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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:02 PM

  #10yrsago RIP, Tom Hayden: Yippie, radical, politician, author https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37749127

  #10yrsago Audit reveals significant vulnerabilities in Truecrypt and its successors https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/10/18/veracrypt-security-audit/

  #5yrsago Cyber-mercenaries helped Saudis hack an NYT reporter https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/24/breaking-the-news/#kingdom

  #5yrsago The Traitorous Eight and the Battle of Germanium Valley https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/24/the-traitorous-eight-and-the-battle-of-germanium-valley/

  #1yrago Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/#pee-bottles

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:03 PM

  Wednesday's threads: Adversarial interoperability is a team sport; and more!

  https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117480830338262316

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:03 PM

  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 Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:04 PM

  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 Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:04 PM

  Upcoming appearances:

  * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
  https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai

  * #Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30
  https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/

  * #Kilkenny: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
  https://kilkenomics.com/

  * #Courtenay: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
  https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/

  * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
  https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/

  * #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
  https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:04 PM

  Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

  * #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
  https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation

  * Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28
  https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/

  * #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
  https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/

  * #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
  https://montreal2027.ca/en

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:05 PM

  Recent appearances:

  * Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors)
  https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088

  * Life After AI (Brain Bar)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI

  * Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
  https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8

  * AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
  AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/

  * AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
  https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:05 PM

  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/2026/10/23/better-to-give/

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  Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr

  Oct 23, 2026, 9:05 PM

  I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:

  https://bsky.app/profile/did:web:pluralistic.net/post/3myl2wkfhss2v

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