In my latest podcast, I read my new Locus column: Fake News is an Oracle. For many years, I've been arguing that while science fiction can't predict the future, it… Read the rest of the article: Podcast: Fake News is an Oracle
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Cory Doctorow In the late 1800s, the American Medical Association invented the anti-abortion movement, but over time, its ceased to advocate on either side of the debate — until a bizarre 1997… Read the rest of the article: Why is the American Medical Association finally weighing to oppose anti-abortion bills
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Cory Doctorow Boris Johnson is a racist, sexist, homophobic lying buffoon who has been repeatedly caught out using lies to sway public opinion, and that's why he's likely to lead the UK… Read the rest of the article: How Boris Johnson's "model bus hobby" non sequitur manipulated the public discourse and his search results
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Cory Doctorow For many years, I've been arguing that while science fiction can't predict the future, it can reveal important truths about the present: the stories writers tell reveal their hopes and… Read the rest of the article: "Fake News is an Oracle": how the falsehoods we believe reveal the truth about our fears and aspirations
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Cory Doctorow 10-15 is Customs and Border Protection's code for "aliens in custody"; "I'm 10-15" is a secret Facebook group for current and former CBP officers whose participants create and share a… Read the rest of the article: "I'm 10-15": the secret CBP Facebook group full of racism, sexism, and jokes about migrant deaths
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Cory Doctorow As Russell Brandom writes, "before 1976, corporate tax returns were broadly considered part of the public record" and there's been bipartisan support since for mandating that big companies show us… Read the rest of the article: Why can't we see big companies' tax returns?
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Cory Doctorow The John Maddox Prize previously is awarded annually by the UK organisation Sense About Science (previously) for "individuals who promote sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest,… Read the rest of the article: Nominate someone for Sense About Science's "John Maddox Prize"
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Cory Doctorow "Juicy Ghost" is a new tale from Rudy Rucker (previously), an explicitly politican sf story told from the point of view of a suicide-assassin who is getting ready to take… Read the rest of the article: Juicy Ghost: Rudy Rucker's tale of an American coup
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Cory Doctorow Locus Magazine announced the winners of its annual reader-voted awards last night, with top honors for Mary Robinette Kowal, who won Best SF Novel for The Calculating Stars (which also… Read the rest of the article: Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards!
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Cory Doctorow The idea that you can detect lies by analyzing "microexpressions" has absorbed billions in spending by police forces and security services, despite the fact that it's junk science that performs… Read the rest of the article: Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors
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Cory Doctorow Canada's Irving family is one of the richest in the world, owning more land than anyone except the British royals and the Catholic church; they also own virtually all the… Read the rest of the article: Billionaire newspaper monopolist family cancels editorial cartoonist after anti-Trump drawing
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Cory Doctorow What could be more zeigeisty and revealing of our present moment than John Carpenter's 1988 sci-fi/horror flick They Live? How about Rob Israel's They Live, We Look Back illustration, a… Read the rest of the article: Rob Israel's "They Live" meets "Distracted Boyfriend"
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Cory Doctorow Microsoft is no stranger to the use of "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" in the pursuit of monopolistic goals; the company perfected the tactic in the early 1990s as a way… Read the rest of the article: Debunking Microsoft's anti-Right-to-Repair FUD
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Cory Doctorow Back in 2011, I bought a new countertop made from "Curface," a composite material made from a mix of melted down used coffee cups and coffee grounds; we still have… Read the rest of the article: Coffee cups made from coffee grounds
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Cory Doctorow Earlier this month, I reviewed Richard Kadrey's new novel "The Grand Dark" for the LA Times; as I wrote, "His latest is "The Grand Dark," a noir, diesel punk book… Read the rest of the article: Richard Kadrey discusses his new dieselpunk noir novel "The Grand Dark"
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Cory Doctorow Wanna work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation? We're looking for "a confident, experienced, and energetic manager to oversee our donation processing team of three" — "The Donor Operations Manager will… Read the rest of the article: EFF is hiring a Donor Operations Manager
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Cory Doctorow In 2002, Lexmark was one of the leading printer companies in the world. A division of IBM—the original tech giant—Lexmark was also a pioneer in the now-familiar practice of locking… Read the rest of the article: Felony Contempt of Business Model: Lexmark's anti-competitive legacy
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Cory Doctorow "Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat" is Redditor Sir_Platinum's homebrew fighter class for Dungeons and Dragons, wherein the halflings' dexterity bonus is canceled out by the need to maintain balance and… Read the rest of the article: Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat: a homebrew fighter class for D&D
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Cory Doctorow "The books will stop working": That's the substance of the reminder that Microsoft sent to customers for their ebook store, reminding them that, as announced in April, the company is… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working"
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Cory Doctorow When I give a talk, it's often the case that the question period after is dominated by dudes, a substantial fraction of whom bloviate ("More of a comment than a… Read the rest of the article: Improving Q&As with peer-review