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Cory Doctorow

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May 31

THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1964 - 1966)
— 1.9 · New Neighbors Meet The Addams Family
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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

May 31

Earlier this year, a person disagreed with something I said on Twitter. They picked a fight with me about it I told them I thought they were wrong, and why, and that would have been the end of it if they hadn't threatened to sue me.

Even as they were continuing to pick fights with me on Twitter, they had their general counsel send me a note telling me that I had to sit down with them and have them explain why I was wrong or they'd sue me.

Now, I've been sued by angry rich people who wanted me to stop criticizing them before. I won (thanks to California's powerful anti-SLAPP laws), but my insurer paid $60k just for the legal work to win the SLAPP claim.

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

May 31

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: How John Deere leverages repair-blocking into gag orders; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/05/31/dea…

#Pluralistic 1/

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1531654792619114502

How John Deere leverages repair-blocking into gag orders: A farmer's only local dealership refuses to fix his tractor because he advocates for Right to Repair.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1531654792619114502

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Hey look at this

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

May 31

8 Brazilian Books (1965-1985 eds.) jellobiafrasays.tumblr.com/post/685782208…

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20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) gameraboy2.tumblr.com/post/685782328…

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

May 31

John Deere is justifiably notorious for its campaign to block farmers from fixing their own agricultural equipment. Deer is #RightToRepair's archnemesis. No amount of misleading feel-good of its heavy hand on farmers' tractors forever can change that.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

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