2026-08-27T04:18:18Z https://nostr.now Nostr notes by iiradned iiradned https://nostr.now/npub1s5qm4dlqfmn7tkdlfezpqfdw0s2cvtd69wqazndg0eesc2203d3sfwuf69 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/776/183/145/131/778/original/21a3ecb21267b7ac.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/776/183/145/131/778/original/21a3ecb21267b7ac.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ar736frs6nyhpjvadhy5de4lutqef3a4cfpkh43cf7e4srpw2mszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx80fwcu All it takes is realizing that there are far worse things you can ... All it takes is realizing that there are far worse things you can do with information than &#34;stealing&#34; it.<br/><br/>Unpermissioned research <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/</a> 2026-09-02T14:42:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcphz75cqmafm0f5s2rsy62mvcxxauhsdqwqluh8sg5rwr6y8v4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxhfl5am Allowing companies to shift value from their customers and ... Allowing companies to shift value from their customers and suppliers to themselves has made them richer, us poorer, and everything more expensive. Maybe some examples from the past can help shift that value back<br/><br/>The age of disinvention <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/25/gammamax/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/25/gammamax/</a> 2026-08-26T14:41:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2fsgyxwnqgxtklmy09rgd5cap4vlv4szntdm6mp9r60xy88wmhpgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0c22fe Even when the deal is extremely rigged in his favour Trump&#39;s ... Even when the deal is extremely rigged in his favour Trump&#39;s default is to welch<br/><br/>How Canada can help Americans and defeat America <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/elbows-really-up/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/elbows-really-up/</a> 2026-08-25T01:34:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvj25d7xcxy97awdez9fdupl56vulf7t6lgrj0cafh77uzxvwlttczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxyl3l6e Luck often plays a huge role in how our lives turn out Born on ... Luck often plays a huge role in how our lives turn out<br/><br/>Born on technology&#39;s third base <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/21/world-historic-forces/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/21/world-historic-forces/</a> 2026-08-22T02:28:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdemfgl96rprqh03kh9ear66hpn5c8vskt6une8mhacp9wj2x6xeszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx20r0y6 In world where AI can fake anything how can we be sure of any of ... In world where AI can fake anything how can we be sure of any of it real and the truth<br/><br/>The actual epistemic crisis <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/</a> 2026-08-21T01:30:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrdgaz08cgaa7s2psnllre8rqv2jh42ww75measpxeu9y56lqrx9gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxgu40e3 AI bosses are terrible, mediocre, boring-ass losers ejecting ... AI bosses are terrible, mediocre, boring-ass losers ejecting fountains of nonsense about AI. We need to point out that they are liars NOT repeat their lies.<br/><br/>The ordinariness of evil <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/banaility/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/banaility/</a> 2026-08-19T14:02:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4cw9dmfnvd7c9lglgh4hrmwwft4dhk5s5wjkkf08v3783ft2gqszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx28uzq3 Winning privacy and labor struggles means more than the right to ... Winning privacy and labor struggles means more than the right to be angry about AI - that&#39;s the right to do something about it.<br/><br/>IP can&#39;t save you from AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/enron-corpus/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/enron-corpus/</a> 2026-08-18T15:32:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstceqx90t46hgy25rpncjhvuvje9x5j28amqsgpj783vsth9c62lszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx33yndq The definitive textbook on explaining copyright (with comics!). ... The definitive textbook on explaining copyright (with comics!).<br/><br/>Jennifer Jenkins&#39; &#39;Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture&#39; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/17/great-sousas-ghost/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/17/great-sousas-ghost/</a> 2026-08-17T14:20:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0s3enjwjtmzcrvt46369ezvqf6fply3t4emf574s4frypau3ufszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx46xhkk Living in a world that&#39;s trained on itself. Model collapse ... Living in a world that&#39;s trained on itself.<br/><br/>Model collapse <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/12/insurance-value-of-biodiversity/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/12/insurance-value-of-biodiversity/</a> 2026-08-12T14:58:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqm4hxhwh68zp7nj2l0nda2let8pyrev2hl48va946umttltqhssgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxs778da Someone&#39;s gonna fleece these rubes, why not me? Surveillance ... Someone&#39;s gonna fleece these rubes, why not me?<br/><br/>Surveillance vs guillotines <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners/</a> 2026-08-11T14:28:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv6927wfxqsm065dgvnryjum95exsx62g2gyfsplclt50a0hfya9qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxz25fa4 If your robobureaucracy is more concerned with fighting fraud ... If your robobureaucracy is more concerned with fighting fraud than delivering service, then it isn&#39;t a service delivery system at all - it&#39;s a service denial system.<br/><br/>The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/</a> 2026-08-10T13:53:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxup9jfk2m9546znwavjw3kqyjsy2uttmrx7q9p6xgfluuxgjlq4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0lra4q Some of the most talented and skilled workers want to make the ... Some of the most talented and skilled workers want to make the world a better place. Mamdani&#39;s PIT crews help to show the way<br/><br/>Digital sewer socialism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city/</a> 2026-08-08T13:49:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9nklym3688vr8cdyg4rqs40m2w57nfft9w3q4pranyu503wsmutczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxfpvjrm Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without ... Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without socializing.<br/><br/>Eternal Sloptember <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/06/sin-is-when/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/06/sin-is-when/</a> 2026-08-06T15:52:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmd5hly5e89knlxdxfyl2pq2sgwygkf6qg5u0jjyf2vqhhdks7hgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxaaz6uv To paraphrase an old adage, when the cat doesn&#39;t care the ... To paraphrase an old adage, when the cat doesn&#39;t care the mice will run amok. The cat (Google) lets all the mice (fraudsters) do whatever they want so long as the cat gets its cut<br/><br/>Google is a scammer&#39;s paradise <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/absentee-landlord/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/absentee-landlord/</a> 2026-08-05T14:26:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ppgdh6cshd3r6ssmdnpqg6n27gpca75tp04r65vl82gzff9trdszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxy4n438 At last, the first steps towards a post-American internet. ... At last, the first steps towards a post-American internet.<br/><br/>Post-American compute for a post-American Internet <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/</a> 2026-08-04T14:36:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp42rswcnl875ngn87dg64ns3ylh3rjakx9g2kmgymexpps0h9ltszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0q9ryk AI is almost like a Greek myth. The thing that is a good tool for ... AI is almost like a Greek myth. The thing that is a good tool for the skilled people is being sold as a thing to reduce the number of skilled people hired.<br/><br/>Dualism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor/</a> 2026-08-03T15:29:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfre5stapxjqtatm8aul5juttlykegdtxajzevvdznd2eqscp6caczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxz9jc8d Humoring the boss all the way into bankruptcy. Why businesses lie ... Humoring the boss all the way into bankruptcy.<br/><br/>Why businesses lie about AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/</a> 2026-08-01T14:07:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90cjj5sw08rde48ckv7dq3aezh7deuaz4alv5m4tz776v4l5e6lczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu2nmqp Copyright has never meant the absolute right to control all uses ... Copyright has never meant the absolute right to control all uses of a work, there are all sorts of limits and exceptions<br/><br/>Better to beg forgiveness <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it/</a> 2026-07-31T14:01:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxxtmex689rk0nn5fgu53n3m6n5t5p8jgxp3xfykleukq5j5u2agzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrtpzy7 Price gouging is one of things AI&#39;s very good at and one the ... Price gouging is one of things AI&#39;s very good at and one the quickest ways to profitability<br/><br/>The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/</a> 2026-07-30T13:42:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kmr7y0xsd84xqszmj9e5wm74mhfjjcmc3jlyk2j4a9mul0thgqgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxh35psw How can you fact-check AI when you&#39;re asking it to teach you ... How can you fact-check AI when you&#39;re asking it to teach you something you don&#39;t understand?<br/><br/>Discernment <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/hitl-ers/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/hitl-ers/</a> 2026-07-28T14:07:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftl48s2urm4vmae5yxgzz0g597f5slvspq8sljfpx3680lnl4ypgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0p8292 The EU killing off Article of the Copyright Directive can allow ... The EU killing off Article of the Copyright Directive can allow European tech firms to bring defective American tech exports into compliance with European law.<br/><br/>How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/eucd-6/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/eucd-6/</a> 2026-07-27T15:21:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdzdeemgvpyjh466tec4tffj76swkvfacz59susyv4s3fnq0davvszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzw4gat Bosses all want AI to turn out like JARVIS from the Iron Man ... Bosses all want AI to turn out like JARVIS from the Iron Man movies. They can just tell AI what they want and the it (the AI) will do it, whether it&#39;s arranging a date or building a suit of power armor<br/><br/>AI solipsists and AI cynics <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/</a> 2026-07-24T13:38:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs074t6fgakjut4qyugmqlrq2urn9nl8rltq9749qa2cy03udgf4qczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx44dh90 Data brokers are a cancer, they enable malicious actors to do ... Data brokers are a cancer, they enable malicious actors to do evil things from deepfakes to phishing to identity theft to racial discrimination and it doesn&#39;t stop there<br/><br/>California&#39;s privacy obstacle course <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/</a> 2026-07-23T14:15:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9tu6ycfug7jvm54lecfsgdt38wceuac5aeun2nz7fa8srl56lpgqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxl3kcq7 Trump is making the case for a post-American world better than ... Trump is making the case for a post-American world better than anyone else<br/><br/>Trump&#39;s America can&#39;t even win a rigged game <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/</a> 2026-07-22T13:58:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3jfyg5lthvf8u5np938uy7qszuu84gykwva9js7ecu9r3rl69sczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx69g6rc Killing dickovers is one step in seizing the means of computation ... Killing dickovers is one step in seizing the means of computation and disenshittify the internet<br/><br/>Dealing with dickovers <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers/</a> 2026-07-21T13:51:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsws9pqj9p2u4lpke79ys5tdxdh6kk7wt0uy437e4v59u2xxy9fxeczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxydfh6c Those in power believe that some people are born to wield and ... Those in power believe that some people are born to wield and deserve that power. Their evidence is that they hold the levers of power.