2026-07-20T20:14:21Z https://nostr.ae iiradned https://nostr.ae/npub1s5qm4dlqfmn7tkdlfezpqfdw0s2cvtd69wqazndg0eesc2203d3sfwuf69 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/776/183/145/131/778/original/21a3ecb21267b7ac.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/776/183/145/131/778/original/21a3ecb21267b7ac.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0l54uhmehv77czkhclash7rxtk8yg25f7nefv2mhgq95gpqd3rjqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxd3lqud AI hucksters want the world to believe that their hallucinatory chatbots can do whatever job is needed what do they need humans for?<br/><br/>Why aren&#39;t AI companies competing directly with their customers? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/</a> 2026-07-13T13:51:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05tcf4fny2u9ac0aljsthf9z6025yh8k3p8szsvghgxsg5jyq2zczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx98geqr There&#39;s every reason to think that extending personhood to AI will produce the same outcome as &#34;rights for corporations,&#34; which thus has had negative impacts on our society<br/><br/>&#34;Rights for robots&#34; and the AI slavery fantasy <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/posthuman-as-in-no-humans/</a> 2026-07-10T14:23:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8admargdvsappp6pwe7lkawuff7rm45rnxuwuae9543h3svghsczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxsmzsku Those on the right view property rights as THE primary human right. Viewing property as an end unto itself and which makes it a terrible danger to our society and species<br/><br/>Post-political <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/</a> 2026-07-09T13:47:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdgvgjd95vu5jt29sxpxrpmdqz6hpweky9nlgk8fhr79ma24e5a9qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp86l6t The AI bubble requires the production of reverse centaurs, to the exclusion of centaurs<br/><br/>The difference between &#34;today&#39;s task&#34; and &#34;accretive work&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/02/canonization/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/02/canonization/</a> 2026-07-02T14:18:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqu7esg4a379d7mlgq0x9kgqnrsaqzfak2n58nlp3xssdu3v2s40szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxy4tzry Google has turned fully parasitic, sucking the last drops of juice out of the open web before discarding its husk.<br/><br/>Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters/</a> 2026-06-30T02:04:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstz8r8p5axcrqnz5x8v5ay7k7vpkzc84wae7ea5afsd85c3y6dr8szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlf8rg3 Just make people&#39;s lives better. And making ordinary people&#39;s lives better is the last thing all the oligarchs want.<br/><br/>Good politics <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/22/8-for-what-we-will/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/22/8-for-what-we-will/</a> 2026-06-23T03:00:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvtea4ud0kaw4uz2tyh2jk0y24zcj5r0zwqk4zd87c8fm2k62vxaczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzrh4rr RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116783319772411325">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116783319772411325</a><br/><br/>The assholes who want to scam you into helping them keep their Ponzi scheme going<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note178lpqantwp6seh4z5kp8acwfdmsyq8xae5yfwwm3vr20xjr6pu6sd32zam" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note178l…2zam</a></span><br/> </div> Perhaps you've encountered the stories about Dialog, an extremely weird secret society associated with Peter "Antichrist" Thiel, whose membership data and details have leaked this week:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-private-dialog-club-secretly-ranks-its-members/">https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-private-dialog-club-secretly-ranks-its-members/</a><br/><br/>--<br/><br/>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/20/any-club-that-would-have-me/#monologue">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/20/any-club-that-would-have-me/#monologue</a><br/><br/>1/<br/> <img src="https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/783/153/644/015/900/original/a0a8c1e908ff0e70.