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Inside: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/6b944cdb-8d65-472e-8cef-3726b5b7491d/today-s-threads-a-threadRSS for NodeFri, 26 Jun 2026 04:03:18 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2026 11:42:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:14:00 GMT]]>@pluralistic this was at Kepler’s! Corey was awesome as usual.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Mwritter/statuses/116799834695159027https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Mwritter/statuses/116799834695159027Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:14:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:13:02 GMT]]>@pluralistic sadly I’ve been locked out for 24 hours for some unknown reason? Boosting Corey on mastodon? Cross posting. Telling Chuck Grassley to jump in a lake? Who knows? Not me. But some automated bot has decided they didn’t like my posting and Bsky is having trouble getting a human or a bit to explain. Not Cool. This is the second time, the first time they accused me of being a bot. Bots spell too well to be me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Mwritter/statuses/116799830932702649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Mwritter/statuses/116799830932702649Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:13:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:59:03 GMT]]>@pluralistic

you burn an enormous amount of carbon traveling so much to promote the sale of a your personal stuff

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116799775952268778https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116799775952268778Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:59:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:32 GMT]]>I'm on tour with my new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI. Catch me TONIGHT (Jun 23) in at Osler Records:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-book-launch-and-talk-tickets-1991501299998

And TOMORROW in at The Strand:

https://www.strandbooks.com/cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaur-s-guide-to-life-after-ai.html

After that, it's and :

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/posts/4722070

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799258812504430https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799258812504430Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:26 GMT]]>I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:web:pluralistic.net/post/3moxctbhpdc22

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799258369206723https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799258369206723Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:15 GMT]]>You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799257698635589https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799257698635589Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:04 GMT]]>Recent appearances

* How to Mess with Big Tech Oligarchs (Fighting Fascism)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-mess-with-big-tech-oligarchs-w-cory-doctorow/id1888647397?i=1000773711479

* Reverse Centaur with Angie Coiro (Kepler's Books)
https://www.youtube.com/live/cWN6XBa73xA

* How to Think About AI Before It’s Too Late (Galaxy Brain)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPQNPJ0CEPo

* The future of world governance, with Kim Stanley Robinson (UN Independent Expert on International Order)
https://www.youtube.com/live/wJvBvYdaAMY

* How to Think About Artificial Intelligence (KUER)
https://radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowest/2026-06-16/cory-doctorow-on-how-to-think-about-artificial-intelligence

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799256961654040https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799256961654040Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:47:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:51 GMT]]>Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8
https://brightondome.org/whats-on/LSC-cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Riley Quinn (Foyle's Picadilly), Sep 9
https://www.foyles.co.uk/events/enshittification-cory-doctorow-riley-quinn

* : An Evening With Cory Doctorow (Notre Dame), Oct 6
https://franco.nd.edu/events/2026/10/06/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799256129921853https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799256129921853Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:43 GMT]]>Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* International Book Festival with Jimmy Wales, Aug 17
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-front-list-cory-doctorow-and-jimmy-wales

* : The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Aug 23-24
https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/cory-doctorow/

* : Enshittification at the Wheeler Centre, Aug 25
https://www.wheelercentre.com/events-tickets/season-2026/cory-doctorow-enshittification

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799255547058264https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799255547058264Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:34 GMT]]>Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with David Williams (Fitler Club/Philadelphia Citizen), Jun 25
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-book-event-tickets-1990110326559

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Rick Perlstein (Exile in Bookville), Jun 26
https://exileinbookville.com/events/50628

* : Idler Festival, Jul 11
https://www.idler.co.uk/festival/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799254996557250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799254996557250Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:23 GMT]]>Upcoming appearances:

* : The Sovereignty Debate (IAB Canada's State of the Nation), Jun 23
https://iabcanada.com/state-of-the-nation-2026

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI (Osler Records/Type Books), Jun 23
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-book-launch-and-talk-tickets-1991501299998

* : The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Jonathan Coulton (The Strand), Jun 24
https://www.strandbooks.com/cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaur-s-guide-to-life-after-ai.html