<br/><br/>Deranged billionaires and their syndromes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/lucky-orifices/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/lucky-orifices/</a> 2026-07-17T01:44:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdq3s46yqv3ufu2vm2v7scsl0d554m5l25tm2qurk5cvdszl9my7czyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzr6txz The fact that our political classes seem to think that they can ... The fact that our political classes seem to think that they can choose the time and manner of their passing is baffling.<br/><br/>Gerontocracy&#39;s failure mode <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor/</a> 2026-07-14T14:26:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0l54uhmehv77czkhclash7rxtk8yg25f7nefv2mhgq95gpqd3rjqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxd3lqud AI hucksters want the world to believe that their hallucinatory ... AI hucksters want the world to believe that their hallucinatory chatbots can do whatever job is needed what do they need humans for?<br/><br/>Why aren&#39;t AI companies competing directly with their customers? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/</a> 2026-07-13T13:51:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6qekhr7y2dt04wlfpl0g8rf3ky9lyuh9kdq46afn84763vmjkuszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx4jlf46 Gig platforms are basically wealth extraction mechanisms to ... Gig platforms are basically wealth extraction mechanisms to transfer wealth from the workers to the platform&#39;s owners<br/><br/>Workplace &#34;flexibility&#34; isn&#39;t <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/</a> 2026-07-11T13:37:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05tcf4fny2u9ac0aljsthf9z6025yh8k3p8szsvghgxsg5jyq2zczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx98geqr There&#39;s every reason to think that extending personhood to AI ... There&#39;s every reason to think that extending personhood to AI will produce the same outcome as &#34;rights for corporations,&#34; which thus has had negative impacts on our society<br/><br/>&#34;Rights for robots&#34; and the AI slavery fantasy <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans/</a> 2026-07-10T14:23:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8admargdvsappp6pwe7lkawuff7rm45rnxuwuae9543h3svghsczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxsmzsku Those on the right view property rights as THE primary human ... Those on the right view property rights as THE primary human right. Viewing property as an end unto itself and which makes it a terrible danger to our society and species<br/><br/>Post-political <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/</a> 2026-07-09T13:47:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqau3e8cjmmtrg2u79ha2fj7zz666fdw3n0c4agvd3h84nkc7lhygzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxetz99f Global tech giants seem to run the same playbook to establish and ... Global tech giants seem to run the same playbook to establish and maintain their monopolies in each country working together trustbusters the world over can beat back the tech giants<br/><br/>How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/07/going-global/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/07/going-global/</a> 2026-07-07T13:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9q4ql4jshq963p42fw5vr9jj696dl4rj9sm4geqznmc8vramngtgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxvmu90m With great abstraction comes great power comes great ... With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity.<br/><br/>CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/03/rod-logic/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/03/rod-logic/</a> 2026-07-03T15:38:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdgvgjd95vu5jt29sxpxrpmdqz6hpweky9nlgk8fhr79ma24e5a9qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp86l6t The AI bubble requires the production of reverse centaurs, to the ... The AI bubble requires the production of reverse centaurs, to the exclusion of centaurs<br/><br/>The difference between &#34;today&#39;s task&#34; and &#34;accretive work&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/02/canonization/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/02/canonization/</a> 2026-07-02T14:18:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qmdnkpyl23tn9rfwa6afujljzv543k3308rg5mzhkmgxnemsungzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx3f2qwy Enshittification is the great leveler of corporations and are ... Enshittification is the great leveler of corporations and are increasingly run by bloodless business sociopaths who go to enormous lengths to project an air of sober adulthood<br/><br/>Technocarcinization <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/01/ontogeny/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/01/ontogeny/</a> 2026-07-01T15:32:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqu7esg4a379d7mlgq0x9kgqnrsaqzfak2n58nlp3xssdu3v2s40szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxy4tzry Google has turned fully parasitic, sucking the last drops of ... Google has turned fully parasitic, sucking the last drops of juice out of the open web before discarding its husk.<br/><br/>Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters/</a> 2026-06-30T02:04:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs87ekv2mcnak50n37gl76m5jznmqg5nwk62uke40vnva96stkqenqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx8d6af5 Speaking of thin-skinned, paranoid, wildly corrupt buffoons who ... Speaking of thin-skinned, paranoid, wildly corrupt buffoons who will stop at nothing to silence their enemies<br/><br/>Zuckerberg&#39;s increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/zuckerstreisand-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/zuckerstreisand-2/</a> 2026-06-27T14:01:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9nyn7jufggz55m788d7g6phf2vc80xmhcespuqwwscn45z7qv9fczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu4y2nu It wasn&#39;t progress when they did it, it&#39;s not piracy when ... It wasn&#39;t progress when they did it, it&#39;s not piracy when we do it back to them.<br/><br/>Jailbreaking isn&#39;t theft <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/25/thieve-different/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/25/thieve-different/</a> 2026-06-25T14:09:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxzqm02udpnjx047yrzknzhplvet8vurzztqpxnwtvtzsdvvqxjszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx2c6u5h You can&#39;t protect kids from online surveillance by spying on ... You can&#39;t protect kids from online surveillance by spying on them.