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Latest book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
Recent appearances: * Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4o3fPZZE * Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO) https://www.youtu...
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You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at: https://bsky.app/profile/doctorow.pluralistic.net/post/3mrhpylort22k eof/
Cory Doctorow · 6d
Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * #Brighton: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8 https://brightondome.org/whats-on/LSC-cory-doctorow-the-reverse-...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
Recent appearances:

* Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4o3fPZZE

* Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnvR2fs8CA

* Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFjGvQoBgc

* How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late (This Is Hell)
https://thisishell.com/episodes/1919

* AI Won't Replace You... But This Might (Deep Focus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorWq_m48AQ

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection! Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty/ -- If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is ad-/tracker-free, and is utterly unadorne...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
Upcoming appearances: * Virtual: EFFecting Change: Who the Machine Serves, Aug 12 https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-who-machine-serves * #Edinburgh International Book Festival with Jimmy Wa...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Brighton: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8
https://brightondome.org/whats-on/LSC-cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/

* #London: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Riley Quinn (Foyle's Picadilly), Sep 9
https://www.foyles.co.uk/events/enshittification-cory-doctorow-riley-quinn

* #SouthBend: An Evening With Cory Doctorow (Notre Dame), Oct 6
https://franco.nd.edu/events/2026/10/06/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
Recent appearances: * Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4o3fPZZE * Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnvR2fs8CA * Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFjGvQoBg...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
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 ...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances:

* Virtual: EFFecting Change: Who the Machine Serves, Aug 12
https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-who-machine-serves

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

* #Sydney: The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Aug 23-24
https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/

* #Melbourne: Enshittification at the Wheeler Centre, Aug 25
https://www.wheelercentre.com/events-tickets/season-2026/cory-doctorow-enshittification

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * #Brighton: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8 https://brightondome.org/whats-on/LSC-cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/ * #London: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Riley...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereverse...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
Upcoming appearances: * Virtual: EFFecting Change: Who the Machine Serves, Aug 12 https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-who-machine-serves * #Edinburgh International Book Festival with Jimmy Wales, Aug 17 https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-front-list-cory-doctorow-and-jimmy-wales * #Syd...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
Yesterday's threads: AI solipsists and AI cynics; and more! https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116974536382826504 7/ https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/980/316/355/945/504/original/d6648...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/

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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
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." https://craphound.com/shop/ 9/ htt...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/ -- My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Ens...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
#20yrsago Power outlets in airports wiki https://web.archive.org/web/20060807061721/http://wiki.jeffsandquist.com/default.aspx/AirPower/AirPower Home.html #20yrsago How iTunes is bad for the music in...
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#10yrsago Textiles printed directly from sewer covers https://raubdruckerin.de/

#10yrsago Mexican indigenous groups form co-op phone company to serve 356 municipalities https://globalvoices.org/2016/07/26/so-long-phone-companies-mexicos-indigenous-groups-are-getting-their-own-telecoms/

#5yrsago Surge pricing violates antitrust law https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/26/aggregate-demand/#pure-transfer

#5yrsago Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/26/aggregate-demand/#murder-offsets

#5yrsago Charter schools are money laundries https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/26/aggregate-demand/#ed-bezzle

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
Yesterday's threads: AI solipsists and AI cynics; and more! https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116974536382826504 7/ https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/980/316/355/945/504/original/d6648e3c503d7283.jpg
Cory Doctorow · 6d
#25yrsago Shapeable printed batteries https://web.archive.org/web/20011102112023/https://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991069 #20yrsago Monopoly replaces play-money with fake credit-cards...
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Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow
#20yrsago Power outlets in airports wiki https://web.archive.org/web/20060807061721/http://wiki.jeffsandquist.com/default.aspx/AirPower/AirPower Home.html

#20yrsago How iTunes is bad for the music industry and the public https://web.archive.org/web/20060813140818/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191000408

#15yrsago Ousted EMI boss: pirates are our best customers, suing is bad for business https://torrentfreak.com/former-google-cio-limewire-pirates-were-itunes-best-customers-110726/

#15yrsago Patent trolls and shakedowns: Intellectual Ventures and the “little guy” https://web.archive.org/web/20160810163346/https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/07/26/138576167/when-patents-attack

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
#10yrsago Textiles printed directly from sewer covers https://raubdruckerin.de/ #10yrsago Mexican indigenous groups form co-op phone company to serve 356 municipalities https://globalvoices.org/2016/07/26/so-long-phone-companies-mexicos-indigenous-groups-are-getting-their-own-telecoms/ #5yrsago Su...
Cory Doctorow · 6d
Hey look at this * Public opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade https://theconversation.com/public-opinion-on-abortion-has-shifted-4-years-after-dobbs-de...
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#25yrsago Shapeable printed batteries https://web.archive.org/web/20011102112023/https://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991069

#20yrsago Monopoly replaces play-money with fake credit-cards https://web.archive.org/web/20070220050926/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1228653,00.html

#20yrsago HOWTO build a fax out of salmon tins https://web.archive.org/web/20060828010312/https://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/25/build-a-rather-bad-salmon-can-fax-machine/

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
#20yrsago Power outlets in airports wiki https://web.archive.org/web/20060807061721/http://wiki.jeffsandquist.com/default.aspx/AirPower/AirPower Home.html #20yrsago How iTunes is bad for the music industry and the public https://web.archive.org/web/20060813140818/http://informationweek.com/news/sho...
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Hey look at this

* Public opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade https://theconversation.com/public-opinion-on-abortion-has-shifted-4-years-after-dobbs-decision-overturned-roe-v-wade-285668

* Reading “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” https://www.not-so-obvious.net/reading-do-artifacts-have-politics/

* Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules https://www.theverge.com/tech/943866/google-alphabet-eu-dma-fine-search-services-play-store-steering

* Why Paramount Should Be Worried https://prospect.org/2026/07/22/why-paramount-should-be-worried-warner-bros-merger-ellison/

* The Plain Language Guide to Digital Privacy https://shannonguides.com/dl/167c8da8a0ab/digital-privacy.pdf

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Cory Doctorow · 6d
#25yrsago Shapeable printed batteries https://web.archive.org/web/20011102112023/https://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991069 #20yrsago Monopoly replaces play-money with fake credit-cards https://web.archive.org/web/20070220050926/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1228653,00....