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-06-21T02:05:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs25z5exu8um0wdd5ftn53zw6eepxrap7mt8g0c4nkyus4pvskzlsczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcf3xss Ordinary folks will find ways to using technology to suit their own needs unforseen by its creators<br/><br/>AI and amateurism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/15/vernacular/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/15/vernacular/</a> 2026-06-16T02:05:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9qun8uhrutd3xh575uxj7kusyyaj63wlvgyq2vaflqpphmetu60gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxtmeh9j Only by working together can we move the world on past the current enshittocene<br/><br/>The world has moved on <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/11/lapsarianism/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/11/lapsarianism/</a> 2026-06-12T02:23:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtlph54mps2x5nurwnd69kfpm544pkxvx2qas60qf2zqrv0wnhyszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqcxqcx AI bros seem to want to label AI as something that will solve all our problems for us, that way lies madness<br/><br/>Criticizing the everything machine <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/06/applied-counterescatology/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/06/applied-counterescatology/</a> 2026-06-07T04:50:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrl50rs428t2af7jc5yydv5ulx0e44lhsk6f7nwuufncrcyfmcmjqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxldcdp0 What our technology is shows us what we&#39;re not, it forces us (yet again!) to revisit what sorts of things are needed to do the things that matter to us, and therefore, what makes us special.<br/><br/>Refining humanity <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/05/defining-humanity/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/05/defining-humanity/</a> 2026-06-06T03:09:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr0gj0e39fw64ynmzmyukqmwrlvfvfxxl0xqdcumskx3pjuapp3uszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxkvy28n Cryptography is no substitute for the rule of law and democracy, but it remains a key tool for securing and defending both<br/><br/>Hold on for dear life <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/28/we-live-in-a-society/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/28/we-live-in-a-society/</a> 2026-05-28T14:56:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq5zgxv4mmk2kmx7qgx2deuutl3h8cf3d9gu6krzz98qxvgapw5pqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx456959 The Zuckermuskians believe that other real actual people are just NPCs that they are free to abuse and discard as necessary in order to rearrange the world as their AI models see fit.<br/><br/>AI and a world without migrants <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/unnecessariat/</a> 2026-05-27T14:20:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf3vwszy56uy2cqp6mrj6l2t9tg5qudh5p84yhr3xfzfru4qv72eszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu5375e Shopping is fundamentally an individual action and politics is a collective action and is best done with a big group of people, in bonds of solidarity.<br/><br/>Shopping isn&#39;t politics <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/</a> 2026-05-22T02:11:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqzhjzyt25k776ldqku99xph9x90g4svwsre64zele0r5wux9l4sgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrdvqxm The one policy everyone agrees on.<br/><br/>No one wants a permanent gerontocracy <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/</a> 2026-05-15T14:31:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyllknvjcvcndpmrf9j5uq0kjchd4kpsndvsw43c86pxkncte0ldgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx60qptc One commonality between AI bosses and fascists is the idea that everyone and everything can be reduced to numbers that can be plugged into a model which can be tweaked to produce a desired outcome<br/><br/>Billionaire solipsism, dictator solipsism, AI, and the fascist paradigm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/vibe-governance/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/vibe-governance/</a> 2026-05-14T01:41:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0km6hdh6jmd6av9del8plyn7ndffc4sq0clp86vh4m2yw72q5wxgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp9ee9m The real fight is over the paradigm where fascists insist that freedom and democracy are incompatible and only the &#34;right people&#34; are can be trusted with the levers of power.<br/><br/>A fascist paradigm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/</a> 2026-05-12T14:14:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsylqelvdlen8vgdc3jr7l2zn45922m5yzltvudncmyuvelg06nllszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzt3qfe Millions need to be mobilized in an effort to keep the experiment that is representative democracy alive<br/><br/>2024 (apart from the obvious) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/postmortem/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/postmortem/</a> 2026-05-11T14:06:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszeaepgk7ct3gze4vk8fqu5xlsnlsav6fqadyl7nczeeyvxwcgy4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx7u0puk This is a deeply shitty timeline, but Comrade Trump keeps tripping over his red tie. Let&#39;s take the wins.<br/><br/>Comrade Trump <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/</a> 2026-04-21T01:41:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f5phxrjgqlsaakfsumqtlq7xt3yem0w00sxqktu2m9r6u9jf3yszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx034z5f One reason bosses are so horny for AI is that they can use it to fire a ton of workers and use the resulting terror to force EVERYBODY&#39;s wages down.