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Hooray! Met Our Third Target! On to the Fourth: Continuing Expanded Daily Links
Oct. 1st, 2025 06:58 pmnaked_capitalism_feedThe fundraiser is going nicely but many of you have yet to contribute! How about chipping in for the daily essential of our morning Links?
Coffee Break: Shutdown, Clampdown, Clownshow or Horror Movie?
Oct. 1st, 2025 06:00 pmnaked_capitalism_feedTrump, Hegseth and Russell Vought are clamping down and lashing out as the US government shuts down, but how much is clown show and how much is horror?
Announcing a Surprise “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Oct. 1st, 2025 03:03 pmnaked_capitalism_feedA backer of many years has thrown down the gauntlet for a surprise "Double Your Donation" challenge. Make her generous offer a big success!
naked_capitalism_feedAt these venture capital AI valuations, “exit hurdles become exceptionally large.” That translates into "Look out below!"
naked_capitalism_feedMichael Hudson explains how Naked Capitalism is your information force multiplier. So please give so it can keep working for all of us!
naked_capitalism_feedA running battle in New York sees to hold Volkswagen controlling shareholders and key execs accountable for the flagrant "dieselgate" scam
What Does All the Justice Department Sleaze Mean for Your Rental Housing Costs?
Oct. 1st, 2025 10:00 amnaked_capitalism_feedThe Biden DOJ closed a price- and wage-fixing loophole from the days of Clinton. Is Trump about to reopen it?
Exploring the High Rates of Social Violence in the Americas
Oct. 1st, 2025 06:54 amnaked_capitalism_feedFor decades, the Americas have been the most violent part of the world outside active war zones. Solutions remain difficult to achieve
I Can’t Prove That an Oberhauw Can Be a Diagonal Cut
Oct. 1st, 2025 07:21 amgrauenwolf_feedI started fencing over 20 years. Back then one of the first things I was taught about longsword is that the Oberhauw was any descending cut, vertical or diagonal. As this was part of my core training in Ringeck, it’s something that I’ve never questioned.
Recently I was involved in a conversation and it came up that in Meyer an Oberhauw was explicitly a vertical cut. Like a Fendente it may angle slightly, say 10 degrees either way, but it is still essentially vertical. Conversely, in the old German sources an Oberhauw was a broader concept.
But is that true? Can I prove that an Oberhauw can be diagonal using Ringeck?
The Text
When you wish to hew from the right side, so see that your left foot stands forward. If you then hew the over-hew from the right side, so follow-after the hew with the right foot.
I want this to be the easy win. From the right sounds like a diagonal cut. But if I’m being honest, I can’t actually make that claim. It could mean a Fendente, a vertical cut, from a posture where I’m holding the sword in vom Tag on the right side of my head.
I could argue that it might be a high Zornhauw from the right, but then why wouldn’t the author just say Zornhauw from the right. Why use another term that means the same thing?
When you bind him with the over-hew (or otherwise on the sword), then wind the short edge upon his sword
That doesn’t help.
When he cleaves-in above from his right side to the opening, so step with the right foot to his left side [and fall] over his sword, with the point upon the earth in the barrier-guard. Deploy this to both sides.
Same problem as the first one; “above from his right side” could mean a Fendente Mandritto or it could be a high Zornhauw. If asked which is more plausible, I would have to say the Fendente.
Note, when you bind him from your right side with an over-hew (or otherwise on his sword), if he then strikes-around with the thwart to the other side,
This is an argument against me. What would the “otherwise” be if the Oberhauw already includes the Zornhauw?
Well it could be a Mittelhauw or Zwerch. This would require testing, but at the moment I don’t have to say that I lost. Still, it doesn’t help me.
Note, when you bind [against] him on his sword with the over-hew from your right side, if he then strikes-around from the sword with the thwart to the other opening of your right side
This is a wash.
And then furthermore swiftly strike a thwart-strike to the oxen and the another to the plow crosswise from one side to the other, and with that cleave-in an over-hew above to the head, and with that withdraw yourself.
That sounds like to the top of the head.
Deploy the play thusly: When you come to him with the onset, so act as if you will strike with a free over-hew[114] to his left side to the head, and steal-away your sword with the hew and strike him with the thwart to the lower opening of his right side or left
That’s what we’re looking for. An Oberhauw that is explicitly aimed for the side of the head.
Ugh. Footnote 114 says the Glasgow version replaces the Oberhauw with a Zwerch. This suggests the Oberhauw was a typo.
Note, you shall also conduct the play when you bind on his sword with an under- or over-hew.
