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@doctorow

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Inside: The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/09/aut…

#Pluralistic 1/

Today (3/9), I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:

eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…

And remote at #UManitoba:

eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…

Tomorrow (3/10), @rgibli and I kick off @sxsw's readings:

schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/

The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble: Someday, we're gonna feel pretty silly about our autocomplete worship.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1633883783723139080

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Dario D'Angelo

@dariodangelo91

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1⃣La #Cina avvisa gli Stati Uniti che il loro approccio condurrà ad un “conflitto inevitabile“.
2⃣Lo speaker della Camera #USA, Kevin #McCarthy, non rinuncia ad incontrare la presidente di #Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen. Appuntamento in California.
3⃣Ipotesi: Pechino rifornisce Mosca

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di armi letali nella guerra in #Ucraina.
4⃣Rischio: Vladimir #Putin punta a ricreare il nucleo delle “terre storiche” russe ben oltre il #Donbas.
5⃣Fatti: massiccio aumento della spesa militare cinese per il 2023.

Cinque punti annotati sul taccuino nel giro di pochi giorni.

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Come interpretarli?

🅰️ La Storia divora oggi pagine che un tempo avrebbe consumato nel giro di molti anni.
🅱️ La netta percezione di trovarsi alle porte di un cambio di fase nella competizione – eufemismo – tra potenze.

Flashback. Primavera 2018. Clint Hinote, tenente

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: End to End; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/07/dis…

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Today (3/7) I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWien:

informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:

eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…

And remote at #UManitoba:

eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…

On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:

schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/

End to End: Willing speakers should reach willing listeners.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1633087977843834881

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/06/per…

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Tomorrow (3/7) I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWien:

informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:

eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…

And remote at #UManitoba:

eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…

On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:

schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/

Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed: Janice Eberly provided cover for Tim Geithner's policy of No Banker Left Behind.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1632838860068593664

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pic…

#Pluralistic 1/

On 3/7 I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWein:

informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:

eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…

And remote at #UManitoba:

eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…

On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off the @SXSW reading series:

schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/

Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation: You CAN please all of the people all of the time (sorta).

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1631979057398140929

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/28/kin…

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This Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:

brusselsconference.com/registration

On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:

elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/

VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1630561936394911746

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Podcasting "Twiddler"; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/27/kno…

#Pluralistic 1/

Podcasting "Twiddler": What makes digital platforms so enshittification prone?

TK 3/

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/26/car…

#Pluralistic 1/

Next Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:

brusselsconference.com/registration

On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:

elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/

Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia: Corporate "recycling" programs are just obfuscated landfills.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1629908775116197892

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Clinton Rarey

@ClintonRarey

𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻 3 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫: How a Wealthy Billionaire is influencing local politics playing shell games in collaboration with elected officials in @austintexasgov

https://twitter.com/ClintonRarey/status/1628170571363102720

Now that we've established that @TidesCommunity & #sixteenthirtyfund bankrolls Soros's Network of nonprofits and left-wing organizations.

We must ask who is @mike_nellis?

Mike started his career as a Project Coordinator with @TidesCommunity, two years later he moved to Austin Texas & started working for "Greenlights for Nonprofits Success" now known as @Mission_Capital where @KirkPWatson sat on the board between 2003-2004.

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: This is your brain on fraud apologetics; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/pas…

#Pluralistic 1/

Next Thu (3/2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. Both in-person and virtual attendance are free:

brusselsconference.com/registration

On Fri (3/3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:

elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/

This is your brain on fraud apologetics: The curious comfort of victim-blaming.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1629136173678354434

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Fighting the privacy wars, state by state; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/23/sta…

#Pluralistic 1/

Next Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. Both in-person and virtual attendance are free:

brusselsconference.com/registration

On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @elevatefestival: 2/

elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 3/

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/21/the…

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Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds": A return to "Lovecraft Country."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1628027768792285185

#20yrsago Bertelsmann sued over #Napster web.archive.org/web/2003040120…

#15yrsago Random House Audio abandons audiobook #DRM craphound.com/DRMLetter22108…

#15yrsago Collective intelligence spontaneously arises among #ARG players — paper from I Love Bees creator avantgame.com/McGonigal_WhyI… 3/

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/20/tur…

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Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU: Why do Americans have to pay Intuit to tell the IRS things it already knows?

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1627740579927887886

Hey look at this

* A Mathematical Theory of Communication web.archive.org/web/1998071501…

* How to Win at Monopoly and Piss Off Your Friends imgur.com/topic/The_More… (h/t @kottke)

* Crowdsourced land-clearing monitoring acfinvestigates.org.au (h/t Michael Pulsford) 3/

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Pluralistic is three; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/dre…

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Pluralistic is three: Time flies when you're writing blogs.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 2/

Hey look at this

* 'Landlords Are a Scum Class': Everything I've Learnt About London Renting vice.com/en/article/n7z…

* The Lie That's Destroying the Economy

* What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-i… (h/t Tom Jennings) 3/

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Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

Overnight in #Austin, Texas, car drifters & spectators took over the streets & forced responding police to retreat.

