There ain't no such thing as a free on-campus fitness center.

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-proletarianization-of-tech-workers-ad0a6b09f7e6?sk=6dc50e8e1afc9bbd523a2fee4959e5c0

#TechWorkers #JanglingKeys #ExtremelyHardcore #AbolishSiliconValley

How #TechWorkers went from dreaming of starting revolutions, to dreaming of fake #startups, to dreaming of a job for life, to fearing layoffs to make way for #StockBuybacks.

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-proletarianization-of-tech-workers-ad0a6b09f7e6?sk=6dc50e8e1afc9bbd523a2fee4959e5c0

#Precarity #Financialization #EndStageCapitalism

Why #labor #unions are so rare in #sciencefiction

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-proletarianization-of-tech-workers-ad0a6b09f7e6?sk=6dc50e8e1afc9bbd523a2fee4959e5c0

#EricFlint #Labor #WorldCon #FalseConsciousness

The proletarianization of tech workers: If there is hope, it is in the proles

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-proletarianization-of-tech-workers-ad0a6b09f7e6?sk=6dc50e8e1afc9bbd523a2fee4959e5c0

#Labor #Unions

https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/041/428/669/260/459/original/3dc08c7773179a7a.mp4

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My latest Medium column is "Big Tech Can’t Stop Telling On Itself: PREMEDITATED_MURDER_FINAL_FINAL_1.docx"

https://doctorow.medium.com/big-tech-cant-stop-telling-on-itself-f7f0eb6d215a

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Recent appearances:

* Gaslit Nation (pt 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orj5KGiLmcU

* Why Big Tech is getting worse to use (Cost of Living/CBC):

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-379-cost-of-living/clip/16005682-why-big-tech-getting-worse-use

* Gaslit Nation (pt 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTlhNoV3Qg

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* DIG Festival (#Modena, Italy), Sept 22

https://dig-awards.org/en/dig-festival-2023-first-speakers-announced/

* Launch for "#TheInternetCon" and nostr:npub143cwgn48edmnfa4z54meaylss4s8glen4kfvwxdfmx3xwv9n3dysde59ma's "#BloodInTheMachine," Chevalier's Books (#LA), Sept 27

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-blood-in-the-machine-by-brian-merchant-tickets-696349940417

* An Evening with #VESchwab (#Boise), Oct 2

https://www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/ve-schwab

* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16

https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/

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This leaves liberals in the increasingly absurd position of defending the indefensible: insisting that the #FDA shouldn't be questioned despite its ghastly failures during the #opioid epidemic; claiming that the #VotingMachine companies whose defective products have been the source of increasingly urgent technical criticism are without flaw.

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Lacking any kind of transformational agenda, the liberal answer to capitalism's problems always comes down to minor tweaks ("making sure half of our rulers are women, queers and people of color") rather than meaningful, structural shifts.

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As I wrote earlier: "There's no market for a machine-learning autopilot, or content moderation algorithm, or loan officer, if all it does is cough up a recommendation for a human to evaluate. Either that system will work so poorly that it gets thrown away, or it works so well that the inattentive human just button-mashes 'OK' every time a dialog box appears":

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/21/let-me-summarize/#i-read-the-abstract

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This quote is on the tip of my tongue! Something like "We can have a democracy or we can unregulated markets, but not both." Anyone have the precise quote and source? Thank you in advance!

#15yrsago #TSA puts commercial pilots on #NoFly and #terrorist #WatchLists https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2008/08/grounded_muslim_airline_pilot.html

#15yrsago #McCain staffer slams #DungeonsAndDragons players https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/08/mccain-blogger-dd-players-pro-obama-not-chaotic-neutral/

#15yrsago #Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White — absolutely extraordinary comic fuses manga and French comics in a story of violence and lost boys in a surreal Japanese cityscape https://memex.craphound.com/2008/08/19/tekkonkinkreet-black-white-absolutely-extraordinary-comic-fuses-manga-and-french-comics-in-a-story-of-violence-and-lost-boys-in-a-surreal-japanese-cityscape/

#10yrsago #BullshitJobs: why we’re not all working 4h days https://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

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Today (19 Aug), I'm appearing at the #SanDiego Union-Tribune Festival of Books. I'm on a 2:30PM panel called "Return From Retirement," followed by a signing:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks

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Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/17/popular-front-of-judea/

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My latest Medium column is "Enshitternet: The old, good internet deserves a new, good internet"

https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon 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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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

https://chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068

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Hey look at this

* #JordanPeterson: Critics complain over 'misleading' book cover quotes https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66520089

* Excerpt Reveal: #TheLostCause by Cory Doctorow https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/08/14/excerpt-reveal-the-lost-cause-by-cory-doctorow/

* Barbiephonic Forever https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2023/08/16/barbiephonic-forever/ (h/t nostr:npub1eyszugs46q4ngd8tgeysnkwve20n9wewj42lac9cp7s2jrk52u2qce6x02)

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#10yrsago #CopyrightTroll’s lawyer wants record sealed so we won’t make fun of him https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/14/prenda-lawyer-would-like-future-documents-sealed-because-techdirt-commenters-said-mean-stuff-about-him/

#10yrsago Horse Association must accept #clones on registry https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cloning-horses/u-s-horse-association-will-be-ordered-to-allow-clones-on-registry-idUSBRE97C01V20130813

#10yrsago Which Congresscritters want to sell out the America’s laws to offshore copyright giants? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/stop-fast-track

#10yrsago #Lavabit’s owner threatened with arrest for shutting down rather than spying on customers https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lavabit-com-owner-i-could-be-arrested-resisting-surveillance-order-flna6c10908072

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Hey look at this

* mojo dojo casa house https://mcmansionhell.com/post/725564236607176704/mojo-dojo-casa-house

* Teachable Moments Require... Teaching https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/teachable-moments-require-teaching

* Sensor Watch, a replacement board for the legendary #CasioF91W wristwatch https://boingboing.net/2023/08/14/sensor-watch-a-replacement-board-for-the-legendary-casio-f-91w-wristwatch.html

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This Saturday (19 Aug), I'm appearing at the #SanDiego Union-Tribune Festival of Books. I'm on a 2:30PM panel called "Return From Retirement," followed by a signing:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks

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