<br/><br/>Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/</a> 2026-06-23T13:49:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstz8r8p5axcrqnz5x8v5ay7k7vpkzc84wae7ea5afsd85c3y6dr8szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlf8rg3 Just make people&#39;s lives better. And making ordinary ... Just make people&#39;s lives better. And making ordinary people&#39;s lives better is the last thing all the oligarchs want.<br/><br/>Good politics <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/22/8-for-what-we-will/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/22/8-for-what-we-will/</a> 2026-06-23T03:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvtea4ud0kaw4uz2tyh2jk0y24zcj5r0zwqk4zd87c8fm2k62vxaczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzrh4rr RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116783319772411325 The assholes ... RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116783319772411325">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116783319772411325</a><br/><br/>The assholes who want to scam you into helping them keep their Ponzi scheme going<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note178lpqantwp6seh4z5kp8acwfdmsyq8xae5yfwwm3vr20xjr6pu6sd32zam" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note178l…2zam</a></span><br/> </div> Perhaps you've encountered the stories about Dialog, an extremely weird secret society associated with Peter "Antichrist" Thiel, whose membership data and details have leaked this week:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-private-dialog-club-secretly-ranks-its-members/">https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-private-dialog-club-secretly-ranks-its-members/</a><br/><br/>--<br/><br/>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/20/any-club-that-would-have-me/#monologue">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/20/any-club-that-would-have-me/#monologue</a><br/><br/>1/<br/> <img src="https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/783/153/644/015/900/original/a0a8c1e908ff0e70.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-06-21T02:05:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgqy5xctmkqjag2uctajfhxvht6ku2c0j0hhhjdaz0axj22rfwzyczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx3tr2gg At a certain point we&#39;re all going to look at each other and ... At a certain point we&#39;re all going to look at each other and say (about crypto, AI, and, MAGA), &#34;It was all bullshit, wasn&#39;t it?&#34;<br/><br/>The Big Con <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/19/too-big-to-fact-check/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/19/too-big-to-fact-check/</a> 2026-06-20T03:25:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd38kertg2dka9xxtelu4t0cd83nqzn77tc86kc68crel636urxpszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxvgqjxe AI is only essential to AI bros AI digital sovereignty risk ... AI is only essential to AI bros<br/><br/>AI digital sovereignty risk doesn&#39;t exist <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/their-trillions-our-billions/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/their-trillions-our-billions/</a> 2026-06-19T02:20:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvuvl3npjpjrfk3far5qwng0yl5fuh0yup3n9q4xu262tktm9rnvszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx6zr30t The actual dead economy risk is that our institutions and markets ... The actual dead economy risk is that our institutions and markets will continue to move capital from productive activity into memestocks, vibes, and bubbles. One that&#39;ll kill everyone you love and everything that matters.<br/><br/>The (real) dead economy theory <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/17/its-the-stupid-economy-stupid/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/17/its-the-stupid-economy-stupid/</a> 2026-06-18T03:21:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25z5exu8um0wdd5ftn53zw6eepxrap7mt8g0c4nkyus4pvskzlsczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcf3xss Ordinary folks will find ways to using technology to suit their ... Ordinary folks will find ways to using technology to suit their own needs unforseen by its creators<br/><br/>AI and amateurism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/15/vernacular/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/15/vernacular/</a> 2026-06-16T02:05:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstv5maere9e6806043a0yph9zhkmtk893nyfst708vu39pdh5uytszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxhwa2p6 Shareholder supremacy can be used as an excuse to do the most ... Shareholder supremacy can be used as an excuse to do the most evil things if they can get away with it<br/><br/>Shareholder supremacy and the precog CEO <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/13/minority-shareholder-report/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/13/minority-shareholder-report/</a> 2026-06-14T01:35:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspzmmap2l2q6ves7qp3pq5gswvm4elvr9ucjuf0wp40wrjp02ey6czyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx89qepy According to ad-tech companies, your data does not belong to you ... According to ad-tech companies, your data does not belong to you<br/><br/>Google&#39;s new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/12/compelled-speech/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/12/compelled-speech/</a> 2026-06-13T02:11:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9qun8uhrutd3xh575uxj7kusyyaj63wlvgyq2vaflqpphmetu60gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxtmeh9j Only by working together can we move the world on past the ... Only by working together can we move the world on past the current enshittocene<br/><br/>The world has moved on <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/11/lapsarianism/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/11/lapsarianism/</a> 2026-06-12T02:23:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswtlph54mps2x5nurwnd69kfpm544pkxvx2qas60qf2zqrv0wnhyszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqcxqcx AI bros seem to want to label AI as something that will solve all ... AI bros seem to want to label AI as something that will solve all our problems for us, that way lies madness<br/><br/>Criticizing the everything machine <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/06/applied-counterescatology/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/06/applied-counterescatology/</a> 2026-06-07T04:50:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrl50rs428t2af7jc5yydv5ulx0e44lhsk6f7nwuufncrcyfmcmjqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxldcdp0 What our technology is shows us what we&#39;re not, it forces us ... What our technology is shows us what we&#39;re not, it forces us (yet again!) to revisit what sorts of things are needed to do the things that matter to us, and therefore, what makes us special.