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A "secure" system can be the most dangerous of all: Who we secure FOR - and AGAINST - reveals our true priorities and values.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110708068861394240

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-13 17:57:50

Two decades ago, my life changed forever: hearing #BruceSchneier explain that "#security" doesn't exist in the abstract. You can only be secure *from some threat*. A fire alarm won't protect you from burglaries. A condom won't protect you from mass shootings. It seems obvious, but how often do we hear about "security" without any mention of *who* is being made secure, and from *which* threat?

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Hey look at this

* Remote Control: #DisneyWorld vs Their Own Customers https://www.micechat.com/358192-remote-control-disney-world-vs-their-own-customers/

* Crump and Davis: Lost Artwork and Long-Forgotten Collaborations https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2023/06/crump-and-davis-lost-artwork-and-long.html

* My Favorite Conspiracy Theory Confirmed https://cooldudezone.substack.com/p/my-favorite-conspiracy-theory-confirmed (h/t Kottke)

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My Favorite Conspiracy Theory Confirmed

Read to the end a funny video and some good music

^{Alex Goldman (The Cool Dude Zone)}

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#10yrsago Lunch with the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/9a344ea2-e8af-11e2-aead-00144feabdc0#axzz2YuWbWNsa

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Lunch with the FT: Cory Doctorow

The novelist, blogger and activist talks sci-fi economics, four-course breakfasts and getting things done

^{Financial Times}

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Yesterday's threads: Why are so many Californians homeless? and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110701423322712264

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-12 13:47:47

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Why are so many Californians homeless? and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/13/because-its-too-expensive/

#Pluralistic

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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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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB

Signing with Cory Doctorow

^{Dark Delicacies}

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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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Upcoming appearances:

* #ComicCon (#SanDiego), Jul 20-23
https://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule

* #Armadillocon (#Austin), Aug 4-6
https://armadillocon.org/d45/

* @defcon (#LasVegas), Aug 10-13
https://defcon.org/

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Program Schedule

Comic-Con International's complete Program Schedule will appear online about two weeks before the event.

^{Comic-Con International: San Diego}

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Recent appearances:

* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn47ptAtVH0

* The Homeless Romantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXn9wy5bHq0

* Why the internet is getting worse
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/15992083-why-the-internet-is-getting-worse

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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 with Cory Doctorow

UCL Computer Science had the pleasure of hosting the 4th edition of the annual Peter Kirstein Lecture series. The lecture took place at UCL Cruciform Lecture...

^YouTube

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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/13/whose-security/

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If you're a @medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Let the Platforms Burn: The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires"

https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980

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Let the Platforms Burn - Cory Doctorow - Medium

California needs to burn. For millennia, First Nations people oversaw controlled burns in the forests they lived, played and worked in. These burns cleared out underbrush, saw off sick trees, and…

^{Cory Doctorow (Medium)}

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