Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)
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After finaaaally finishing (and absolutly loving) #picksandshovels, I ordered #thebezzle and #redteamblues @ @cvobuchladen today! Already so excited! @pluralistic
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Finished @pluralistic Picks And Shovels.
Best book I’ve read all year. Thanks for writing it!
Great plot. Interesting, human characters. Lots of technical goodies. Believable emotional and ethical dilemmas treated with compassion and passion.
Felt very familiar, yet I didn’t see all the plot twists coming.
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Nochmal im Ernst, ich brauch gern n Ticket für den #39c3... Würd mir schon gern meine Ausgabe von #picksandshovels entwerten lassen, wenn der Kollege schonmal im Lande ist ;)
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Ich war gestern in meinem allerlieblings #Buchladen @cvobuchladen in #Flensburg und hab mir #picksandshovels von @pluralistic bestellt. Ist heute dann da - schneller gehts kaum und netter eh nicht und ich bin froh, dass es lokale Buchläden gibt! Also geht auch alle hin und kauft eure Bücher vor Ort! #fckamazon
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An excellent episode from Steve from @gamersnexus on the AI Circle Jerk currently ongoing with AI investments 🙂
Assuming the money is in fact moving from company to company in exchange for something, rather than circular investmentbto manipulate stock prices
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Not one to hold back, @pluralistic talks to @mike about “enshittification,” explaining why the internet feels broken and what we can do about it. This episode of @dot_social is sharp, funny and provocative. Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/cory-doctorow/
#CoryDoctorow #DotSocial #Podcast #Enshittification #Internet #Technology #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #PicksAndShovels #FediverseHouse #SXSW
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"There's a limit to how much malice you can wring out of a 256-row spreadsheet" is one of the funniest quips I've heard in a long time! 😆
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Trying to stay in tonight, outside is increasingly disappointing and doesn't have cat or guitar. The last quarter of #PicksAndShovels should help, it's a page turner. By the end I should be ready to fall into blissful unconsciousness. A couple more fingers of whiskey should help too. #AmReading
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Took the day off to catch up on some reading and listen to records.
#books #bookstodon #lp #vinyl #records @pluralistic #picksandshovels #florelaurentienne
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@pluralistic I just finished listening to #picksandshovels (wonderfully narrated by Wil Wheaton) and absolutely loved it. Spinoff books about Rivka, Maria-Eva, and Liz next? ;-)
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Thanks @pluralistic for #picksandshovels. I'm about an hour into the 3rd Martin Hench novel and loving it 🔥
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Speaking of #picksandshovels, I've got a bone to pick with you, @pluralistic This book is so good that I'm burning through it waaaay too quickly. (Wil Wheaton's narration is stellar, as ever.)
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Nice to see @pluralistic on #DemocracyNow today. I’m grateful he got into the weeds about printer ink because it is so characteristic of what’s going on in capitalism/profiteering.
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It was standing room only at the Toronto stop of Cory Doctorow 's ( @pluralistic ) book tour, for #PicksAndShovels
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Just finished the latest Marty Hench novel, #PicksandShovels by @pluralistic . Another fantastic read. The Marty Hench novels are a must read for anyone fed up with big corporations, crappy CEOs, and ridiculous tech-bro culture.
Be warned though, there are some serious rage inducing moments.
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This arrived today, and I've already devoured the prologue just since I finished working.
@pluralistic has set a fantastic stage, I have a feeling this book is going to knock it out of the park just like the last two.
This is actually the first time ever I have backed a Kickstarter, and I'm very glad I did.
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I just made a Kickstarter account, and supported a Kickstarter, and bought an audiobook, and set up a LibroFM account, and installed the app for LibroFM, and now I await the arrival of Cory Doctorow's latest audiobook, "Picks & Shovels: Marty Hench at the Dawn of Enshittification" narrated by Wil Wheaton which I will OWN OUTRIGHT @pluralistic https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/picks-and-shovels-marty-hench-at-the-dawn-of-enshittification?ref=thanks-copy
#Kickstarter #CoryDoctorow #PicksAndShovels #LibroFM #NewInternet #DRMFree
