The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343512019200206

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-27 13:52:32

One of my weirder and more rewarding hobbies is collecting definitions of "conservativism," and one of the jewels of that collection comes from Corey Robin's must-read book *The Reactionary Mind*:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactionary_Mind

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2011 book by Corey Robin

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Hey look at this

* Has the Inspiration for the Tightrope Gal Been Found? https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2024/04/its-our-14th-anniversary-and-to.html

* “LOL, no.” https://www.loweringthebar.net/2024/04/lol-no.html

* What Really Happens When You Trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets (h/t Naked Capitalism)

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#15yrsago Home Office official offered advice and “comfort” to Phorm spyware vendor https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8021661.stm

#15yrsago Geoengineering wishful thinking is the new climate denialism https://web.archive.org/web/20090430135547/www.worldchanging.com/archives/009784.html

#15yrsago Bruce Sterling explains swine flu https://web.archive.org/web/20090512004141/https://www.wired.com/sterling/2009/04/practical-tips.html

#10yrsago Unboxing a Makie doll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnT9lMR3ATg

#15yrsago Vernor Vinge predicts singularity by 2030 https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065309/http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/ai/singularity-101-vernor-vinge

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#15yrsago US refuses to let jet into its airspace because it is carrying a journalist who criticizes US foreign policy https://gadling.com/2009/04/26/air-france-jet-diverts-after-being-told-to-stay-clear-of-us-airs/

#15yrsago Canadian music pirates of 1897 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426193240/http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-piracy-in-1897-nytimes/

#15yrsago Economy will get a lot worse — The Economist https://web.archive.org/web/20090426052838/http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13527685

#10yrsago RIAA to blame for impoverishment of artists it’s using as human shield in anti-streaming lobbying https://www.techdirt.com/2014/04/25/riaa-claims-that-it-is-standing-up-older-musicians-that-it-actually-left-to-rot/

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#10yrsago Haunted Mansion castmembers built a shrine to “Grandma Joyce,” whose urn was found in the gardens https://web.archive.org/web/20140430022606/https://disneylandguru.tumblr.com/post/73135614034

#10yrsago Hacking the hospital: medical devices have terrible default security https://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/

#10yrsago UKIP candidate tells Lenny Henry to move to a “Black country”; party says reporting this is a “smear campaign” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27176803

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#5yrsago The DCCC is sabotaging Marie Newman’s primary challenge to Dan Lipiniski, a hereditary, anti-choice, anti-minimum-wage, homophobic “Democrat” https://theintercept.com/2019/04/26/dccc-blacklist-marie-newman-dan-lipinski/

#5yrsago Lawyer for kid whose parents paid $1.2m bribe to get into Yale says the high price shows grifters’ anti-Chinese bias https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/college-admissions-scandal.html

#5yrsago Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing a proprietary “Lays” potato, seeking $150,000 each in damages https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/pepsico-india-potato-farmer-lawsuit/index.html

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#1yrsago Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/#what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-CMS

#1yrago Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/27/convicted-monopolist/#microsquish

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Thursday's threads: Antitrust is a labor issue; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112332135908661622

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-25 13:39:26

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Antitrust is a labor issue; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/25/capri-v-tapestry/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Antitrust is a labor issue (25 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Both are national bestsellers!

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

* The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
https://www.bookpassage.com/event/cory-doctorow-bezzle-martin-hench-novel-corte-madera-store

* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

* Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
https://wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow-2/

* Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-cory-doctorow-the-bezzle-tickets-876989167207

* Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

* “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
https://www.oreilly.com/live-events/tim-oreilly-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification-and-the

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
https://www.laemmle.com/film/finding-money?date=2024-05-15

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15/authors-alliance-10th-anniversary-event-authorship-in-an-age-of-monopoly-and-moral-panics/

* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
https://media-ecology.org/convention

* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/

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Recent appearances:

* Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore (Torino Biennale Tecnologia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NC2EZCYBg

* Show Me The Money Club (The Rideshare Guy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCETi3XqSds

* NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA
https://videoteca.kenobit.it/w/azRmQBCenVwjSRz9WCp8JS

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Twitter gets worse every single day. Someday it will degrade beyond the point of usability. The Fediverse is our best hope for an enshittification-resistant alternative. I'm @pluralistic. The Fediverse edition of today's threads is at:

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112343609869918307

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-27 14:17:25

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/27/for-the-little-people/

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: The tax sharks are back and they’re coming for your home (27 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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