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Inside: How Palantir will steal the NHS; and more!

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Next Monday (Oct 3) at 9hPT, I'm on a panel ("Regulatory Requirements and Necessary Standards") for #OnlinePublicSphere2022:

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How Palantir will steal the NHS: Stealth privatisation was always the endgame for public-private-partnerships.

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Thursday's threads: Porn on Tumblr is a complicated subject; and more!

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

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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.

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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:

* #OnlinePublicSphere2022, 10/3
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* Chokepoint Capitalism event, @BooksandBooks (Miami), 10/12
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* Reboot Conference, @JoinLincoln (Miami), 10/13
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @LibraryJournal Day of Dialog (Zoom), 10/20
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* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics, with @rushkoff and @rgibli, Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
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* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* Triangulation: Chokepoint Capitalism
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* Cultural Capture by Chokepoint Capitalism (@machinekillspod)
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* Billionaires As Policy Failure Factories (@CheeseMacro)
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