#meatspace

[kim-poce]

They should make outdoors activities I don't need to leave my room for

[defilerwyrm]

Sorry if you have to see ads, here's my cat Cassie to soften the blow

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Come see me on tour!

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

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

My next novel is The Bezzle, a high-tech ice-cold revenge thriller starring Marty Hench, a two-fisted forensic accountant, as he takes on the sleaziest scams of the first two decades of the 2000s, from hamburger-themed Ponzis to the unbelievably sleazy and evil prison-tech industry:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

I'm taking Marty on the road! I'll be visiting eighteen cities between now and June, and I hope you'll come out and say hello, visit a beloved local bookseller, and maybe get a book (or two)!

21 Feb: Weller Bookworks, Salt Lake City, 1830h: https://www.wellerbookworks.com/event/store-cory-doctorow-feb-21-630-pm

22 Feb: Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, 19h: https://www.mystgalaxy.com/22224Doctorow

24 Feb: Vroman's, Pasadena, 17h, with Adam Conover (!!) https://www.vromansbookstore.com/Cory-Doctorow-discusses-The-Bezzle

26 Feb: Third Place Books, Seattle, 19h, with Neal Stephenson (!!!) https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/cory-doctorow

27 Feb: Powell's, Portland, 19h: https://www.powells.com/book/the-bezzle-martin-hench-2-9781250865878/1-2

29 Feb: Changing Hands, Phoenix, 1830h: https://www.changinghands.com/event/february2024/cory-doctorow

9-10 Mar: Tucson Festival of the Book: https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=display_author&id=15669

13 Mar: San Francisco Public Library: https://sfpl.org/events/2024/03/13/author-cory-doctrow-bezzle

22 Mar: Toronto: Wendy Michener Memorial Lecture: https://events.yorku.ca/events/wendy-michener-memorial-lecture2024/

24 Mar: NYC: Word Books (with Laura Poitras): https://shop.wordbookstores.com/event/word-presents-cory-doctorow

29-31 Mar: Wondercon Anaheim: https://www.comic-con.org/wc/

11 Apr: Harvard Berkman-Klein Center (with Randall Munroe) https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/enshittification

12 Apr: RISD Debates in AI, Providence, details coming soon!

17 Apr: Anderson's Books, Chicago, 19h: https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1

19-21 Apr: Torino Biennale Tecnologia https://www.turismotorino.org/en/experiences/events/biennale-tecnologia

2 May, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Winnipeg https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

5-11 May: Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

6-9 Jun: Media Ecology Association keynote, Amherst, NY https://media-ecology.org/convention

Calgary and Vancouver – details coming soon!

[the-lunacy-system]

Why did nobody tell me that the physical world is called meatspace?!?!?!? [M1]

[beastlyart]

Had to drive to work during the last snowstorm, unpleasant (but the car is a significant improvement in winter conditions than my old one). This one I have no obligations besides huddling and enjoying it from inside >:3

[thought-u-said-dragon-queen]

One of many upside of a sharing brain (and therefore the the brainrot therein) with a sibling is that you can start to half describe a fic you read and forgot to bookmark 6 years ago and they can immediately tell you what it's called anyways shout-out to my local thing finder and beloved brother @konan-supernova who remembered the title of a Sanders Sides fic I opened 112 tabs looking for and also found the name of the orphan source incident I was thinking of from a memory of a video I listened to also several years ago all within the span of like 10 minutes he's the best

[oddlyunadventurous]

I'm glad the graffiti i drew a year ago is still there :3 yeah it sucks but she's my most specialest little OC don't laugh 🥺

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

I don't like the term meatspace. I get the concept to differ between real life and the internet but it just sounds so weird to say.

[floral-ashes]

whats meatspace

bahahahaha that’s a great question!

and here’s the answer I give in Florence Ashley, “A Critical Commentary on ‘Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria’” (2020) 68:4 The Sociological Review 779–799 at 784:

[yikes-strikes-again]

BOO!!! - Death of Cal

[kim-poce]

I am finally feeling motivation to do things; to read, cosume media, to write. Trying not to do a lot at once because I don't want to burn out this little thing i have now but i am happy.

[defilerwyrm]

Today is Cepheus's 13th birthday!

He and his siblings were born on a pet foster's front doorstep on October 30th, 2011. We've been through a lot together and I hope we can spend many more years to come in each other's company.

Happy birthday, Cepheus! 🥳🎂💙

[persistentmanlyagitation]

Rate my bedroom setup

[just-here-for-the-moment]

I went to the dermatologist… all these cosmetic injections are starting to sound like Star Wars characters 😂

“Where’s Kybella?”

“She took Grogu back to Outer Juvederm, and Melanage went with them.”

[beastlyart]

Happy birthday! I hope it's UNEVENTFUL but happy 💚

Yooo thank you! So far we’re not off to a good start (landlord ripping apart my bedroom walls to fix some electrical stuff) so uh… hopefully that’s not an all day affair.

[asensefeed]

meatspace talk: its like kinda latenight midnight here and im eating crackers. also i have the lights turned off