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ArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I support Rahm Emanuel running for President because he might distract the wrecker caucus online long enough that they fail to ratfuck the actual eventual winner because they were so obsessed with making sure he failed to reach 5% in New Hampshire.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING AN ASSAULT WAS CONSENSUAL

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

Intensely rigid chairs, engineered specifically to prevent slouching, comfortable lounging, or emotional vulnerability of any kind. Source: Sotka Oy Mainos, 1966. www.tumblr.com/thegikitiki/...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

“Super Hyper Drive”: New Orleans photographer C.F. Weber shot this science fiction set around 1955, possibly in a television studio. www.tumblr.com/humanoidhist...

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Summertime Affair www.tumblr.com/pulpcovers/8...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

School of Art (1896-1909) in Glasgow, Scotland, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh www.tumblr.com/germanpostwa...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

You’re an Eternal Optimist If … (MAD #194, October 1977) Artist: Jack Davis Writer: Tom Koch usualgangofidiots.tumblr.com/post/8291267...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

Edward Gorey, “The Object Lesson” starrywisdomsect.tumblr.com/post/8291279...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

Graveyard along the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana (1968) Ph. Nick DeWolf wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/8291284...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4h

Model A5130 workstation, developed by East Germany’s Robotron, unveiled in Leipzig, 1983. Built on an 8-bit U880 processor (a Z80 clone), with an integrated printer, monitor, and a choice of storage: 8" floppy, cassette, or 5.25" floppy. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8291287...

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Writing Disrupted @writingdisrupted.bsky.social · 5h

Another excellent thread from @doctorow.pluralistic.net on IP, copyright, and AI. I haven't always agreed with his take on copyright vs. AI, but I think this argument makes sense.

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Ali Grotkowski @alikira.bsky.social · 8h

I really enjoyed the talk by @doctorow.pluralistic.net in Edmonton supporting the Edmonton Public Library. I only wish I could be more optimistic about the direction the world were going.

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JennyB @iheartmaps.bsky.social · 12h

I don't know how to deal with you if you read these and don't feel an immense ache for the lack of humanity we are showing to our neighbors.

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 12h

I started tracking and I've spent roughly 20 hours on the phone dealing with doctor office, insurance AND pharmacy errors versus 45 minutes total of actual face to face care in the past six months. Not an exaggeration

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En sorts författare @beardonaut.bsky.social · 12h

Hörde Cory Doctorow prata om detta i en intervju med Jon Stewart. Hur man minimerar lönerna för sjuksköterskor baserat på hur utsatta de är finansiellt. Ren ondska.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10h

516 words on “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. (202258 words total) #dailywords

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12h

1978 subway poster for Battlestar Galactica. Art by Robert Tanenbaum. www.tumblr.com/humanoidhist...

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 14h

What?!

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USEDUNIVERSE @useduniverse.bsky.social · 13h

A24's 'Blastrooms'

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FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · 14h

Jfc. Never think they're not gunning for you, it's not paranoia.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Image from an 18th-century pattern book consisting of 36 ink drawings showing precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the #Buddha and Bodhisattva figures. publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/8290999...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Sean Connery on location in Istanbul while filming 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 (1963). atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/8291003...

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iiradned.bsky.social @iiradned.bsky.social · 14h

Much of the Neoliberal school of thought needs to go the way of the dodo.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 14h

Bookmarking #books

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14h

That'll definitely work in quieting the story.

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sam @samthielman.com · 14h

The worst thing is the silhouetted figure is Shaquille O’Neal

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Send Us Thine Asteroid, O Lord @dragovian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like all forms of property rights, "IP" has severe limitations that can only be addressed by applying a different framework to your disputes. Think of the way that the expansion of copyright has failed creative workers. For 50 years, we've monotonically expanded copyright in every dimension, so that today, copyright covers more works, restricts more uses and inflicts higher statutory penalties.

Over those 50 years, media companies have gotten richer and more profitable while the creative workers whose art these media companies sell have gotten poorer, both in real terms and as a share of the earnings our labor generates for our bosses. This seems like a paradox at first, but really, it's just a built-in feature of property law: that people who have assets but lack bargaining leverage end up selling those assets for peanuts.

In a market dominated by five publishers, four studios, three labels, two app companies and one ebook/audiobook company, giving a creative worker more to bargain with is just giving them more to bargain away. Giving us more copyright is like giving a bullied schoolkid more lunch money: no amount of lunch money will get that kid fed.

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Fando Fonts @fandofonts.bsky.social · 17h

Esto del @doctorow.pluralistic.net explica muchos de los problemas que tenemos hoy día con pa vivienda y con muchas cosas más: la primacía del derecho de la propiedad sobre el resto de los derechos

"Property" is the established catechism of the Church of Late-Stage Capitalism.
"Property" is the most sacrosanct right in public orthodoxy, elevated above every other right. My property right lets me destroy perfectly good food while you starve outside my door:

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Tony Lock @tonylock.bsky.social · 17h

@doctorow.pluralistic.net has a very clear explanation about why this "criti-hype" is part of a push to get regulation and thus protection from OS models and protection from competitors: www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

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Cory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition

The US giants would love to stop battling each other and be protected from China – and they might have hit on just the narrative to make that possible, writes our tech columnist

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Software Engineering Daily @softwaredaily.bsky.social · 16h

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, journalist, and technology activist. He joins @joshuakgoldberg.com to discuss the dynamics between AI, work, and power. @doctorow.pluralistic.net softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cor...

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Cory Doctorow on AI, Work, and Power - Software Engineering Daily

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, journalist, and technology activist. He joins Joshua Goldberg to discuss the dynamics between AI, work, and power.

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Ernest 🇺🇸 @earnestlib.bsky.social · 15h

Reminds me of the Nakagin building in Tokyo

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Recent appearances (cont'd): * Are 'AI Apocalypse' Warnings Just Marketing? (What's Left) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXd9... * The Real AI Threat Isn’t What You’ve Been Told (The Tea) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8I...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Recent appearances: * AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily) softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cor... * How to Think About AI (Daniel Solove) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xR... * Could Tech Bosses Destroy Life As We Know It? (Politics JOE) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4V...

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Vancouver: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10 www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-... * Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12 bcpolicy.ca/gala/ * Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6 montreal2027.ca/en

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22 writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve... * Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24 writersfestival.org/event/life-a... * Kilkenny: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8 kilkenomics.com

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19 writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve... * Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20 www.munrobooks.com/events/61136...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Calgary: Wordfest, Oct 8 wordfest.com/2026/show/wo... * Winnipeg: McNally Robinson, Oct 9 www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18991/... * Paris: Slow Tech Summit, Oct 15 slowtechsummit.com

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * South Bend: An Evening With Cory Doctorow (Notre Dame), Oct 6 franco.nd.edu/events/2026/... * Hudson, OH: Hudson Library, Oct 7 engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtend...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Brighton: Digital Sovereignty and the Post-American Internet (Green Conference), Oct 3 www.openrightsgroup.org/events/digit... * Virtual: How to govern technology in a multipolar digital world (Connecting Current), Oct 6 connectingcurrent.tech/how-to-gover...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Boston: Rethinking Our Relationship with AI, Sep 30 (Emtech) event.technologyreview.com/emtech-futur... * Boston: The Paradox of Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs (Harvard Berkman Klein), Sep 30 cyber.harvard.edu/events/runni...

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