By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026Lukashenka knew that arresting children for eating ice cream would make him a laughingstock abroad. Zuckerberg knows that threatening Wynn-Williams for standing in wooden silence on a stage makes him look like history's most guillotineable billionaire. 40/ 329437
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026But both Lukashenka and Zuckerberg are willing to be thought a thin-skinned bully, so long as that means the people they oppress the most are too terrified to ever challenge their authority. eof/ 1133342
Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 27/06/2026There are a couple of books on dissent through quiet mockery. One is free online: "PRANKSTERS VS AUTOCRATS:" d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net 36016
Ben Holt @beanjammin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I'm reminded of Chevron's pursuit of Steven Donziger. Different, but similar. 0121
Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Careless People is next on my reading list after I've finished Karen Hao's 'Empire of AI — Inside the reckless race for total domination'... It's difficult not to see parallels! 1172
mistymeanorhavuk @mistymeanorhavuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026thank you for this thread, i had been meaning to buy the book and this post pushed me to do it 071
Richard Battye @richardbattye.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Thanks, seems sadly v believable. I’m halfway through Careless People and have a side thought: beyond all the specific goings on the book does an excellent job of showing the meta leadership to be an awful collection of incurious thin skinned self-interested ****s. Which being true isn’t libellous. 030
Chris Braunsdorf @vslacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Thin-skinned bullies are all the rage these days. 0120