxconn-workers-forced-to-sign-promise-not-to-commit-suicide-due-to-working-conditions/

https://memex.craphound.com

Foxconn workers forced to sign promise not to commit suicide due to working conditions

https://torrentfreak.com

Homeland Security Wants Mozilla to Pull “Domain Seizure” Add-On

Homeland Security's ICE unit is not happy with a Firefox add-on that allows the public to circumvent the domains seizures carried out during the past several months. In an attempt to correct this 'vulnerability' in their anti-piracy strategy, ICE have asked Mozilla to pull the add-on from their site. Unfortunately for them Mozilla denied the request, arguing that this type of censorship may threaten the open Internet.

Two billion viewers (Phil Gyford’s website)

EFF: DeepLinks

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