<br/><br/>Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/</a> 2026-04-06T13:41:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs00y2mlfmcz7mkalvd39xx4h079szqtsg9d2l49m2hyfnfz9ljquszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxf8e84s Some helpful tips to disenshittifying browsing the world wide web<br/><br/>The web is bearable with RSS <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/</a> 2026-03-08T02:41:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0j5ufe47uvaysf2ymcj0gp0ffqd2evsqxq0pp8y7k33qela7dcczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrnxs5x Just because someone is your ally now, doesn&#39;t mean they&#39;ll be your ally in the future<br/><br/>Supreme Court saves artists from AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/</a> 2026-03-04T02:03:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8p04ke08szj9t42pqy4fcgwfckq40u3vqz7c0kerlzmdsgjs4qlgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxkp34vf If we don&#39;t understand a particular subject asking a chatbot for help won&#39;t cure our ignorance.<br/><br/>No one wants to read your AI slop <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/</a> 2026-03-02T14:23:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvplh5h3deegfdzwul50h9mx7szengwy6p768de506dfm50zns3szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxfx5cu2 These are the right states&#39; rights. If the Feds won&#39;t enforce the law maybe state AGs can.<br/><br/>California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/</a> 2026-02-28T14:40:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2naeswncm93spsd94qvxlhcnaqqck46dt2etc03mnkrv0uuzpakgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxp6zzns Trump is not motivated by commitments to fairness and the rule of law, he&#39;s motivated by a desire to dominate and to enriching himself.<br/><br/>If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/</a> 2026-02-26T15:25:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgjxv2qdr4g3zydtk0u7a03leupf4z4nm9kpnl55fftgy3jl4cypczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxu2njt9 Amazon&#39;s secret is that they use their monopoly power to push prices up across the ENTIRE economy.<br/><br/>The whole economy pays the Amazon tax <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/25/most-favored-nation/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/25/most-favored-nation/</a> 2026-02-25T14:38:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fwauuyw8ldu5rem3dr3vnsl7d3u3pu644uf69cj5aln4yk22nlczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnhtqsv Running your public institution &#34;like a business&#34; is incredibly inefficient.<br/><br/>Socialist excellence in New York City <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/</a> 2026-02-24T14:35:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfknqdvjt7xcyz5rcuka2y28etnqmutjqqej867t528ka35qwdcgszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxmn6zc0 Copyright infringement is your least entertainment dollar.<br/><br/>Deplatform yourself <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/</a> 2026-02-23T14:20:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0u2u5awlenr5usxj6f78y4ylucgg0jjan6hx5ju59ux4j8fhpa4szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxvn98w9 LLCs are the scammer&#39;s best friend, allowing them to evade the responsibilities of being good citizens. For nearly a century Brazil has shown a working method to curbing corporate excesses.<br/><br/>A perforated corporate veil <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/karioca-konzernrecht/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/karioca-konzernrecht/</a> 2026-02-20T15:48:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz05cvsdhd8fpqu27zn33kalgd27s4wskepcyvf6rg594r9f030eqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqlelcx Gig workers should be for all the hours they put in for their bosses, not just the ones where bosses decide they deserve to get paid for.<br/><br/>What&#39;s a &#34;gig work minimum wage&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/17/no-piecework/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/17/no-piecework/</a> 2026-02-17T13:39:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7sv9kezykk0ku29q99cdthu5yds2h0c346fl4jgve4zsz3g5jrszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcdvafy The trustbusting fires lit by Lina Khan&#39;s work still burn and one day could lead to breaking the power of the Epstein class over people&#39;s lives<br/><br/>Trump antitrust is dead <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/khanservatives/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/khanservatives/</a> 2026-02-13T14:41:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jl6j4xsfwgag8xyjuw556cq83yuzsf3ngm0na7h9dqr4pruk75qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx7mercs There&#39;s a better, cheaper, more effective, technologically sovereign tool already recognised only bolsters the union&#39;s case for jettisoning Palantir&#39;s products altogether.