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Inside: Open Circuits; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/08/14/hid

#Pluralistic

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A photo from 'Open Circuits,' depicting a tiny toroidal transformer, wound with copper and mounted on a package for attachment to a circuit board, balancing on a man's fingertip.
14 Aug 2023 at 16:31 | Open on mamot.fr
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Cory Doctorow

I'm kickstarting the audiobook for "The Internet Con: How To #SeizeTheMeansOfComputation," a #BigTech disassembly manual to disenshittify the web and bring back the old, good internet. It's a #DRMFree book, which means #Audible won't carry it, so this crowdfunder is essential. Back now to get the audio, Verso hardcover and ebook:

seizethemeansofcomputation.org

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:32 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow

Open Circuits: The hidden beauty of electronics components.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11088880

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:32 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

#20yrsago #P2P network originates in #Palestinian refugee camp cnet.com/tech/home-entertainme

#15yrsago Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregio

#15yrsago #FreeCopyrightLicense upheld Fed Circuit Court of Appeals archives.lessig.org/index0d61.

#10yrsago #Orwell explains Nineteen Eighty-Four thedailybeast.com/george-orwel

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#20yrsago #P2P network originates in #Palestinian refugee camp cnet.com/tech/home-entertainme

#15yrsago Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregio
14 Aug 2023 at 16:34 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

#10yrsago Irish government updates its Freedom of Information law with exciting new “Computers don’t exist” provision mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2013/08/12

#10yrsago Cops accidentally record themselves admitting they harassed activist at rodeo owners’ request: “God, we’re gonna get sued” youtube.com/watch?v=sgSfCxq0hd

#5yrsago #Disney (yes, Disney) declares war on “overzealous copyright holders” hollywoodreporter.com/business

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#10yrsago Irish government updates its Freedom of Information law with exciting new “Computers don’t exist” provision mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2013/08/12

#10yrsago Cops accidentally record themselves admitting they harassed activist at rodeo owners’ request: “God, we’re gonna get sued” youtube.com/watch?v=sgSfCxq0hd
14 Aug 2023 at 16:34 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow

#5yrsago #Qanon “codes” are consistent with an English-speaker mashing a QWERTY keyboard vice.com/en/article/9km87z/qan

#5yrsago To rescue journalism, journalists must defend free expression, not merely condemning Trump dangillmor.medium.com/dear-jou

#5yrsago Leaked #FBI memo warns banks of looming “unlimited ATM cashout” krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/fb

#5yrsago #PredatoryJournals aren’t just a scam: they’re also how quacks and corporate shills #sciencewash their bullshit vice.com/en/article/3ky45y/hun

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#5yrsago #Qanon “codes” are consistent with an English-speaker mashing a QWERTY keyboard vice.com/en/article/9km87z/qan

#5yrsago To rescue journalism, journalists must defend free expression, not merely condemning Trump dangillmor.medium.com/dear-jou
14 Aug 2023 at 16:35 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

#5yrsago UK visitors wait 2.5 hours to get through immigration at Heathrow bbc.com/news/uk-45165222

#5yrsago Hackers find exploitable vulnerabilities in #AmazonEcho, turn one into a listening device wired.com/story/hackers-turn-a

#5yrsago EU resolution aims to comprehensively limit “#PlannedObsolescence” retaildetail.eu/news/electroni

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:35 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow

Saturday's threads: Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11087693

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:36 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

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Signed copies available from Book Soup:

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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red

14 Aug 2023 at 16:36 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

Upcoming appearances:

* #SanDiego Union Tribune Festival of Books, Aug 19
sandiegouniontribune.com/festi

* #BurningMan Center Camp, 1430h, Aug 29
playaevents.burningman.org/202

* @eff Awards (#SanFrancisco), Sept 14
eff.org/awards/effawards/2023

* An Evening with #VESchwab (#DesMoines), Oct 2
thecabinidaho.org/all-events/v

* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/ke

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Upcoming appearances:

* #SanDiego Union Tribune Festival of Books, Aug 19
sandiegouniontribune.com/festi

* #BurningMan Center Camp, 1430h, Aug 29
playaevents.burningman.org/202

* @eff Awards (#SanFrancisco), Sept 14
eff.org/awards/effawards/2023
14 Aug 2023 at 16:36 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow replied to Cory
Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/08/14/hid

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If you're a @medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Enshitternet: The old, good internet deserves a new, good internet"

doctorow.medium.com/enshittern

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:37 | Open on mamot.fr
Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

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14 Aug 2023 at 16:37 | Open on mamot.fr
Captain Superfluous

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Love Snuff and all STP!

14 Aug 2023 at 16:49 | Open on toot.cat
Laberpferd

@pluralistic
Just asking, but is it possible to get this also as a normal book to read?

I think a lot of us autistic older techies can handle static information so much better

14 Aug 2023 at 16:38 | Open on sueden.social
Cory Doctorow

@Laberpferd Yes, it's a hardcover from Verso; you can buy it at any bookstore, or pre-order the hardcover from the Kickstarter.

14 Aug 2023 at 16:51 | Open on mamot.fr
Fennix :donor:

@pluralistic

FYI: The redirect here isn't available via https, so with HTTPS Everywhere or similar extensions it just lands at a warning.

14 Aug 2023 at 16:46 | Open on infosec.exchange
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