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Inside: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/
(This is the last edition of Pluralistic for the year - see you in 2026!)
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I'm at the end of my tour for my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
My last two events are CCC in #Hamburg, Dec 27-30:
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/infos/index.html
and the Tattered Cover in #Denver, Jan 22:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-live-at-tattered-cover-colfax-tickets-1976644174937
I hope you can make it!
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A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance: A final thought for the yule.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115741099664426312
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Hey look at this
* Meta ICharging Businesses To Post Links https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-considering-charging-business-pages-to-post-links/808099/
* Original Mozilla "Dinosaur" logo https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/the-original-mozilla-dinosaur-logo-artwork/
* Local Self-Reliance Agenda for NYC https://ilsr.org/articles/memo-mamdani/
* Apple loses: scathing contempt ruling on iOS payments https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/epic-celebrates-the-end-of-the-apple-tax-after-appeals-court-win-in-ios-payments-case/
* The Net'’s Tollbooth Operators https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/
* Barnum's Law of CEOs https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html
* Google Shares All Your Text Messages With Your Employer https://archive.ph/wE2U7#selection-3936.0-3936.1
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This is a small personal instance of Bonfire in the Fediverse.