Too generic to be useful.
Note, when he wishes to cleave-in to you a free over-hew from above, so squint with the visage to his head
Nope.
This is as it arrives that you are becoming parried: so note if one displaces an over-hew, go to him in the displacing with the pommel over his forward-placed hand, and with that wrench downwards, and with the wrenching strike him thereon the head with the sword (as stands pictured hereafter next to this).
Moving on.
When he begins to hew you downward from above, and if he then allows his sword to go down to the earth with the hew: so race-after him with an over-hew to the head before the moment he comes-up with the sword, so is he struck.
This would normally be a vertical cut to match the cut you are chasing, but I don’t think that hurts my case.
Note, this is when he targets the lower openings with a hew or with a thrust in the onset: you shall not displace him, rather await, such that you run-over with a hew above into the head or set-upon the point above (as stands pictured hereafter next to this) so that he becomes shamed from you, because all over-hews and all settings-upon over-reach the lower.
It would be really helpful to know if Ringeck is saying that Zornhauw also over-reach or if only Fendente over-reach.
We could read “all over-hews” as either “left Fendete and right Fendente” or as “both Fendete and both Zornhauw”.
If he strikes-around from the sword with an over-hew to the other side, so bind-after with the long edge against his hew with strength, above into the head.
Again, this is something that I would normally read as a Zornhauw to the other side. But the author didn’t say Zornhauw. And you could read it as a form of Zucken, which is usually vertical.
Conclusion
I can’t prove that an Oberhauw can be a diagonal cut. I haven’t proven that it can’t be one, but the burden of proof is on me to show that Ringeck had two words for a diagonal cut and none that specifically meant a basic vertical cut.
Service – Month-End
Oct. 1st, 2025 12:32 amscott_h_young_feedI’ve just finished the last month in my year-long Foundations project. In this post, I’ll share some reflections about this month’s focus: Service. Soon, I’ll share some takeaways from my readings and experiences from the project as a whole.
In case you’re interested, here are the previous months:
1. Fitness: Start, End, Books.
2. Productivity: Start, End, Books.
3. Money: Start, End, Books.
4. Food: Start, End, Books.
5. Reading: Start, End and Books.
6. Outreach: Start, End, Books.
7. Sleep: Start, End, Books.
8. Reflection: Start, End, Books.
9. Connection: Start, End, Books.
10. Focus: Start, End, Books.
11. Organization: Start, End and Books.
Smalls Steps to Service
Compared to my original hope, my actual accomplishments this month in terms of service were relatively minor. I donated blood, and I donated to the top charities recommended by GiveWell.
I had hoped to do more volunteering, but it quickly became apparent that my original plan for the month wasn’t going to work. Drop-in volunteering opportunities are rare—most organizations want volunteers who can commit for at least a few months. Additionally, most positions require background checks, orientation training, and more.
Given this, I felt it was a better use of my time to research organizations I might be willing to make a commitment to, rather than rush to try to fit it into my schedule this month. I filled out an application to one organization, which works on refugee resettlement, but I may have to wait awhile until I hear back.
Despite this setback, I tried to adhere to the spirit of the service foundation by helping out as much as I could informally throughout the month.
It may not have been the most time-intensive challenge of the year, but I also think it was one of the more important. Completing all of the readings for the month led me to reflect much more on my own philosophy of service in my life and how this aspect of my thinking had been underdeveloped.
Attitudes, Not Habits, Sustain Our Foundations
When I began this project, my focus was largely on habit change—the kinds of routines and automatic behaviors that I assumed would underpin success with these foundations. So, when I started exercising last year, I assumed much of the success would come from the daily repetition and strengthening of the automatic habit.
In practice, that isn’t what happened. Although I had a good run of exercising at 6 a.m. every day for about 3-4 months, it eventually unraveled as a habit when my wife broke her foot and I had to take over care of our kids in the early morning. Once the habit streak broke, and the dark mornings of winter set in, I stopped working out in the mornings most days.
But I didn’t stop exercising. Instead, I shifted my exercise to the afternoons and evenings, a routine I had been struggling to maintain prior to starting this project. Except, instead of struggling to maintain it, I’ve kept it up almost every day for one year now.
Ultimately, what made a difference for me with regards to fitness wasn’t a habit; it was a shift in attitude and beliefs. Staying in good shape became more important to me. As a result, I manage to fit it in every day now, even though I don’t have an extremely consistent routine.1
This wasn’t true for just fitness. For eating better, sustainable improvement didn’t rely on having some specific breakfast I ate, but a better general understanding of nutrition and a deeper desire to eat healthier. The same was true for organization, sleep, and reading.