<br/><br/>Refining humanity <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/05/defining-humanity/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/05/defining-humanity/</a> 2026-06-06T03:09:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg4jhwcwrj33075p9dakvhh4840r0h23rqn2wa5waputkwm3k7xdszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx27ve7r Adding the internet to things is usually a good thing but it also ... Adding the internet to things is usually a good thing but it also exposes lots of negative things (like Qanon and others) the explosive growth of &#39;AI&#39; will be a matter of when not if AI will go off the rails.<br/><br/>Delusion as a service <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/03/mission-space/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/03/mission-space/</a> 2026-06-04T14:09:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp2qzwkgax2p3gk3j2hjjl5zykhw0c2xau52n5mzzvrypkn0m7qvgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx25046h &#39;Excitement&#39; is to art as &#39;falsifiability&#39; is to ... &#39;Excitement&#39; is to art as &#39;falsifiability&#39; is to science.<br/><br/>The tedious power of storytelling <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/02/must-we-pretend/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/02/must-we-pretend/</a> 2026-06-02T14:43:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhqjfn32z6v0xpa7tqcj8u3aucaqxdfhf7e4u3klnywwppzyunqgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx5wzvvv We need to elect of folks who actually do what Third Way ... We need to elect of folks who actually do what Third Way bullshitters promise<br/><br/>Carneyism without Carney <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/30/rupture/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/30/rupture/</a> 2026-05-30T13:59:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr0gj0e39fw64ynmzmyukqmwrlvfvfxxl0xqdcumskx3pjuapp3uszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxkvy28n Cryptography is no substitute for the rule of law and democracy, ... Cryptography is no substitute for the rule of law and democracy, but it remains a key tool for securing and defending both<br/><br/>Hold on for dear life <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/28/we-live-in-a-society/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/28/we-live-in-a-society/</a> 2026-05-28T14:56:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5zgxv4mmk2kmx7qgx2deuutl3h8cf3d9gu6krzz98qxvgapw5pqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx456959 The Zuckermuskians believe that other real actual people are just ... The Zuckermuskians believe that other real actual people are just NPCs that they are free to abuse and discard as necessary in order to rearrange the world as their AI models see fit.<br/><br/>AI and a world without migrants <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/</a> 2026-05-27T14:20:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs24ufa0mt66dn55r3w9jd5c889gzhk045mvhmwtam2jpg7zj625nszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxl9w0xt No one had to force-feed the web to workers. The AI bubble ... No one had to force-feed the web to workers.<br/><br/>The AI bubble isn&#39;t like the internet bubble <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/26/the-ai-will-continue/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/26/the-ai-will-continue/</a> 2026-05-26T14:23:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfquunrshse35v7f94lnjvrzqvjt89t5ajkefvfd9szqamls77kaczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxfg7ren Ad-tech is a circle jerk of liars lying to each other about the ... Ad-tech is a circle jerk of liars lying to each other about the product (the consumer)<br/><br/>No honor among (ad-tech) thieves <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/25/lying-spies/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/25/lying-spies/</a> 2026-05-25T14:02:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf3vwszy56uy2cqp6mrj6l2t9tg5qudh5p84yhr3xfzfru4qv72eszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu5375e Shopping is fundamentally an individual action and politics is a ... Shopping is fundamentally an individual action and politics is a collective action and is best done with a big group of people, in bonds of solidarity.<br/><br/>Shopping isn&#39;t politics <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/</a> 2026-05-22T02:11:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e26l8depnxnlf3tp40zr96y9na9j8gkrekv6qxjvzwuazycl2jgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxhcrw8d Just because an empire is powerful does not mean that it is ... Just because an empire is powerful does not mean that it is eternal<br/><br/>Making sense of Trump&#39;s unscheduled sudden midair disassembly of the American empire <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/16/technopoly/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/16/technopoly/</a> 2026-05-16T14:04:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzhjzyt25k776ldqku99xph9x90g4svwsre64zele0r5wux9l4sgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrdvqxm The one policy everyone agrees on. No one wants a permanent ... The one policy everyone agrees on.<br/><br/>No one wants a permanent gerontocracy <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/</a> 2026-05-15T14:31:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyllknvjcvcndpmrf9j5uq0kjchd4kpsndvsw43c86pxkncte0ldgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx60qptc One commonality between AI bosses and fascists is the idea that ... One commonality between AI bosses and fascists is the idea that everyone and everything can be reduced to numbers that can be plugged into a model which can be tweaked to produce a desired outcome<br/><br/>Billionaire solipsism, dictator solipsism, AI, and the fascist paradigm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/vibe-governance/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/vibe-governance/</a> 2026-05-14T01:41:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0km6hdh6jmd6av9del8plyn7ndffc4sq0clp86vh4m2yw72q5wxgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp9ee9m The real fight is over the paradigm where fascists insist that ... The real fight is over the paradigm where fascists insist that freedom and democracy are incompatible and only the &#34;right people&#34; are can be trusted with the levers of power.