Object permanence
Microsoft copyright crackdown against Russian dissidents; Corbyn wins Labour leadership; Bill Gates’ monopolism.
The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process.
Ithaca and NYC! I’m heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11–17. Here’s a list of open-to-all Cornell activities including two major keynotes; a movie night with dinner and discussion; and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC. I’m also appearing at Autumn Leaves Books on Sept 13. I’ll also be at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21.
Microsoft copyright crackdown against Russian dissidents; Corbyn wins Labour leadership; Bill Gates’ monopolism.
#15yrsago Russian cops use excuse of pirated Microsoft products to raid dissidents, newspapers, and environmentalist groups https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12raids.html
#10yrsago My novel “Walkaway” will hit shelves in 2017 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/68042-book-deals-week-of-september-14-2015.html
#10yrsago NYPD cop who beat up tennis star James Blake has a long, violent rapsheet https://web.archive.org/web/20150913062523/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tackled-james-blake-sued-4-times-excessive-force-article-1.2356691
#10yrsago Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows ‘fightback’ https://memex.craphound.com/2015/09/12/uk-labour-party-elects-its-first-left-wing-leader-in-more-than-20-years/
#5yrsago Bill Gates’s monopolistic mask-off moment https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/12/whats-a-murder/#miros-tilde-1
