Cory Doctorow

Burbank

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @[email protected]

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Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part II (13 May 2025)

1 day ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

Who Broke the Internet? Part II: Mr Lehman Goes to Geneva. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. "Understood: Who Broke the Internet?" is my new podcast for CBC about the enshittogenic policy decisions that gave rise to enshittification.
Pluralistic: Trump can’t do ANYTHING for his base (12 May 2025)

2 days ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

Trump can't do ANYTHING for his base: No oxen available for goring. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Trump's coalition includes a huge number of people who will suffer terribly from his policies, but who voted for him anyway.
Musk pode trancar você para fora do seu Tesla

6 days ago | intercept.com.br | Cory Doctorow

Uma ação ajuizada em fevereiro acusa a Tesla de alterar remotamente os valores no hodômetro de carros problemáticos, tentando fazer esses elefantes brancos ultrapassarem o limite de 80 mil km da garantia. Quem entrou com o processo foi um motorista da Califórnia, que comprou um Tesla usado com 59 mil quilômetros rodados.
The FCC Must Reject Efforts to Lock Up Public Airwaves

6 days ago | eff.org | Corynne McSherry |Cory Doctorow

President Trump’s attack on public broadcasting has attracted plenty of deserved attention, but there’s a far more technical, far more insidious policy change in the offing—one that will take away Americans’ right to unencumbered access to our publicly owned airwaves.
Who broke the internet?

6 days ago | medium.com | Cory Doctorow

My new podcast series from the CBC. I’m on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels. Catch me at PITTSBURGH’S White Whale Books on May 15 and in PDX at Barnes and Noble with BUNNIE HUANG on June 20. More tour stops (London, Manchester) here. “Who Broke the Internet?” is a new podcast from CBC Understood that I host and co-wrote — it’s a four-part series that explains how the enshitternet came about, and, more importantly, what we can do about it.
Pluralistic: Who broke the internet? (08 May 2025)

6 days ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

Who broke the internet?: My new podcast series from the CBC. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.
Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control ray (again) (07 May 2025)

1 week ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control ray (again): The business model for AI is the same as the business model for Big Data – bilking credulous advertisers. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2105, 2020, 2024Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.
Pluralistic: The Adventures of Mary Darling (06 May 2025)

1 week ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

The Adventures of Mary Darling: A cracking read, a virtuoso act of gender jiu-jitsu, a Sherlock story like no other, a rough trip to fairyland, and the real, true story of Peter Pan. What a book!Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.
Pluralistic: Bridget Read’s ‘Little Bosses Everywhere’ (05 May 2025)

1 week ago | pluralistic.net | Cory Doctorow

Bridget Read's 'Little Bosses Everywhere': America is a Ponzi scheme. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Pyramid schemes are as American as apple pie.
AI and the fatfinger economy

1 week ago | medium.com | Cory Doctorow

Every slip of the finger is money in the bank. I’m on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels. Catch me at NEW ZEALAND’S UNITY BOOKS in WELLINGTON TODAY (May 3, 3PM). More tour stops (Pittsburgh, PDX, London, Manchester) here. Have you noticed that all the buttons you click most frequently to invoke routine, useful functions in your device have been moved, and their former place is now taken up by a curiously butthole-esque icon that summons an unwanted AI?