<br/><br/>Doctors&#39; union may yet save the NHS from Palantir <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/</a> 2026-02-12T13:39:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszne6ep2z60swtnaf5dsdzzhrpq5z0n6cp5zz87yqmlc205ymc92qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx92na3c Crises precipitate change, and this can an opportunity to break the Visa/Mastercard duopoly<br/><br/>Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/post-dollar-world/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/post-dollar-world/</a> 2026-02-11T13:45:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyr4dvkkj6wxfypspnc9gwvw32vkevajy3uqkrkx00qlcj5csjmqqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxjtq6ej Economic collapse helps the Epstein class only if society has no social safety net.<br/><br/>The Epstein class and collapse porn <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/sloppy-steve/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/sloppy-steve/</a> 2026-02-09T13:39:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4eqqfd8m4fwuvn02xl3gw0nydndlmf8k723nswkgrs4ah630xuczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnzd00g It really is past time for copyright reforms, including the repealing parts of the DMCA.<br/><br/>End of the line for video essays <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/</a> 2026-02-07T14:40:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxge604eugsngd667rg6fq7r2p3r3la7dz4e3tn0u5l6ssptvxcuqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx9z8jd3 The absurdities of the US immigration system.<br/><br/>Luxury Kafka <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/</a> 2026-02-06T14:08:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs255lthxh26408lq685mxg9kefkupcgq04n2x7jzztlymynzaqttczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxgppgqq It&#39;s so easy to slip into the habit of thinking that nothing will change, but there was a time in living memory when it wasn&#39;t true. If it changed before, it can change again.<br/><br/>All laws are local <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/</a> 2026-02-05T14:00:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrx5vhsdzhp0mt3tn9vy08apqq2cgdqnzhfdprat5kttj0d9fmzqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlaj3zr The whole system of &#34;finance&#34; is just a big circle jerk in order to extract wealth from common folks to enrich the Epstein class<br/><br/>Stock swindles <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/</a> 2026-02-02T16:15:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd6xwdsja64f8h8zfcjfl750zuwz4lz5m2lp3gz6mt2tp5ydp4algzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx0jqys2 Let every politician know that there is glory in standing up for us – and let them know that betrayal will see them tossed overboard, to drown in our wake.<br/><br/>Carney isn&#39;t a hero (and that&#39;s OK) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/</a> 2026-01-28T01:52:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9py5cj72tcwfy869672qrrx40wd6mzepvh4e5pra0vjz6r0phn6szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxcn53gg &#34;Flipping the table over in a poker game rigged in your favor because you resent having to pretend to play the game at all.&#34;<br/><br/>Trump and the unmighty dollar <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/</a> 2026-01-26T15:28:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfqp0rm6982qyfcvpe9jvlaywdm20w2n763gyz6emve9gs5tg0tlgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzmpm3s &#34;Careful shopping&#34; is a tactic not a strategy for altering the world around us, but that can an easy mistake to make.<br/><br/>The petty (but undeniable) delights of cultivating unoptimizability as a habit <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/22/optimized-for-unoptimizability/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/22/optimized-for-unoptimizability/</a> 2026-01-23T02:37:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzctxzyagq0fjwvpweum9k2nu8tskhc7l8fnelv7hczmddyvs80qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxqqdsmu Techbros are using AI into conning bosses by promising a world where everyone follows order to the letter and heaps praise on them.<br/><br/>AI is how bosses wage war on &#34;professions&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/20/i-would-prefer-not-to/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/20/i-would-prefer-not-to/</a> 2026-01-20T13:56:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qpvpcvf34f7ud79lcvf66vtuk6fc3mn7n02hdhe4z25lj7t8qvszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx5ycu3y Zuck believes that AI cab give the world he wants, one where everyone are basically robots and basically exists to increase his (and other billionaires) wealth according to schedule via his &#34;social networking&#34; platform<br/><br/>Social media without socializing <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/19/billionaire-solipsism/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/19/billionaire-solipsism/</a> 2026-01-20T02:37:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8ywxmhvq7vfwy3csgaqj8lyf5tmdullwhvl2znqe90n087js5sqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx9s4juu Ireland showed us: it just takes one country to defect from this global prisoner&#39;s dilemma, and then everything is up for grabs.