<br/><br/>A fascist paradigm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/</a> 2026-05-12T14:14:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsylqelvdlen8vgdc3jr7l2zn45922m5yzltvudncmyuvelg06nllszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzt3qfe Millions need to be mobilized in an effort to keep the experiment ... Millions need to be mobilized in an effort to keep the experiment that is representative democracy alive<br/><br/>2024 (apart from the obvious) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/postmortem/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/postmortem/</a> 2026-05-11T14:06:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvyf02lvr28af76r44szxj9f6zyv7sez39g4fw95lpzsrdv4vhm4gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxytz5cu Enshittification happens when someone sets out to reduce your ... Enshittification happens when someone sets out to reduce your choices, and then uses that lock-in to make things worse for you in order to make things better for themself.<br/><br/>The enshittification multiverse <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/analogs-and-analogies/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/analogs-and-analogies/</a> 2026-04-27T13:35:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszeaepgk7ct3gze4vk8fqu5xlsnlsav6fqadyl7nczeeyvxwcgy4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx7u0puk This is a deeply shitty timeline, but Comrade Trump keeps ... This is a deeply shitty timeline, but Comrade Trump keeps tripping over his red tie. Let&#39;s take the wins.<br/><br/>Comrade Trump <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/</a> 2026-04-21T01:41:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f5phxrjgqlsaakfsumqtlq7xt3yem0w00sxqktu2m9r6u9jf3yszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx034z5f One reason bosses are so horny for AI is that they can use it to ... One reason bosses are so horny for AI is that they can use it to fire a ton of workers and use the resulting terror to force EVERYBODY&#39;s wages down.<br/><br/>Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/</a> 2026-04-06T13:41:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00y2mlfmcz7mkalvd39xx4h079szqtsg9d2l49m2hyfnfz9ljquszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxf8e84s Some helpful tips to disenshittifying browsing the world wide web ... Some helpful tips to disenshittifying browsing the world wide web<br/><br/>The web is bearable with RSS <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/</a> 2026-03-08T02:41:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz0j5ufe47uvaysf2ymcj0gp0ffqd2evsqxq0pp8y7k33qela7dcczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrnxs5x Just because someone is your ally now, doesn&#39;t mean ... Just because someone is your ally now, doesn&#39;t mean they&#39;ll be your ally in the future<br/><br/>Supreme Court saves artists from AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/</a> 2026-03-04T02:03:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8p04ke08szj9t42pqy4fcgwfckq40u3vqz7c0kerlzmdsgjs4qlgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxkp34vf If we don&#39;t understand a particular subject asking a chatbot ... If we don&#39;t understand a particular subject asking a chatbot for help won&#39;t cure our ignorance.<br/><br/>No one wants to read your AI slop <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/</a> 2026-03-02T14:23:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfvplh5h3deegfdzwul50h9mx7szengwy6p768de506dfm50zns3szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxfx5cu2 These are the right states&#39; rights. If the Feds won&#39;t ... These are the right states&#39; rights. If the Feds won&#39;t enforce the law maybe state AGs can.<br/><br/>California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/</a> 2026-02-28T14:40:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2naeswncm93spsd94qvxlhcnaqqck46dt2etc03mnkrv0uuzpakgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp6zzns Trump is not motivated by commitments to fairness and the rule of ... Trump is not motivated by commitments to fairness and the rule of law, he&#39;s motivated by a desire to dominate and to enriching himself.<br/><br/>If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/</a> 2026-02-26T15:25:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgjxv2qdr4g3zydtk0u7a03leupf4z4nm9kpnl55fftgy3jl4cypczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu2njt9 Amazon&#39;s secret is that they use their monopoly power to push ... Amazon&#39;s secret is that they use their monopoly power to push prices up across the ENTIRE economy.<br/><br/>The whole economy pays the Amazon tax <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/25/most-favored-nation/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/25/most-favored-nation/</a> 2026-02-25T14:38:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8fwauuyw8ldu5rem3dr3vnsl7d3u3pu644uf69cj5aln4yk22nlczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnhtqsv Running your public institution &#34;like a business&#34; is ... Running your public institution &#34;like a business&#34; is incredibly inefficient.<br/><br/>Socialist excellence in New York City <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/</a> 2026-02-24T14:35:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfknqdvjt7xcyz5rcuka2y28etnqmutjqqej867t528ka35qwdcgszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxmn6zc0 Copyright infringement is your least entertainment dollar. ... Copyright infringement is your least entertainment dollar.<br/><br/>Deplatform yourself <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/</a> 2026-02-23T14:20:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0u2u5awlenr5usxj6f78y4ylucgg0jjan6hx5ju59ux4j8fhpa4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxvn98w9 LLCs are the scammer&#39;s best friend, allowing them to evade ... LLCs are the scammer&#39;s best friend, allowing them to evade the responsibilities of being good citizens. For nearly a century Brazil has shown a working method to curbing corporate excesses.