More video of the street occupation in Austin, Texas on Saturday night:

Though illegal street occupations for drivers spinning & doing dangerous stunts is not political, they are nonetheless praised by #Antifa & far-left groups due to the resources they take for police to respond, & the hostility officers face by the mob.

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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

@doctorow

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Inside: Google's chatbot panic; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/twe…

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This is the last day (Feb 17) of my #Australian tour for my book #ChokepointCapitalism with my co-author, #rgibli. We'll be in #Canberra at the Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum:

digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 2/

Google's chatbot panic: On the infinite insecurities of a self-styled creative genius who really just buys other people's ideas.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1626313663232589825

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Alex Thomas

@housing_alex

1 in 4 flippers sold their homes for LESS $$$ than expected in our 4Q22 survey. Elevated rates and falling home prices are scaring buyers wary of buying on the way down, but investors are clearly looking to acquire now and refinance later. 🧵Flipper comments to follow ->

#Austin flipper: “Austin has an overinflated housing market that is compounded by elevated interest rates. This has resulted in a downward spiral in qualified buyers. The fix and flip market is pretty much gone. Prices in most areas are down about -30% or more in recent months.”

#Baltimore flipper: “We’re looking forward to a big 2023. I hate to say it, but a lot of it’s going to be on the backs of consumers with hardships, or circumstances where they have no other options. But that’s our bread and butter.”

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Graviola Finland

@GraviolaDOTfi

#Bojo Recounts #Putin #Missile Attack Threat | -2h
- "He sort of threatened me at one point and said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a #minute,' or something like that," Johnson quoted Putin as saying
themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/30/for…

@BorisJohnson @RishiSunak
The world has suffered for decades from the #AngloSaxon #AgathaChristie psychopath poisoning operations.
- That is why it is good for everyone that the #satanic forces are vaporized, asap.
propaganda.news/2023-02-16-put…

@BorisJohnson @RishiSunak #PortonDown #Salisbury #Skripals #Syria #Douma #OPCW #Novichok #Navalny
1. #Novichok was used and produced in the #US since 2008. #Patent US 9,132,135 b2 | Sep 17, 2020.
2. #PortonDown: #Salisbury nerve agent 'attack' reveals $70M #Pentagon program

https://twitter.com/GraviolaDOTfi/status/1622775482876932098?s=20

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Dario D'Angelo

@dariodangelo91

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Pochi giorni a Natale. Volodymyr #Zelensky viene ricevuto da Joe #Biden alla Casa Bianca. Per il primo viaggio all'estero dall'inizio dell'invasione russa, il presidente ucraino ha fissato l'asticella molto in alto. Il leader del mondo libero lo ascolta

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attentamente all'interno dello Studio Ovale, così come ha fatto per giorni e giorni al telefono, ormai da quasi un anno. Ma guardarsi dritto negli occhi è altra cosa. E forse nemmeno il navigato presidente USA si aspetta di ricevere quella richiesta. Sa che l'Ucraina ha

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urgente bisogno di un salto di qualità nel sostegno alla sua causa, di armi più potenti, ma quando Zelensky chiede la consegna di missili a lungo raggio e carri armati, la questione cambia.
Sulla prima richiesta il "no" americano è netto: le assicurazioni di #Kyiv non bastano

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Annette Werberger

@AWerberger

Deutschland "hat keinen Sinn dafür entwickelt, dass es Kipppunkte in der Weltgeschichte gibt, an denen das Alte stirbt & das Neue noch nicht geboren ist (Antonio Gramsci), an denen wir eine Zäsur spüren, die wir oft noch nicht als Zäsur verstehen.."/1
wiwo.de/28937274.html?…

...können– und dass Putin mit jedem seiner Worte und Taten erkennen lässt, einen solchen Kipppunkt erzwingen zu wollen: das Ende der regelbasierten Ordnung und der Vereinten Nationen, eine Revision des Zerfalls der Sowjetunion und der europäischen Osterweiterung."/2

"Doch wie immer man die Argumente und Gründe dreht und wendet: Deutschland hat in den vergangenen Monaten allen voran (!) nicht die historische Dimension dieses Krieges begriffen – & viel zu lange nicht wahrhaben wollen, dass Putin uns, 'den Westen zu seinem Feind erklärt' hat."3

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Dario D'Angelo

@dariodangelo91

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Pare che gli americani non l'abbiano presa bene.
Il mancato via libera della #Germania all'invio dei formidabili carri armati #Leopard all'#Ucraina ha provocato "incomprensione e malcelata rabbia" tra gli alleati #NATO, riunitisi nei giorni scorsi in quel di #Ramstein con

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l'intenzione di segnare un punto di svolta nel sostegno militare a #Kyiv.
La decisione del cancelliere #Scholz, stando a quanto ricostruito da uno dei più importanti quotidiani tedeschi, la Süddeutsche Zeitung, è stata accolta in particolare dal rappresentante #USA,

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il segretario alla Difesa Lloyd #Austin, con "toni particolarmente taglienti". D'altronde il numero uno del Pentagono aveva le sue ragioni per essere deluso. Riscontrata sul punto l'ostinata resistenza di Berlino, Austin ha anticipato il proprio viaggio in Germania,

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