<br/><br/>The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/</a> 2026-01-18T01:50:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx526ct5fx3vdhvntuzuwjf5nnqqr6kkpzsp45380csjw6yrtuzlqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxdr2s9d <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/908/409/945/361/141/original/bea00228a9e23175.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-17T03:54:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdg4k53fa0ac0nn0cv69wllsh6ph0xhfqahdtlwle69xhwux8zx8qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx6czy4r The door blocking the way to a better future for all is open a crack, now we just have throw our weight to widen that tiny opening<br/><br/>How the Light Gets In <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/</a> 2026-01-16T01:52:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsc3ewgl7x607dplfcv6g762egccaz7juhp9tmx00f4a3m89s2gczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxdr0ffq The erosion of property rights has profound implications for our security, our privacy, and our society.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not normal <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/</a> 2026-01-15T01:52:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqv9xmxqxj577h8e0urqzhgdadrwtuqr3kqqct5uyqrsqq6jevvzgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx4kfhkc Sincerely regretting these ideas will not lose billions of dollars, destroy jobs or make your country more dependent on American tech.<br/><br/>Sorry, eh <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/</a> 2026-01-14T01:32:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqtz24rj74rvf2auj02zd2vap9svft03nsu3tevmtgxthfay2kt2czyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx64kxmw Sometimes changing the rules is the optimal way forward<br/><br/>A winning trade war strategy for Canada <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/12/disenshittification-nation-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/12/disenshittification-nation-2/</a> 2026-01-13T01:51:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0rt36hpszdsgkn9jsgedsykp5xgxf0vj83jhew9x284tkm0gqcszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxasdjqd A thing that governments can do (that is unrigging the market) with 100% reliability.<br/><br/>Predistribution vs redistribution (Big Tech edition) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/</a> 2026-01-11T02:15:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqha6dlywcg02axv44u9gcvnatxx9r2eyrluxqz2gt5ja6zsmfuygzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx23paf0 An actual &#34;one weird trick&#34; that&#39;s pretty fucking spectacular.<br/><br/>bunnie&#39;s piggyback hack <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/</a> 2026-01-10T02:09:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfe4mwt7nc4k2xj2qr9wkkjxywnrsrl0e4vujrgvv3g2lvh4s4wegzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxguevf8 Writing is a critical skill, it teaches you to organize your thoughts so we can communicate clearly and concisely.<br/><br/>Using LLMs to churn out writing assignments is like asking others to do your thinking for you.<br/><br/>Writing vs AI <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/</a> 2026-01-08T02:07:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsprau0l6kem94dneans3klyy9w34q3gn6jdvl3awd0r96kf9u9jzqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxxlyrt5 There will be plenty of work fixing the things that we broke thanks to the most dangerous AI psychosis of all – the hallucinatory belief that &#34;writing code&#34; is the same thing as &#34;software engineering.&#34;<br/><br/>Code is a liability (not an asset) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/</a> 2026-01-06T14:46:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswd6v9ny3cpj4p848f4xn7gew6ejx6kyzy72q3gawkcsrkzzje26szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxnmjp3p Capitalism is a single-criterion optimization: it organizes itself around the accumulation of capital, to the exclusion of all other criteria<br/><br/>A world without people <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/</a> 2026-01-05T14:57:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8dt6z92ctmzn6wt3yv23gyagct6r4q82husj7kp9az3k2gtgvuhqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxd3yvzq &#34;All the real money is in this socially useless, no-value-creating, hypertrophied, metastasized finance sector. Every gain in finance is matched by a loss. It all amounts to - literally - nothing.