Flipping the Perspective on Altruism
The biggest shift I felt this month, then, wasn’t a concrete habit change, but a change in my attitude towards service.
I entered the month feeling a little guilty about my failure to do more, and, admittedly, I still feel that way. However, I’ve started to see some glimpses of a new perspective on these issues that I haven’t noticed before.
In brief, I think the commonsense way of thinking about morality is to view it as a set of side-constraints on the goal of having the best life possible. Basically, don’t lie, cheat, steal or hurt other people, but otherwise try to live the best life you can.
However, there’s evidence that the better perspective on life, as espoused by many great thinkers, is to invert that idea: self-interest forms a set of side-constraints on the goal of doing the most good you can do with your life. So, don’t sacrifice to the point that you undermine your health, relationships or emotional well-being, but otherwise try to have the greatest beneficial impact on others with your time on Earth.
Such a change in attitude, from the hedonic to the eudaimonic, isn’t simply a matter of ethics, but also of life satisfaction. Happiness and well-being may, ironically, be maximized when they aren’t made the aim of one’s strivings.
I don’t have any special claim here to beneficence. I’m aware there’s still a pretty large gap between my potential and my practice. But I do think the month’s focus, plus all the readings, helped me make a small shift in this direction.
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Thanks to everyone who has followed my project updates all year! In the next essays, I’ll provide some quick takeaways from the 102 books I read this year, followed by some thoughts on the successes (and stumbles) of the project as a whole.
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Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Stopping START
Sep. 30th, 2025 06:00 pmnaked_capitalism_feedFor the first time in over half a century, the United States and Russia operate without a single binding limit on their nuclear arsenals. As New START approaches expiration in 2026, the collapse of strategic arms control threatens a new arms race, erodes global trust, and invites a perilous era of nuclear instability.
Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)
Sep. 30th, 2025 03:49 pmdoctorow_feed
Today's links
- Announcing the Enshittification tour: Come say hi, why dontcha?
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- Object permanence: HP defeat device; It Gets Better; OPM hack endangers CIA in Beijing; Self-driving cars crash.
- Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
- Recent appearances: Where I've been.
- Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
- Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
- Colophon: All the rest.
Announcing the Enshittification tour (permalink)
Next Monday, I'll be departing for a 24-city, three-month book tour for my new book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Went Wrong and What To Do About It:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
This is a big tour! I'll be doing in-person events in the US, Canada, the UK and Portugal, and a virtual event in Spain. I'm also planning an event in Hamburg, Germany for December, but that one hasn't been confirmed yet, so it doesn't appear in the schedule below. You'll notice that there are events that are missing their signup and ticketing details; I'll be keeping the master tour schedule up to date at pluralistic.net/tour.
If there's an event you're interested in that hasn't had its details filled in yet, please send an email to doctorow@craphound.com with the name of the event in the subject line. I'm going to create one-shot mailing lists that I'll update with details when they're available (please forgive me if I fumble this – book tours are pretty intensive affairs and I'll be squeezing this into the spare moments).
Here's that schedule!
- Cambridge, MA: Harvard Books presents a conversation with Randall "XKCD" Munroe at the Brattle Theater (Oct 7, 6PM)
https://www.harvard.com/event/cory-doctorow -
Washington, DC: In conversation with former CFPB chair and FTC commissioner Rohit Chopra at Politics & Prose at the Wharf (Oct 8, 7PM)
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825 -
Brooklyn, NY: Greenlight Bookstore presents a conversation with former FTC chair Lina Khan at the Brooklyn Public Library (Oct 9, 7PM)
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm -
New Orleans, LA: Guest of Honor at DeepSouthCon at the New Orleans Airport Hilton (Oct 10-12)
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/ -
New Orleans, LA: Enshittification at Octavia Books (Oct 12, 1PM)
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow -
Chicago, IL: In conversation with Rick Perlstein at the University Club (Oct 14, 12PM)
Limited public availability, link to come (second Chicago event planned for spring 2026) -
Los Angeles, CA: In conversation with The American Prospect's David Dayen at Diesel Books (Oct 16, 6:30PM)
https://dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-10-16/cory-doctorow-enshittification -
Calgary, AB: Literary Death Match at Wordfest (Oct 17, 7:30PM)
https://wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/show/literary-death-match/ -
Calgary, AB: Big Tech’s Betrayal—and How to Break Free! at Wordfest (Oct 18, 1PM)
https://wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/show/big-techs-betrayaland-how-to-break-free/ -
San Francisco, CA: In conversation with Jenny Odell, author of How To Do Nothing at Public Works, presented by Booksmith (Oct 20, 7PM)
https://app.gopassage.com/events/29638 -
Portland, OR: Enshittification at Powell's City of Books (Oct 21, 7PM)
https://www.powells.com/events/cory-doctorow-10-21-25 -
