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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/p... #Pluralistic 1/

The Golden Gate Bridge, wreathed in rising fog. To the right of the scene sits a giant crying baby in a top-hat, his chubby fist resting on an antique cash-register that has been fitted with a CCTV. The CCTV emits a cone of red light that is zapping a female figure - an engraving in the style of a revolutionary French woman storming the Bastille. The woman holds aloft the severed head of Ben Franklin as depicted on a US $100 bill. His eyes glow red.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026

The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing: Since 1850, San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce has been pissing in our mouths and calling it rain. bsky.app/profile/did:... 2/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net

With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026

Hey look at this * Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist prospect.org/2026/07/30/a... * The Rent Is Higher Than You Think economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-rent-i... 3/

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