Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Survival of the Richest; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/col…
#Pluralistic 1/
#Toronto! #NYC! #SanFrancisco! I'm heading your way with my book, Chokepoint Capitalism!
9/16: Toronto - @typebooks/Junction 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…
9/25: SF
sfpl.org/events/2022/09…
9/27: LA
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…
#DC, #Ottawa, #Boston, #London, #Miami coming soon! 2/
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) 3/
Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit.
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Hey look at this
* @DEFCON 30 - @Sickcodes - Hacking the Farm = Breaking Badly into Agricultural Devices (h/t Ride Theory)
* Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent civicdesign.org/fieldguides/ (h/t Propublica) 5/
#15yrsago Mooncakes shaped like Nokia handsets bp2.blogger.com/_ovJS1Em-6dg/R…
#15yrsago Extermiknit: knit your own Dalek entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/e… 6/
#10yrsago France’s Hadopi finally punishes someone for infringement — a guy whom everyone agrees isn’t an infringer torrentfreak.com/french-3-strik…
#10yrsago @GreatDismal explains why science fiction writers don’t predict the future wired.com/2012/09/interv… 7/
#5yrsago EFF and ACLU sue Trump administration over warrantless border device searches eff.org/press/releases…
#5yrsago Pharma giant Allergan pays Mohawk tribe to serve as human shields against patent challenges arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 8/
#5yrsago Bipartisan Congress blocks Jeff Sessions’ plan to revive civil asset forfeiture theintercept.com/2017/09/12/in-…
#5yrsago Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and 15+ key Democratic Senators back Medicare for All theintercept.com/2017/09/13/oba… 9/
Yesterday's threads: Spotify steals from artists, a Spotify exclusive; 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… 11/
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… 12/
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/ 13/
Upcoming appearances:
* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), 9/15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…
* Chokepoint Capitalism event, @TypeBooks Junction (Toronto), 9/16, 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…
* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/20-22
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Chokepoint Capitalism with @reckless, @NYUEngelberg (NYC) 9/23, 7PM
eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-c…
* Chokepoint Capitalism event, SFPL (San Francisco), 9/25
sfpl.org/events/2022/09… 15/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Chokepoint Capitalism, @BookSoup (LA), 9/27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…
* Discussing "Adventure Capitalism" with @RayCraib, @SkylightBooks (LA), Sept 29
blog.pmpress.org/events/raymond…
* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org 16/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 17/
Recent appearances:
* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…
* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the…
* The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@curaffairs) patreon.com/posts/cory-doc… 18/
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… 19/
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