Architecture in the Annapurnas
@spla però que us ha scrapejat, si ja fa temps que vàreu tancar la línia de temps local?
@nandeth ho explico al fil
@fluffy
It's all smooth down there, like a ken doll.
@BestGirlGrace
@katanova @BestGirlGrace not quite
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Recent appearances:
* Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors)
https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088
* Life After AI (Brain Bar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8
* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/
* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/
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THE LIFE AFTER AI | Cory Doctorow x Brain Bar
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28
https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/
* #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/
* Santa Barbara: UCSB Reads, Apr 29
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/ucsb-reads-2027-presents-author-cory-doctorow
* #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en
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Recent appearances:
* Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors)
https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088
* Life After AI (Brain Bar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8
* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/
* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/
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THE LIFE AFTER AI | Cory Doctorow x Brain Bar
YouTube
Good morning all #tzag As a new working week begins may we go out with a positive mind and a heart filled with love for all. May we show the care and compassion to others that we would like to see for ourselves. Have a great day everybody #BeExcellentToEachOther
@kevie good morning 👋 have a nice day ☕️ 🤗
The one thing every person who says they can live with slavery has in common is an absolute certainty that they will not be the slave
@jalefkowit Sums up the right wing in one hit.
@aaronsgiles Guessing IPA doesn’t remove the sharpie?
@robeeshepherd Cards were pretty cheap cardboard back in the day, doubt they would survive IPA in any quantity. Also most of the cards are in poor condition, and while I'm not into full perfection, I'd like to end up with a collection that's in the VG range.
@vform
Nein, die Hamburger Schulen wollen nicht weg. Genauso wenig wie die meisten Lehrer*innen da.
Ich weiß das, weil ich die am meisten gehasste Person da bin, die sich für Open Source einsetzt!
Ich habe an meiner Schule schon MS Office wenigstens verbannt, alleine das nehmen mir alle (!) übel. Ich führe mindestens einmal pro Woche eine Diskussion darüber, was das alles von mir soll und an MS Windows/Office ist nichts schlimmes und überhaupt, "wir" (aka die Schulen) würden dann ja die Schüler*innen nicht darauf vorbereiten, dass sie in den Betrieben/Unternehmen/etc. dann ja damit arbeiten müssen!
Mir wurde die Fachleitung IT weggenommen, mir wurde die IT-Administration inhaltlich weggenommen (bin IT-Admin nur noch auf dem Papier), damit die Microsoft Fans endlich wieder "vernünftig" arbeiten können. Gut, an MS Office scheitert es an der Lizenz, die können wir uns nicht leisten (ach!).
Datenschutz könnte ein Grund sein? Ach, jetzt hört aber auf hier! 95% der arbeitenden an Schulen interessieren sich null für Datenschutz!
So lang ihr vergessene Notenlisten am Kopierer findet, wo auch Schülys reingeschickt werden, damit sie mal was kopieren können, ist Microsoft das letzte worüber man sich Sorgen machen sollte.
Und warum das alles?
Weil noch nie einer Schule oder Lehrer*innen irgendwas an Daten öffentlich abhanden gekommen ist auf digitalem Weg, obwohl sie verpflichtet wären ihre Partition auf dem Rechner zu verschlüsseln, mit denen sie personenbezogene Daten verarbeiten.
Also: kein lohnendes Ziel für irgendwen, weil sich damit kein Geld machen lässt.
Nun bekommen iServ und Nextcloud ihre Chance. Und trotzdem wollen sie mit dem integrierten Office darin nicht arbeiten. Na ja, ich habe auf meinem iServ-Account einen Speicherplatz von 100 Megabyte 😄
Ach ja, unser MDM für die iPads ist Relution. Ich musste mein PW letztens ändern, weil die kompromittiert worden sind, aber es sind angeblich keine Daten abgeflossen.
Microsoft und Apple werden noch sehr viele Jahre die Schullandschaft dominieren. Nicht wegen der Schülys, die kommen auch mit Linux und Libre Office zurecht. Sondern wegen den Erwachsenen, die in der Schule arbeiten, die auf Microsoft geprägt worden sind.
Hi @2ndStar @vform
mein Favorit: #Microsoft-Servicevertrag, Punkt 2. b.: "… gewähren Sie Microsoft eine weltweite und gebührenfreie #Lizenz für #geistiges #Eigentum zur Verwendung Ihrer Inhalte …"[1]
Upcoming appearances:
* #Courtenay: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/
* #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/
* #Folkestone Writers Festival, Nov 16
https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/cory-doctorow-the-internet-is-broken-now-what/
* #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html
* #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28
https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/
* #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/
* Santa Barbara: UCSB Reads, Apr 29
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/ucsb-reads-2027-presents-author-cory-doctorow
* #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en
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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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Courtenay: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/
* #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/
* #Folkestone Writers Festival, Nov 16
https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/cory-doctorow-the-internet-is-broken-now-what/
* #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html
* #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation
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Good morning all #tzag As a new working week begins may we go out with a positive mind and a heart filled with love for all. May we show the care and compassion to others that we would like to see for ourselves. Have a great day everybody #BeExcellentToEachOther
Apparently, Android now requires browsers to have the "Nearby devices" permission just to access a website on your own LAN.
I miss when computers just let you... you know, compute.
@fribbledom Back then, apps could scan your whole LAN and you wouldn’t notice. How is it not better with that permission control? I’d say most apps definitely don’t need to connect to my local network.
My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "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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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."
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> <@doesnm@ap-bridge.doesnmlab.xyz> yes, but why they lost session at getsup and what message supposed to be after spot are locked? (i need to wait 4 days for this)
@dansup@mastodon.social oops forgot to mention you (need to do it manually)
@doesnm Fixed, try now!
Saturday's threads: JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's "Against Tech Oligarchy"; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117575346915995325
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "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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While pissed in 1989 I decided it would be a good idea to climb the town's Christmas tree on New Year's Eve. The police arrived & it proper kicked off. I ran away but the news report on ensuing riot can still be found on YouTube. Town didn't get another tree for 15 years, sorry.
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#5yrsago Right-Clicker-Mentality https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#spoilsports-r-us
#5yrsago Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#the-chosen-ones
#5yrsago Imagining the end of capitalism https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#its-pronounced-tape-ass
#1yrago Facebook's fraud files https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/08/faecebook/#too-big-to-care
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Saturday's threads: JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine's "Against Tech Oligarchy"; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117575346915995325
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