#5yrsago One of pharma’s most notorious gougers is going bankrupt, but 2019 is a banner year for #shkreli-grade pharma price-hikes https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/infamous-pharma-company-declares-bankruptcy-after-3900-price-hike/

#5yrsago Chasing down the list of potential #Predpol customers reveals dozens of cities that have secretly experimented with “#PredictivePolicing” https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3m7jq/dozens-of-cities-have-secretly-experimented-with-predictive-policing-software

#5yrsago Amazon is using purchase data to sell targeted ads, which is creepy, but not because they’ve invented a #MindControl ray https://memex.craphound.com/2019/02/06/amazon-is-using-purchase-data-to-sell-targeted-ads-which-is-creepy-but-not-because-theyve-invented-a-mind-control-ray/

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#5yrsago The next Firefox will block all autoplayed audio, video https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/02/firefox-66-to-block-automatically-playing-audible-video-and-audio/

#5yrsago RIP, author #CarolEmshwiller https://locusmag.com/2019/02/carol-emshwiller-1921-2019/

#5yrsago Washington State sheriff used courtroom camera to zoom in on defense attorney and juror’s private notes https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/san-juan-sheriffs-use-of-courtroom-camera-to-view-jurors-notebook-lawyers-notes-sparks-outrage-and-dismissal-of-criminal-case/

#5yrsago Lawsuit says that America’s “break even” court records website shouldn’t be making 98%+ profits https://www.techdirt.com/2019/02/06/multiple-parties-including-author-law-governing-pacer-ask-court-to-stop-pacers-screwing-taxpayers/

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#5yrsago Fox News blames schools teaching “fairness” for support for a tax on the super-rich https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/annfs6/fox_news_blames_public_support_of_wealth_tax/

#1yrago Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind" https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/06/trickster-makes-the-world/#power-play

#1yrago Higher #InterestRates increase both the #MonetarySupply and #inflation https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/04/if-i-was-a-horse/#friedman-was-a-dolt

#1yrago Small Government https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/small-government/

#1yrago When Facebook came for your battery, FeudalSecurity failed https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/battery-vampire/#drained

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Friday's threads: Worker misclassification is a competition issue; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111863689640173058

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My latest novel is "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245

Both are national bestsellers!

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Upcoming appearances:

* The Bezzle at Weller Book Works (#SaltLakeCity), Feb 21
https://www.wellerbookworks.com/event/store-cory-doctorow-feb-21-630-pm

* The Bezzle at Third Place Books (#Seattle), Feb 26
https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/cory-doctorow

* #Tuscon Festival of Books, Mar 9/10
https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676

* Media Ecology Association keynote, Jun 6-9 (#Amherst, NY)
https://media-ecology.org/convention

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Recent appearances:

* Transmediale McLuhan Lecture 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nycso_OQes0

* Enshittification: The Rise and Fall of Big Tech (Crash Course Economics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7AxrFQ7jIM

* Generation of Lost Causes with #VassBednar (#TorontoPublicLibrary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rGj5VaJSDQ

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