Seattle, WA: In conversation with Ed Zitron of Where's Your Ed At at the Seattle Public Library, presented by Clarion West (Oct 22, 7PM)
https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/authors-and-books/authors-and-books-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D188210978 -
Vancouver, BC: In conversation with David Moscrop at the Vancouver Writers Festival (Oct 23, 7PM)
https://www.showpass.com/2025-festival-39/ -
Montreal, PQ: Keynote for the Attention Forum (Oct 24)
https://www.attentionconferences.com/conferences/2025-forum -
Montreal, PQ: Bookstore event, details to be confirmed (Oct 24)
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Ottawa, ON: Enshittification at the Ottawa Writers Festival (Oct 25, 8PM)
https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/enshittification -
Toronto, ON: Enshittification with Dan Werb at Type Books in the Junction (Oct 27, 7PM)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?img_index=1 -
Barcelona, ES: Virtual keynote for Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Oct 28)
https://4d.cat/es/conferencia/ -
New York City, NY: Keynote for Columbia-Hertie Digital Governance for Democratic Renewal Conference @The Forum, Columbia University (Oct 29)
https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/our-work/research-and-engagement/democratic-renewal/digital-governance -
Miami, FL: Enshittification at Books & Books (Nov 5, 7PM)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1504647263469 -
Miami, FL: Keynote for Cloudfest (Nov 6, 9:45AM)
https://www.cloudfest.com/usa/ -
Burbank, CA: Signing at the Burbank Book Festival (Nov 8, 2PM)
https://www.burbankbookfestival.com/ -
Lisbon, PT: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble at Web Summit (Nov 12, 1040AM)
https://websummit.com/sessions/lis25/92f47bc9-ca60-4997-bef3-006735b1f9c5/a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet/ -
Cardiff, UK: Hay Festival After Hours at Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place (Nov 13, 7PM)
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx -
Oxford, UK: Joint event with Tim Wu, author of "The Age of Extraction," sponsored by the Oxford Internet Institute (Nov 14, evening)
Details and ticket link to come -
London, UK: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of Careless People and Chris Morris (Brass Eye, Four Lions) (Nov 15, 7PM)
Details and ticket link to come -
London, UK: Novara Live (Nov 17, evening)
Details and ticket link to come -
London, UK: Frontline Club (Nov 18, evening)
Details and ticket link to come -
Vancouver, BC: Virtual event for the Vancouver Public Library (Nov 21, 12PM)
Details and link to come -
Seattle, WA: AI Lecture for the University of Washington's series on Neuroscience, AI and Society (Dec 4, 7PM)
https://compneuro.washington.edu/news-and-events/neuroscience-ai-and-society/ -
Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia (Dec 8, 7PM)
Details and ticket link to come
Hey look at this (permalink)
- The Case Against Generative AI https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/
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Day 5: Another Bad Day for Google as the Spirit of De Tocqueville Looms https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/day-5-another-bad-day-for-google
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On Free Speech, Jacobin Has Always Been Consistent https://jacobin.com/2025/09/first-amendment-cancel-culture-kirk-kimmel/
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Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs https://www.404media.co/landlords-demand-tenants-workplace-logins-to-scrape-their-paystubs/
*The Great Awakening: Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell (I bought an annual sub) https://donotpassgo.substack.com/p/the-great-awakening-competition-commissioner
Object permanence (permalink)
#20yrsago Four and Twenty Blackbirds: great goth scary novel discovered on LJ https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/30/four-and-twenty-blackbirds-great-goth-scary-novel-discovered-on-lj/
#20yrago Last Unicorn author ripped off by filmmaker, struggling and penniless https://web.archive.org/web/20051201203719/http://www.conlanpress.com/youcanhelp/
#20yrsago Copyright scholars and publishers on crazy auctorial theories about books and tech https://web.archive.org/web/20060302133925/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/opinion/28oreilly.html?ex=1285560000&en=aa457b249728c229&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
#20yrsago Tim O’Reilly profiled by Steven Levy https://web.archive.org/web/20051013083044/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly_pr.html
#15yrsago Welcome to Bordertown: the first Borderlands book in decades! https://web.archive.org/web/20111201160812/https://ellen-kushner.livejournal.com/326691.html
#15yrsago It Gets Better: video postcards to isolated queer kids from happy queer adults https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2010/09/28/4996088/sf-says-it-gets-better
#10yrsago Icelanders school their PM on solidarity with Syrian refugees https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icelanders-want-welcome-refugees-pm-responds/
#10yrsago Lemony Snicket gives Planned Parenthood $1M https://x.com/DanielHandler/status/648468194215243776
#10yrsago Wisconsin is a paradise for white kids, but a hell for black kids https://web.archive.org/web/20150928230209/https://fusion.net/story/203830/wisconsin-african-americans-juvenile-arrests/
#10yrsago After OPM hack, CIA pulls agents from Beijing for their safety https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-pulled-officers-from-beijing-after-breach-of-federal-personnel-records/2015/09/29/1f78943c-66d1-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html
