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Inside: You were promised a jetpack by liars; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

You were promised a jetpack by liars: AIs and self-driving cars are the new jetpacks.

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Cory Doctorow

Hey look at this

* Ada goes to the set: let’s make an animated movie fsfe.org/news/2024/news-202405

* Cloudseeder github.com/ipv6rslimited/cloud

* How Much is a Planet Worth? billmckibben.substack.com/p/ho

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Cory Doctorow

#15yrsago Gigantic study of UK CCTVs find that they should be used in parking lots, scrapped elsewhere theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/18

#15yrsago Montreal cop cuffs, busts and fines student $450 for not holding escalator rail in subway web.archive.org/web/2009051701

#10yrsago How advocacy beat ACTA in Europe web.archive.org/web/2014052213

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#15yrsago Gigantic study of UK CCTVs find that they should be used in parking lots, scrapped elsewhere theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/18

#15yrsago Montreal cop cuffs, busts and fines student $450 for not holding escalator rail in subway web.archive.org/web/2009051701

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#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes legislation to enshrine Roe v Wade in Federal law and guarantee reproductive health care in all insurance plans medium.com/@teamwarren/congres

#5yrsago Europe’s top trustbuster thinks it’ll be impossible to break up Facebook cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof

#1yrago The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer) pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/fre

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#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes legislation to enshrine Roe v Wade in Federal law and guarantee reproductive health care in all insurance plans medium.com/@teamwarren/congres

#5yrsago Europe’s top trustbuster thinks it’ll be impossible to break up Facebook cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof

Cory Doctorow

Yesterday's threads: Utah's getting some of America's best broadband; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

us.macmillan.com/books/9781250

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

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

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Signed copies available from Book Soup:

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Both are national bestsellers!

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My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

us.macmillan.com/books/9781250

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

chevaliersbooks.com/product-pa

Cory Doctorow

My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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."

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Cory Doctorow

Upcoming appearances:

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15

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

* HOPE XV, Jul 14 (Queens, NY)
hope.net/talks.html

* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
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Upcoming appearances:

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15

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

Cory Doctorow

Recent appearances:

* Suur Futuroloogiline Kongress
youtube.com/watch?v=6hITj793ht

* That Word Chat
youtube.com/watch?v=miwEy_mACE

* Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore (Torino Biennale Tecnologia)
youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NC2EZCYB

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Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

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