&#34;<br/><br/>A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/</a> 2025-12-18T15:05:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs88qccqaml383gq6ee360jlljw3qk46nx5lfucg6p5rpfq2lh68zgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxzeclk8 The historic opportunity and challenge before us is to reform labor unions which can lead to saving democracy itself<br/><br/>Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/15/class-war-labor-peace/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/15/class-war-labor-peace/</a> 2025-12-16T02:12:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fhz49st52erzptc49xedaalvzaq4un3znnervhzacvmauehunnczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxgesmn4 Techbros dressing old scams in fancy new tech clothes in order to get away with their grift<br/><br/>Federal Wallet Inspectors <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/13/uncle-sucker/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/13/uncle-sucker/</a> 2025-12-14T02:32:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvm6c22nezxajrddgdjfle9vndhqh7aql3w2uaqslma5yxwn7v64gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx965j0g The racist, authoritarian neofeudal fantasy world bosses want.<br/><br/>Boss preppers <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/22/eschatology-watch/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/22/eschatology-watch/</a> 2025-11-23T02:15:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxsdhh5r2vwh7nfa7clau0m9kt5h8qjzz7wd5rnkpdawaxxk9jqmszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx4r50gx A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works.<br/><br/>The mad king&#39;s digital killswitch <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/</a> 2025-10-20T15:06:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrzlk534k2sqhwjw9prrp7vqhfxklamv248yzrz636q45tmumlenczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx5wjs88 The material basis for the AI bubble, creating a growth story by claiming that defective AI can do your job, needed to be popped a long time ago<br/><br/>The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/</a> 2025-09-28T03:23:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8exujxhu2apcf8qy7x4f4xd9cee8u8npeqdccfgt5yuuf5r53rpqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxt8sanj Apple like all corporate giants wants to be a feudal overlord which things like the EU Digital Markets Act try to oppose<br/><br/>Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/</a> 2025-09-27T02:40:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfe4g6tcuz7x0t3lq4hjtrmnsdx6l4t6lxxtkujym2dz3hc6tn2pszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxwht3md What unions could (must!) do about app-based work.<br/><br/>Rage Against the (Algorithmic Management) Machine <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/25/roboboss/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/25/roboboss/</a> 2025-09-26T02:12:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2g3ztzpmw2eayeyxkdcqthhrxmskjjklvaf0wehmt64wfn9kycwqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxn03huz They&#39;re going to give us all Howard Hughes disease.<br/><br/>The billionaires aren&#39;t OK <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/robo-lickspittle/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/robo-lickspittle/</a> 2025-09-24T14:08:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxyew9v7l37jps6jyduwtll64575ev0ygcfz945t9ck5hn6eywk9gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxxn6vh3 Red-teaming the fossil fuel death cult&#39;s next move.<br/><br/>The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/</a> 2025-09-23T14:25:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrxw88xvsh60qlp66lg4s93wxl3la7568d6kt8nxh0hn25uj54h6szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxq7wr0g Communications monopolies create single points of failure and also allow governments to curtail free speech<br/><br/>It&#39;s still censorship (even if it doesn&#39;t violate the First Amendment) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/22/one-throat-to-choke/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/22/one-throat-to-choke/</a> 2025-09-22T14:23:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fd05dcvsfuw3y87fttge379fc4uljws2cmatdld9cmyth39wsfszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxz5x50q When you stare into the LLM... the LLM stares back and in doing so demonstrates it is escellent at feeding our delusions<br/><br/>AI psychosis and the warped mirror <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/17/automating-gang-stalking-delusion/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/17/automating-gang-stalking-delusion/</a> 2025-09-18T14:59:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz00ue7aauxy5yr3s5wgvvlwxf6fqk7n6gllxnztlqmzd6laq24rszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx8ptz7c Monopolies and the cabals of &#34;elites&#34; that run them need to be regulated before their conspiracy ruins it all<br/><br/>Conspiratorialism&#39;s causal chain <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/17/cause-and-effect/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/17/cause-and-effect/</a> 2025-09-17T14:50:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cv3vs3y8ruau5qw0t7c5qyrkzlztvd8lmnyxvejchl6fplgvccczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxrn3rc3 The federated internet is a major tool in keeping the web free and open and to keep censorship in check<br/><br/>No such thing as selective censorship <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/16/too-many-throats-to-choke/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/16/too-many-throats-to-choke/</a> 2025-09-16T14:07:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspthn4muwllmkd85k6t3uvnp9udm80zklg7asd3u7g6llwtnqp04szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxwq4c7j Centaurs are those who choose when and how to use AI using it to the extent that it is useful, and throwing it away when it&#39;s not.