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799254277075993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799254277075993Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:13 GMT]]>My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799253620336333https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799253620336333Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:04 GMT]]>My latest nonfiction book is "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/

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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799252996795611https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799252996795611Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:45:08 GMT]]>Yesterday's threads: Good politics; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116794983837301758

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799249361244096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799249361244096Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:45:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:56 GMT]]> Writing the Other: intensely practical advice for representing other cultures in fiction https://memex.craphound.com/2016/06/23/writing-the-other-intensely-practical-advice-for-representing-other-cultures-in-fiction/

The case for a Canadian wealth tax https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/23/billionaires-eh/#galen-weston-is-a-rat

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799248586008771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799248586008771Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:46 GMT]]> 2016: the first presidential election in 50 years without Voting Rights Act protections https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/welcome-to-the-first-presidential-election-since-voting-rights-act-gutted-179737/3/

Google is restructuring to put machine learning at the core of all it does https://web.archive.org/web/20180530051703/https://www.wired.com/2016/06/how-google-is-remaking-itself-as-a-machine-learning-first-company/

Misconfigured database exposes sensitive data for 154 million US voters https://dailydot.com/politics/154-million-voter-files-exposed-l2

To understand the Trump campaign, study real-estate developer hustle https://web.archive.org/web/20161028030522/https://storify.com/KC_EDM/trump-is-running-his-campaign-like-a-real-estate-d

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799247910158652https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799247910158652Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:30 GMT]]> Campus hookups: college sex isn’t new, but hookups are different https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/06/21/the-promise-and-perils-of-hook-up-culture/

A Brief History of the Corporation: understanding what an attention economy is and where it comes from https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-corporation-1600-to-2100/

Eliza: what makes you think I’m a psychotherapeutic chatbot? https://www.filfre.net/2011/06/eliza-part-1/

Broken Windows policing is nonsense https://www.nyc.gov/assets/oignypd/downloads/pdf/Quality-of-Life-Report-2010-2015.pdf

How it feels to be under DDoS attack https://www.oreilly.com/radar/ddos-emotions/

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799246887980637https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799246887980637Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:14 GMT]]> Darwin’s tortoise dead at 176

Major US ISPs set to limit repeat infringers with throttling, limiting access to 200 websites, and copyright reeducation school https://web.archive.org/web/20111105225114/http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20073522-261/exclusive-top-isps-poised-to-adopt-graduated-response-to-piracy/

Why fair use doesn’t work unless you’ve got a huge war-chest for paying lawyers https://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/

Model net neutrality rule for municipalities https://web.archive.org/web/20110626114610/http://envisionseattle.org/2011/06/model-net-neutrality-ordinance-for-seattle.html

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799245820082770https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799245820082770Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:43:52 GMT]]>Hey look at this

* AI doomerism is misplaced. Here’s what it will take to pop the bubble https://www.salon.com/2026/06/22/ai-doomerism-is-misplaced-heres-what-it-will-take-to-pop-the-bubble/

* Visa and Mastercard: The Original Gangsters of Electronic Collusion https://www.thesling.org/visa-and-mastercard-the-original-gangsters-of-electronic-collusion/

* Has it happened yet? https://hasithappenedyet.org/

* Platform-Controlled Search and Distortions in Attention Allocation https://tinbergen.nl/discussion-paper/6496/26-035-vii-platform-controlled-search-and-distortions-in-attention-allocation

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799244341182825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799244341182825Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:43:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:43:39 GMT]]>Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid: First they came for the VPNs.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116799199251172675

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799243526610908https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116799243526610908Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:43:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today's threads (a thread) on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:43:23 GMT]]>I'm on tour with my new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI. Catch me TONIGHT (Jun 23) in at Osler Records:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-book-launch-and-talk-tickets-1991501299998

And TOMORROW in at The Strand:

https://www.strandbooks.com/cory-doctorow-the-reverse-centaur-s-guide-to-life-after-ai.html

After that, it's and :

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/posts/4722070

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