<br/><br/>A perforated corporate veil <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/karioca-konzernrecht/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/karioca-konzernrecht/</a> 2026-02-20T15:48:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz05cvsdhd8fpqu27zn33kalgd27s4wskepcyvf6rg594r9f030eqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqlelcx Gig workers should be for all the hours they put in for their ... Gig workers should be for all the hours they put in for their bosses, not just the ones where bosses decide they deserve to get paid for.<br/><br/>What&#39;s a &#34;gig work minimum wage&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/17/no-piecework/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/17/no-piecework/</a> 2026-02-17T13:39:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7sv9kezykk0ku29q99cdthu5yds2h0c346fl4jgve4zsz3g5jrszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcdvafy The trustbusting fires lit by Lina Khan&#39;s work still burn and ... The trustbusting fires lit by Lina Khan&#39;s work still burn and one day could lead to breaking the power of the Epstein class over people&#39;s lives<br/><br/>Trump antitrust is dead <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/khanservatives/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/khanservatives/</a> 2026-02-13T14:41:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jl6j4xsfwgag8xyjuw556cq83yuzsf3ngm0na7h9dqr4pruk75qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx7mercs There&#39;s a better, cheaper, more effective, technologically ... There&#39;s a better, cheaper, more effective, technologically sovereign tool already recognised only bolsters the union&#39;s case for jettisoning Palantir&#39;s products altogether.<br/><br/>Doctors&#39; union may yet save the NHS from Palantir <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/</a> 2026-02-12T13:39:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszne6ep2z60swtnaf5dsdzzhrpq5z0n6cp5zz87yqmlc205ymc92qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx92na3c Crises precipitate change, and this can an opportunity to break ... Crises precipitate change, and this can an opportunity to break the Visa/Mastercard duopoly<br/><br/>Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/post-dollar-world/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/post-dollar-world/</a> 2026-02-11T13:45:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyr4dvkkj6wxfypspnc9gwvw32vkevajy3uqkrkx00qlcj5csjmqqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxjtq6ej Economic collapse helps the Epstein class only if society has no ... Economic collapse helps the Epstein class only if society has no social safety net.<br/><br/>The Epstein class and collapse porn <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/sloppy-steve/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/sloppy-steve/</a> 2026-02-09T13:39:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4eqqfd8m4fwuvn02xl3gw0nydndlmf8k723nswkgrs4ah630xuczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnzd00g It really is past time for copyright reforms, including the ... It really is past time for copyright reforms, including the repealing parts of the DMCA.<br/><br/>End of the line for video essays <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/</a> 2026-02-07T14:40:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxge604eugsngd667rg6fq7r2p3r3la7dz4e3tn0u5l6ssptvxcuqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx9z8jd3 The absurdities of the US immigration system. Luxury Kafka ... The absurdities of the US immigration system.<br/><br/>Luxury Kafka <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/</a> 2026-02-06T14:08:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs255lthxh26408lq685mxg9kefkupcgq04n2x7jzztlymynzaqttczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxgppgqq It&#39;s so easy to slip into the habit of thinking that nothing ... It&#39;s so easy to slip into the habit of thinking that nothing will change, but there was a time in living memory when it wasn&#39;t true. If it changed before, it can change again.<br/><br/>All laws are local <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/</a> 2026-02-05T14:00:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszrx5vhsdzhp0mt3tn9vy08apqq2cgdqnzhfdprat5kttj0d9fmzqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlaj3zr The whole system of &#34;finance&#34; is just a big circle jerk ... The whole system of &#34;finance&#34; is just a big circle jerk in order to extract wealth from common folks to enrich the Epstein class<br/><br/>Stock swindles <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/</a> 2026-02-02T16:15:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd6xwdsja64f8h8zfcjfl750zuwz4lz5m2lp3gz6mt2tp5ydp4algzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0jqys2 Let every politician know that there is glory in standing up for ... Let every politician know that there is glory in standing up for us – and let them know that betrayal will see them tossed overboard, to drown in our wake.<br/><br/>Carney isn&#39;t a hero (and that&#39;s OK) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/</a> 2026-01-28T01:52:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9py5cj72tcwfy869672qrrx40wd6mzepvh4e5pra0vjz6r0phn6szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcn53gg &#34;Flipping the table over in a poker game rigged in your favor ... &#34;Flipping the table over in a poker game rigged in your favor because you resent having to pretend to play the game at all.&#34;<br/><br/>Trump and the unmighty dollar <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/</a> 2026-01-26T15:28:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqp0rm6982qyfcvpe9jvlaywdm20w2n763gyz6emve9gs5tg0tlgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzmpm3s &#34;Careful shopping&#34; is a tactic not a strategy for ... &#34;Careful shopping&#34; is a tactic not a strategy for altering the world around us, but that can an easy mistake to make.