Hey look at this

* I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray https://sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-from-an-ice-action-on-sansome-and-all-i-got-was-a-face-full-of-pepper-spray (h/t JWZ)

* When Trump's Brain Broke https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/when-trumps-brain-broke

* Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/bank-forced-to-rehire-workers-after-lying-about-chatbot-productivity-union-says/

* I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBiFGhnXsh8 (h/t Kottke)

* America's Kryptonite https://orphansandempires.substack.com/p/americas-kryptonite

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#20yrsago Bruce Sterling gets an honorary doctorate https://web.archive.org/web/20051226234102/http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=1200350

#20yrsago Beastie Boys release vocals-only tracks to encourage remixers https://web.archive.org/web/20050930220256/http://www.beastieboys.com/remixers.php

#20yrsago What was in Buddy Holly’s plane-crash overnight bag? https://web.archive.org/web/20051023162927/http://www.rockin50s.com/bag.htm

#20yrsago Warner Music CEO calls for iPod taxes, levies — twirls moustache and cackles, clatters away on tiny, ebony hooves https://web.archive.org/web/20050910183217/http://news.com.com/Warner+Music+readies+CD-free+e-label/2100-1027_3-5841355.html

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#20yrsago Customers of new UK ISP get to share all Sony music on P2P https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/22/media.newmedia

#10yrsago Greece’s creditors demand casino rights, archaeological sites, selloff of EUR50B of national assets https://web.archive.org/web/20150824062007/https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2015/aug/19/greece-sale-–-and-everything-must-go

#5yrsago Zombie postcapitalism https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/22/this-machine-kills-fascists/#varoufakis

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Yesterday's threads: Radical juries; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115072905326730251

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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels

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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:

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

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Ithaca: AD White keynote (Cornell), Sep 12
https://deanoffaculty.cornell.edu/events/keynote-cory-doctorow-professor-at-large/

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

* #Chicago: Enshittification with Kara Swisher (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1504647263469

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Recent appearances:

* Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights (Libro.fm)
https://pocketcasts.com/podcasts/9349e8d0-a87f-013a-d8af-0acc26574db2/00e6cbcf-7f27-4589-a11e-93e4ab59c04b

* The Utopias Podcast
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/episodes/17650124

* Tariffs vs IP Law (Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFABFe-5-uQ

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