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Inside: Porn on Tumblr is a complicated subject; and more!

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Tonight (Sept 29) at 19hPT, I'll be hosting @raycraib at #LA's @skylightbooks to talk about his new book about libertarian exit, "Adventure Capitalism."

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Porn on Tumblr is a complicated subject: Chokepoints, compliance, weakest links.

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Hey look at this

* Small Scale LA smallscalela.com (h/t @jstruan)

* Authors For Libraries fightforthefuture.org/Authors-For-Li… (I signed!)

* Free download of Bruce Sterling's seminal MIRRORSHADES anthology rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/ (h/t @Richard_Kadrey) 4/

#20yrsago My talk at UT Austin web.archive.org/web/2002102218…

#15yrsago Pratchett’s Discworld: a reading-order guide lspace.org/books/reading-…

#15yrsago New AT&T terms of service: We’ll cut off your Internet connection for criticizing us web.archive.org/web/2007101102… 5/

#15yrsago Smith-Corona’s voice letters by post: dead media vintage-ads.livejournal.com/3792381.html

#10yrsago Why can’t pacemaker users read their own medical data? 6/

#10yrsago TV news programs ignore false claims in the thousands of political ads that pay their bills web.archive.org/web/2012110820… 7/

#5yrsago Rich people in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania are to blame for dangerous anti-vaxx surge arstechnica.com/science/2017/0…

#5yrsago Spinal Tap’s $400m lawsuit against Vivendi will proceed web.archive.org/web/2017092919… 8/

#5yrsago Trump’s chief Goldman-Sachs goblin tells America they can buy a new car for $1000 huffpost.com/entry/gary-coh…

#5yrsago Architect of Reagan’s tax cuts reminds us that tax cuts don’t stimulate the economy washingtonpost.com/news/postevery… 9/

#5yrsago The story of Casa Jasmina: the first automated home built to improve its residents’ lives makezine.com/article/home/c…

#5yrsago Right-wing thinktank polls UK, find vast majority favour Labour’s policies theweek.co.uk/88724/uk-voter… 10/

#1yrago Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise pluralistic.net/2021/09/29/jub…

#1yrago "Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism pluralistic.net/2021/09/29/jub… 11/

#1yrago Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between @PikettyLeMonde and Michael Hudson pluralistic.net/2021/09/29/jub… 12/

Yesterday's threads: Maintaining monopolies with the cloud; and more!

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @BeaconPressBks et al) 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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* Discussing "Adventure Capitalism" with @raycraib, @skylightbooks (LA), 9/29
blog.pmpress.org/events/raymond…

* #OnlinePublicSphere2022, 10/3
globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/regulat…

* Chokepoint Capitalism event, @BooksandBooks (Miami), 10/12
booksandbooks.com/event/in-perso… 17/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Reboot Conference, @JoinLincoln (Miami), 10/13
eventbrite.com/e/reboot-2022-…

* @LibraryJournal Day of Dialog (Zoom), 10/20
libraryjournal.com/event/library-… 18/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics, with @rushkoff and @rgibli, Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
writersfestival.org/events/fall-20…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org/registration

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
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Recent appearances:

* Cultural Capture by Chokepoint Capitalism (@machinekillspod)
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…

* Billionaires As Policy Failure Factories (@CheeseMacro)
realprogressives.org/podcast_episod…

* Where’s My Privacy? (@myjetpackca)
wheresmyjetpack.ca/2022/09/14/doc… 20/

Happy #SpookySeason! My picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" is the perfect read for your little monsters: it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by @mcrockefeller.

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My latest @Medium column is "Oil is Bankrupt (If We Want It): Alberta’s Oil Companies Are the Walking Dead"

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