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Inside: The Chokepoint Capitalism tour; and more!
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#Pluralistic 1/
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/
The Chokepoint Capitalism tour: Ottawa, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles (and beyond!)
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Hey look at this
* @xkcd Is Back to Answer Your Impossible Questions wired.com/story/randall-…
* Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist theintercept.com/2022/09/13/ida…
* What Do Aliens Eat? gastropod.com/what-do-aliens… 4/
#20yrsago BNL endorse Jack Layton web.archive.org/web/2002091306…
#15yrsago New iPods reengineered to block synching with Linux memex.craphound.com/2007/09/14/new…
#10yrsago Fan art and copyright presentation from ComicCon 5/
#10yrsago Canadian mint claims copyright over pictures of pennies web.archive.org/web/2012091302…
#10yrsago Librarian tattoos mentalfloss.com/article/56189/…
#5yrsago EVE Online doublecross is biggest in game history, blowing up $20K+ worth of game assets kotaku.com/how-eve-player… 6/
#5yrsago Justin Trudeau promised reconciliation with indigenous peoples of Canada, but has not delivered cbc.ca/news/opinion/r…
#5yrsago Newark customs officers “hazed” new hires on a “rape table” in a locked room cnn.com/2017/09/13/pol… 7/
#5yrsago Equifax has terrible information security practices, and that resulted in multiple breaches arstechnica.com/information-te…
#5yrsago @xychelsea: we’re spied on all the time, and the state still can’t figure out who we are nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opi… 8/
#5yrsago Trump’s ethics office reverses policy, will allow anonymous donors to fund White House employees’ legal defense politico.com/story/2017/09/…
#5yrsago @Snowden: Public money shouldn’t fund software the public isn’t allowed to fix 9/
#5yrsago Chinese economists say Big Data can replace markets in planned economies jstor.org/stable/10.1316…
#5yrsago Canada’s Mounties use a 6-year-old “interim policy” to justify warrantless mass surveillance vice.com/en/article/yw3… 10/
#5yrsago The financial crisis created a precariat army of RV-nomad seniors who serve as Amazon’s seasonal workers wired.com/story/meet-cam… 11/
Yesterday's threads: Survival of the Richest; 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… 13/
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… 14/
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/ 15/
Upcoming appearances:
* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), 9/15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…
* Chokepoint Capitalism, @typebooks Junction (Toronto), 9/16, 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…
* Chokepoint Capitalism, @mcnallyjackson (NYC), Sept 19, 7PM
mcnallyjackson.com/event/rebecca-… 16/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/21-23
live.unfinished.com
* Chokepoint Capitalism with @reckless, @NYUEngelberg (NYC) 9/23, 7PM
eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-c…
* Chokepoint Capitalism, SFPL (San Francisco), 9/25
sfpl.org/events/2022/09… 17/
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 18/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 19/
Recent appearances:
* Where’s My Privacy? (@myjetpackca)
wheresmyjetpack.ca/2022/09/14/doc…
* Launch for @motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…
* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the… 20/
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… 21/
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