<br/><br/>Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/vulgar-thatcherism/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/vulgar-thatcherism/</a> 2025-09-12T02:03:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0m7vvzrz0scznvw487z3dmq7n6mlmzxkffaprflny8lndhz8t5yqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxs4krm0 The Rot Economy is the ideology of bosses who optimized their companies for short term cash gains for the oligarch class at the expense of everything else.<br/><br/>Hate the player AND the game <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/10/say-their-names/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/10/say-their-names/</a> 2025-09-11T02:14:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq9qr74a7dwnlddxy59pvnz72wuf4jq9rzktr2fkqtjehqt9gylpgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx8qzjwn The function of the noncompete in America isn&#39;t to secure investment for knowledge-intensive industries – it&#39;s to stop the cashier at Wendy&#39;s from getting an extra $0.25/hour working the fry-trap at the McDonald&#39;s across the street.<br/><br/>Trump steals $400b from American workers <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/09/germanium-valley/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/09/germanium-valley/</a> 2025-09-10T02:44:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2mwf7xmuhl6dpl605ym23l6erfeyaee6v39r0lfeg82hc49lw8gszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxny4skg The key to the myth that workers can be replaced by AI: an AI can consume all the &#34;IP&#34; produced by workers, but it doesn&#39;t have their process knowledge.<br/><br/>Fingerspitzengefühl <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/process-knowledge/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/process-knowledge/</a> 2025-09-09T02:24:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstpy7s7kz9wnyt0t5cl3fahgeujcr9rn4s9jjax94ec5h4mlch9mgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxr3z88q Raising the value of a stock without raising the value of the company.<br/><br/>Stock buybacks are stock swindles <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/06/computer-says-huh/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/06/computer-says-huh/</a> 2025-09-07T01:53:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspldzrpqc7j4l2mhvm0uwjyz528sdlpxf5u96nk58d03ewv699jfczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxkvszns Wikipedia is one of those things that just works despite and it does so by doing something no one has done before<br/><br/>Why Wikipedia works <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/05/be-the-first-person/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/05/be-the-first-person/</a> 2025-09-06T02:21:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnhl3rgr6cjuspn6y3za4gyd07cxumhxyhmy55xws23am3hxt9ngzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlkfrj0 Hope you like enshittification.<br/><br/>The worst possible antitrust outcome <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unpunishing-process/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unpunishing-process/</a> 2025-09-04T03:01:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw6thfnqp5tgua9qjykm0au675nhp2ex8d3v9xmajme9nx839epcczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxy0s32w Oligarchs figured out that the only way to keep their billions is to crush democracy and replace it with fascism<br/><br/>All (antitrust) politics are local <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/02/act-locally/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/02/act-locally/</a> 2025-09-02T15:33:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq06nap5w8dw6e6fcks25hhgrtupkvpkchdp4rntck70axwgpe7vgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxk6h3n8 Tech bosses are fundamentally at war with their customers and suppliers using the Darth Vader School of Business enshittification models<br/><br/>Darth Android <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/</a> 2025-09-02T02:39:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvzarjdyqmztmpy7aq8dap8kr8klxame2crau0cqa4e64eyenwsszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx69pps6 Trump is all about appearances, soundbites, and the libidinal satisfaction of watching corporate titans bend the knee to him<br/><br/>The capitalism of fools <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/28/strew-deal/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/28/strew-deal/</a> 2025-08-29T02:44:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv4qnutxywls25fg93k0nhfwshdxxpzcf5jjupc5hlhmdtn8xgdugzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxlwgs8g Freedom for me but not for thee<br/><br/>By all means, tread on those people <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/</a> 2025-08-27T02:42:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxgm3kvmcd2ygyvwesazrz6ms0shc6a860vhg97q84a5x9kmqwh0qzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx83t0wp Audiobooks are hands-down the most enshittified aspect of publishing<br/><br/>Enshittification, the audiobook <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/25/disenshittified-audiobooks/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/25/disenshittified-audiobooks/</a> 2025-08-25T15:18:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszdp0zyy758thpwk4dn4nzdnts9jqnkn4t3r0hcx2htw943pqdapgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxxkhzvu The MBA mind-virus turns its victims into &#34;optimization&#34;-obsessed zombies, but what they mean by &#34;optimization&#34; is that you will optimize your life to their benefit.<br/><br/>Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/</a> 2025-08-23T15:31:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09rd7sxp3neycqtvd684gr6xz9vjnlv6he0a8anh7req8ym0xj5gzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxx89h0k In a fair society, we&#39;d have transparency for the powerful and privacy for everyone else<br/><br/>Become unoptimizable <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/20/billionaireism/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/20/billionaireism/</a> 2025-08-20T14:44:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsprd8xtjgxlzw0js84dj9a37lr878n4yl2npnn3sc3nkmd2jdhdvszyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kx34960q Billionaires who don&#39;t really believe in the humanity of the people who create their wealth and whom they wield their power over.<br/><br/>Zuckermuskian solopsism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/18/seeing-like-a-billionaire/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/18/seeing-like-a-billionaire/</a> 2025-08-18T15:48:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswqcrw982wgeh5qeckw55eedsfl5u6y02u29pmrr89gu3fnt7an0szyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxy5k9zp Bluesky still needs a lot work to be enshittification-resistant and has to get federated ASAP<br/><br/>Bluesky creates the world&#39;s weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/</a> 2025-08-16T03:20:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfphje3f77vagv3c9kmq4dg6pgtzw7f9d0ak9h04n8snf4jharcdczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxux5a5x NERD HARDER! is the answer every time a politician gets a technological idee-fixe about how to solve a social problem by creating a technology that can&#39;t exist.<br/><br/>&#34;Privacy preserving age verification&#34; is bullshit <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/</a> 2025-08-15T01:58:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst3vcw4kmky3pnskggdahuqvkvqwfrpey26kccmyxkv244lduc6lgzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxvwrnwk Maga was a bet that after victory was attained, the base could be made to settle for performative cruelty against people other than them.<br/><br/>Maga&#39;s boss class think they are immune to American carnage <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/13/then-they-came-for-me/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/13/then-they-came-for-me/</a> 2025-08-14T02:58:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstltcw0ca52ejpcvvke9gtj8mtygtycwl90j3huvv7q7ydvjqskxqzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxa7ns23 <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/725/358/630/536/398/original/db0cfd2ae29f3c41.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-27T14:54:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqmjsvqz0588eya7msn4x7qlwhvjhqhy3m97g4h5223qwm4cegfngzyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxncys4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5k4s7zca79qrun09cd8y4uw59x58df0va848gs59tww3rqdgnpgc0pdaj'>nevent1q…pdaj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here is Facebook&#39;s response when I shared this article via the &#34;Share on Facebook&#34; button on Medium dot com<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/875/962/106/970/005/original/1ee62ddf63f325dc.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/875/962/624/052/203/original/784520052dd52a00.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/875/963/247/232/767/original/7a25d4235f4f032c.jpg"> <br/> 2024-07-30T14:42:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8yl2ge5vdpu7fzhzctp0ynah476gn3k0spwv9g7le9mnzhypuuvczyzzsrw4hup8w0eweha8ygyp94e7ptp3dhg4cr52d4pl8xrpff79kxan2s6p <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/788/225/056/615/629/original/96c67fabc13efcc1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-07-15T02:48:56Z