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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 56 min. ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Agents vs ecommerce; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/28/principle-agent-problem/

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A blasted, dark, cratered moonscape, dominated by an overturned shopping cart, which is being swarmed with killer robots from pulp magazines.

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Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026)

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 54 min. ago

Agents vs ecommerce: Opacity is a feature, not a bug.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117518170412534323

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 54 min. ago

Hey look at this

* Musk: Inside the Suits https://www.insidethesuits.com/receipts/15-musk-no-further-sales/

* "The day all billionaires died…" https://www.patreon.com/noneofthisisok/posts/day-all-died-171938052

* Your phone is about to stop being yours https://keepandroidopen.org/

* Shitter: Alternative Twitter front-end https://codeberg.org/shitter/shitter

* Saving Social Security https://prospect.org/2026/10/27/saving-social-security/

Codeberg.org

shitter

Alternative Twitter front-end. Fork of zedeus/nitter on GitHub.

https://www.patreon.com/noneofthisisok/posts/day-all-died-171938052

Inside the Suits

He said no further Tesla sales were planned. His own filings show three more rounds that year, about $14.4 billion. | Inside the Suits

Three months and twelve days from the post to the next sale, and then two more rounds before the year ended. The word he used was "planned", and that matters. But the filings show what followed, and what followed was larger than what came before.

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 54 min. ago

#25yrsago Hack your Aibo https://web.archive.org/web/20010516005338/http://aibohack.com/

#20yrsago History of calculator watches https://watchismo.blogspot.com/2006/10/calculating-history-of-led-calculator.html

#15yrsago How Occupy has shifted the national debate https://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/the_victory_ows_has_already_won/

#15yrsago UK public reimbursed Margaret Thatcher was reimbursed for more than £500K in personal expenses https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/28/margaret-thatcher-expenses-claim

#15yrsago Depression the Hyperbole and a Half way https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html

Adventures in Depression

Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason...

the Guardian

Margaret Thatcher's £500,000 expenses claim revealed

The Iron Lady heads the list of former prime ministers who have claimed £1.7m for public duties in the past five years

Salon.com

The victory OWS has already won - Salon.com

The protests have helped shift the national dialogue from the deficit to the real problems Americans face

Calculating the History of LED Calculator Watches

1975 Calcron Calculator Watch Playboy magazine, June 1975...A gift-giving advertisement with ideas for dads & grads included this guy...

https://web.archive.org/web/20010516005338/http://aibohack.com/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 54 min. ago

#15yrsago Philippines president Duterte says God threatened to crash his plane if he didn’t stop swearing https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/international/2016/10/28/duterte-says-god-told-stop-cursing/

#15yrsago Public safety codes are now free online for all https://memex.craphound.com/2016/10/28/public-safety-codes-are-now-free-online-for-all/

#10yrsago Dr Seuss estate has crushed a kickstarter for a Seuss/Trek mashup https://web.archive.org/web/20170425161011/https://www.popehat.com/2016/10/26/popehat-signal-help-defend-a-seuss-trek-parody-under-fair-use/

#10yrsago Undercover with a prepper militia that patrols the border to fight “drug cartels” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/undercover-border-militia-immigration-bauer/

Mother Jones

I Went Undercover With a Border Militia. Here’s What I Saw.

A firsthand look inside America's resurgent paramilitary movement.

Popehat

Popehat Signal: Help Defend A Seuss-Trek Parody Under Fair Use

It’s time to light the Popehat Signal to seek pro bono legal help to defend the weak against the strong. The strong party in this case is Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P., which holds the intellec…

https://memex.craphound.com

Public safety codes are now free online for all

Khaosod English

Duterte Says God Told Him to Stop Cursing

MANILA — The foul-mouthed Philippine president, who once called the pope a "son of a bitch" and told Barack Obama to "go to hell," says he has promised to God he won't spew expletives again.

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 53 min. ago

#10yrsago The “Blacks for Trump” guy used to be in a murder cult https://web.archive.org/web/20161027133828/https://fusion.net/story/362459/blacks-for-trump-michael-the-black-man-yahweh-cult/

#5yrsago Europe's trustbusters lose the plot https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#filternet

#5yrsago All of science gets a general index https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#cornucopia-concordance

#5yrsago The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#felony-contempt-of-business-model

#1yrago Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/#fuck-you-pay-me

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Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025)

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Fusion

A man holding a 'Blacks For Trump' sign right behind Trump was once part of an extremist murder cult

While Michael may not technically be a part of Trump's official campaign, his presence on stage is far from coincidental.

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 53 min. ago

Yesterday's threads: History is something you do; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117512149949747081

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · activity timestamp 53 min. ago

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/

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/

Macmillan Publishers

Book details - Macmillan Publishers

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2026 Locus Award for NonfictionEnshittification: It’s not just you—the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittif...

Macmillan Publishers

Book details - Macmillan Publishers

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even...

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