Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Trump gave Moderna all the patent-waivers it needed to make a vaccine; and more!
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I'm Kickstarting a DRM-free audiobook of Chokepoint Capitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how tech- and entertainment monopolies rip off artists, and how to unrig those terrible labor markets:
kickstarter.com/projects/docto…
("This book really gets it" - @stephenfry) 2/
I'm leaving for Burning Man early tomorrow morning and I'll be offline until Sept 7. See you then! 3/
Here's my @burningman speaking schedule:
* Radical Interop: An Internet Disassembly Manual: Mon 3pm Center Camp
* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor: Tue 1pm @PalenqueNorte 915/E
* Talk w/@bunniestudios on the Precursor: Wed 12pm Liminal Labs 945/Rods 4/
Trump gave Moderna all the patent-waivers it needed to make a vaccine: And then Moderna fought against patent-waivers for that vaccine.
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Hey look at this
* Tax Breaks Leading to Teachers’ Strikes in Ohio paydayreport.com/tax-breaks-lea… 6/
#10yrsago Liberal professor sends video of self being liberal to right-wing Campus Reform group, demands his $100 bounty for turning himself in crookedtimber.org/2012/08/23/bot… 7/
#10yrsago @RIAA lobbyist turned judge runs a fantasy courtroom, the only one in America where they don’t laugh copyright trolls out the door techdirt.com/2012/08/24/ria…
#1yrago Are privacy and antitrust on a collision course? pluralistic.net/2021/08/24/ill… 8/
Yesterday's threads: Tory Britain is crashing and burning; and more!
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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at @DarkDel:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 10/
My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:
onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…
Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av… 11/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/ 12/
Upcoming appearances:
* Radical Interoperability: An Internet Disassembly Manual, Aug 29 15h (@burningman Center Camp)
* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor, Aug 30, 13h (@burningman @PalenqueNorte, 915 and E) 13/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd)
* Interview with @bunniestudios on the Precursor/Trusting Trust, Aug 31, 12h (@burningman Liminal Labs, 945 and Rod's)
* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), Sept 15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…
* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd)
* Chokepoint Capitalism event, @BookSoup (LA), Sept 27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…
* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), Nov 16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 15/
Recent appearances:
* The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@curaffairs) patreon.com/posts/cory-doc…
* DRM Secretly Polices You (@dtnsshow)
dailytechnewsshow.com/2022/07/29/drm…
* Bricking Tractors (Inside Agri-Turf)
inside-agriturf.captivate.fm/episode/bricki… 16/
My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt @mcrockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 17/
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My latest Medium column is "What is Chokepoint Capitalism?"
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