#5yrsago Self-driving cars crashing https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/death-to-all-monopoly/#pogo-stick-problem
#5yrsago Leaked EU Big Tech rules https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/death-to-all-monopoly/#whither-structural-separation
#5yrsago The Anti-Monopoly War Song https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/death-to-all-monopoly/#victims-of-vile-subsidies
#5yrsago How I write https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/death-to-all-monopoly/#process-notes
#1yrago A sexy, skinny defeat device for your HP ink cartridge https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/30/life-finds-a-way/#ink-stained-wretches
Upcoming appearances (permalink)
- Boston: Enshittification with Randall Munroe (Brattle Theater), Oct 7
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1591235180259?aff=oddtdtcreator -
DC: Enshittification with Rohit Chopra (Politics and Prose), Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825 -
NYC: Enshittification with Lina Khan (Brooklyn Public Library), Oct 9
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory-doctorow-discusses-central-library-dweck-20251009-0700pm -
New Orleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/ -
New Orleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
https://www.octaviabooks.com/event/enshittification-cory-doctorow -
Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2025/10-15-2025-kara-swisher-and-cory-doctorow-on-enshittification/ -
Los Angeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
https://dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-10-16/cory-doctorow-enshittification -
San Francisco: Enshittification at Public Works with Jenny Odell (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25 -
PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
https://www.powells.com/events/cory-doctorow-10-21-25 -
Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2025-deep-dives-cory-doctorow/ -
Madrid: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
https://4d.cat/es/conferencia/ -
Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1504647263469 -
Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
https://www.cloudfest.com/usa/ -
Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
https://www.burbankbookfestival.com/ -
Lisbon: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble (Web Summit), Nov 12
https://websummit.com/sessions/lis25/92f47bc9-ca60-4997-bef3-006735b1f9c5/a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet/ -
Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx
Recent appearances (permalink)
- Why Everything Is Getting Worse (Majority Report)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQW6UxY144Q -
Enshittification (Cornell)
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K091225/ -
Escaping Big Tech, Privacy Battles & “Enshittification” (Revolution.social)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exvpetQRSVo
Latest books (permalink)
- "Picks and Shovels": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about the heroic era of the PC, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2025 (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels).
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"The Bezzle": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about prison-tech and other grifts, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2024 (the-bezzle.org).
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"The Lost Cause:" a solarpunk novel of hope in the climate emergency, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), November 2023 (http://lost-cause.org).
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"The Internet Con": A nonfiction book about interoperability and Big Tech (Verso) September 2023 (http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org). Signed copies at Book Soup (https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245).
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"Red Team Blues": "A grabby, compulsive thriller that will leave you knowing more about how the world works than you did before." Tor Books http://redteamblues.com.
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"Chokepoint Capitalism: How to Beat Big Tech, Tame Big Content, and Get Artists Paid, with Rebecca Giblin", on how to unrig the markets for creative labor, Beacon Press/Scribe 2022 https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Upcoming books (permalink)
- "Canny Valley": A limited edition collection of the collages I create for Pluralistic, self-published, September 2025
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"Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, October 7 2025
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/ -
"Unauthorized Bread": a middle-grades graphic novel adapted from my novella about refugees, toasters and DRM, FirstSecond, 2026
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"Enshittification, Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (the graphic novel), Firstsecond, 2026
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"The Memex Method," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2026
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"The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book about being a better AI critic, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026
Colophon (permalink)
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Currently writing:
- "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux about being an effective AI critic. FIRST DRAFT COMPLETE AND SUBMITTED.
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A Little Brother short story about DIY insulin PLANNING
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