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Just as accurately as any generative ’AI’ detector, Instagram now automatically adds ”Likely made with AI” to images. The inherent false positives means legitimate artists are now ousted as not doing their own work. Using Meta products is truly a deal with the devil, as is using ’AI’ detector software. Layer upon layer of deceit weighing down on real talent. @davidrevoy framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/1169…
For Instagram, my art is "Likely made with AI". Hard to be an artist in 2026...
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Cory Doctorow
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Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism.
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Cory Doctorow
2026-07-16 18:15:53
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* BOOM! Billionaires Punched in the Nose Over Paramount-Warner by State Enforcers, Unions thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-bi…
* Don't Take Advice From Your Enemies hamiltonnolan.com/p/dont-take-…
* Against Money press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/b…
* Inside the Personal Computer - An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions youtube.com/watch?v=ofcXVA4GUm…
* Canadian Workers Among the Most Restricted by Non-Compete Clauses donotpassgo.ca/p/canadian-work…
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Pop-Up Book｜Inside the Personal Computer - An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions
立體書王國｜The Pop-Up Kingdom (YouTube)Cory Doctorow
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#25yrsago Gadget-friendly chinos web.archive.org/web/2001071713…
#15yrsago Brazilian bodges: “Gambiologia” web.archive.org/web/2011072023…
#15yrsago Privacy risks in collaborative filters blog.citp.princeton.edu/2011/0…
#15yrsago Tenn. state rep: “I carved my initials in my desk in the House, but I don’t understand why it’s news” web.archive.org/web/2011071520…
#15yrsago Who holds the copyright to a picture taken by a monkey? techdirt.com/2011/07/13/can-we…
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Can We Subpoena The Monkey? Why The Monkey Self-Portraits Are Likely In The Public Domain
TechdirtCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe slams Internet censorship, copyright disconnection web.archive.org/web/2012110808…
#10yrsago Mississippi’s prison town are in danger of collapse, thanks to tiny reforms in the War on Drugs huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mis…
#10yrsago Pokemon Go players: you have 30 days from signup to opt out of binding arbitration web.archive.org/web/2016071514…
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Mississippi Jails Are Losing Inmates, And Local Officials Are 'Devastated' By The Loss Of Revenue
Ryan Grim (HuffPost UK)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Trump makes it easy to forget what a dumpster fire all the other GOP nomination hopefuls were lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n15/el…
#5yrsago Interop and the Public Interest Internet pluralistic.net/2021/07/16/pid…
#1yrago Ellen Ullman's "Close to the Machine" pluralistic.net/2025/07/16/bea…
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Eliot Weinberger · They could have picked...
Eliot Weinberger (London Review of Books)Cory Doctorow
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Tuesday's threads: Gerontocracy's failure mode; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2026-07-14 11:26:31
Cory Doctorow
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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:
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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
SupaduDev (Macmillan Publishers)Cory Doctorow
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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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Craphound Shop
Cory Doctorow (Craphound Shop)Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Edinburgh International Book Festival with Jimmy Wales, Aug 17
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* #Sydney: The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Aug 23-24
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* #Melbourne: Enshittification at the Wheeler Centre, Aug 25
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* #Brighton: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8
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Cory Doctorow / Talks / What's On - Brighton Dome
Brighton DomeCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #London: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Riley Quinn (Foyle's Picadilly), Sep 9
foyles.co.uk/events/enshittifi…
* #SouthBend: An Evening With Cory Doctorow (Notre Dame), Oct 6
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An Evening with Cory Doctorow
Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public GoodCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß)
youtube.com/watch?v=3PFjGvQoBg…
* How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late (This Is Hell)
thisishell.com/episodes/1919
* AI Won't Replace You... But This Might (Deep Focus)
youtube.com/watch?v=oorWq_m48A…
* Who Owns Your Tractor? (Growing the Future)
youtube.com/watch?v=IU9eBPUZBI…
* You Bought it, They Break It (What Now? with Trevor Noah)
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AI Won't Replace You... But This Might | Cory Doctorow | The Deep Focus Show
The Deep Focus Show (YouTube)Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow (Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow)Cory Doctorow
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I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:
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Benjamin Labohm
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*btw: Just bought the enshittification book. Looking forward to reading it on my upcomming vacation!
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