<br/><br/>The petty (but undeniable) delights of cultivating unoptimizability as a habit <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/22/optimized-for-unoptimizability/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/22/optimized-for-unoptimizability/</a> 2026-01-23T02:37:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvzctxzyagq0fjwvpweum9k2nu8tskhc7l8fnelv7hczmddyvs80qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqqdsmu Techbros are using AI into conning bosses by promising a world ... Techbros are using AI into conning bosses by promising a world where everyone follows order to the letter and heaps praise on them.<br/><br/>AI is how bosses wage war on &#34;professions&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/20/i-would-prefer-not-to/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/20/i-would-prefer-not-to/</a> 2026-01-20T13:56:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qpvpcvf34f7ud79lcvf66vtuk6fc3mn7n02hdhe4z25lj7t8qvszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx5ycu3y Zuck believes that AI cab give the world he wants, one where ... Zuck believes that AI cab give the world he wants, one where everyone are basically robots and basically exists to increase his (and other billionaires) wealth according to schedule via his &#34;social networking&#34; platform<br/><br/>Social media without socializing <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/19/billionaire-solipsism/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/19/billionaire-solipsism/</a> 2026-01-20T02:37:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8ywxmhvq7vfwy3csgaqj8lyf5tmdullwhvl2znqe90n087js5sqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx9s4juu Ireland showed us: it just takes one country to defect from this ... Ireland showed us: it just takes one country to defect from this global prisoner&#39;s dilemma, and then everything is up for grabs.<br/><br/>The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/</a> 2026-01-18T01:50:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx526ct5fx3vdhvntuzuwjf5nnqqr6kkpzsp45380csjw6yrtuzlqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxdr2s9d Nostr event nevent1qqsx526ct5fx3vdhvntuzuwjf5nnqqr6kkpzsp45380csjw6yrtuzlqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxdr2s9d <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/908/409/945/361/141/original/bea00228a9e23175.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-17T03:54:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdg4k53fa0ac0nn0cv69wllsh6ph0xhfqahdtlwle69xhwux8zx8qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx6czy4r The door blocking the way to a better future for all is open a ... The door blocking the way to a better future for all is open a crack, now we just have throw our weight to widen that tiny opening<br/><br/>How the Light Gets In <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/</a> 2026-01-16T01:52:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspsc3ewgl7x607dplfcv6g762egccaz7juhp9tmx00f4a3m89s2gczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxdr0ffq The erosion of property rights has profound implications for our ... The erosion of property rights has profound implications for our security, our privacy, and our society.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not normal <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/</a> 2026-01-15T01:52:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqv9xmxqxj577h8e0urqzhgdadrwtuqr3kqqct5uyqrsqq6jevvzgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx4kfhkc Sincerely regretting these ideas will not lose billions of ... Sincerely regretting these ideas will not lose billions of dollars, destroy jobs or make your country more dependent on American tech.<br/><br/>Sorry, eh <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/</a> 2026-01-14T01:32:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtz24rj74rvf2auj02zd2vap9svft03nsu3tevmtgxthfay2kt2czyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx64kxmw Sometimes changing the rules is the optimal way forward A winning ... Sometimes changing the rules is the optimal way forward<br/><br/>A winning trade war strategy for Canada <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/12/disenshittification-nation-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/12/disenshittification-nation-2/</a> 2026-01-13T01:51:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0rt36hpszdsgkn9jsgedsykp5xgxf0vj83jhew9x284tkm0gqcszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxasdjqd A thing that governments can do (that is unrigging the market) ... A thing that governments can do (that is unrigging the market) with 100% reliability.<br/><br/>Predistribution vs redistribution (Big Tech edition) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/</a> 2026-01-11T02:15:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqha6dlywcg02axv44u9gcvnatxx9r2eyrluxqz2gt5ja6zsmfuygzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx23paf0 An actual &#34;one weird trick&#34; that&#39;s pretty fucking ... An actual &#34;one weird trick&#34; that&#39;s pretty fucking spectacular.<br/><br/>bunnie&#39;s piggyback hack <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/</a> 2026-01-10T02:09:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfe4mwt7nc4k2xj2qr9wkkjxywnrsrl0e4vujrgvv3g2lvh4s4wegzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxguevf8 Writing is a critical skill, it teaches you to organize your ... Writing is a critical skill, it teaches you to organize your thoughts so we can communicate clearly and concisely.<br/><br/>Using LLMs to churn out writing assignments is like asking others to do your thinking for you.<br/><br/>Writing vs AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/</a> 2026-01-08T02:07:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprau0l6kem94dneans3klyy9w34q3gn6jdvl3awd0r96kf9u9jzqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxxlyrt5 There will be plenty of work fixing the things that we broke ... There will be plenty of work fixing the things that we broke thanks to the most dangerous AI psychosis of all – the hallucinatory belief that &#34;writing code&#34; is the same thing as &#34;software engineering.&#34;<br/><br/>Code is a liability (not an asset) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/</a> 2026-01-06T14:46:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd6v9ny3cpj4p848f4xn7gew6ejx6kyzy72q3gawkcsrkzzje26szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnmjp3p Capitalism is a single-criterion optimization: it organizes ... Capitalism is a single-criterion optimization: it organizes itself around the accumulation of capital, to the exclusion of all other criteria<br/><br/>A world without people <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/</a> 2026-01-05T14:57:48Z