Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Substituting economics for politics is a failure; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/27/eco…
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Today only (Oct 26)! @PMPressOrg is holding a flash sale on my Outstanding Authors book, "The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" - it's 55% off!
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Substituting economics for politics is a failure: The verdict is in on "economism."
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Hey look at this
* “Spontaneous Revolutions” Darwin’s Diagrams of Plant Movement publicdomainreview.org/essay/darwins-… 4/
#15yrsago Board-game price-fixing boardgamegeek.com/thread/229526/…
#10yrsago Knuckles that promote literacy secure.flickr.com/photos/doctoro…
#10yrsago Carved pumpkin zombie lord
#5yrsago Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals dw.com/en/haribo-gumm… 5/
#5yrsago The @nytimes is now a Tor onion service open.nytimes.com/https-open-nyt…
#5yrsago Record-breaking number of billionaires signals a second “Gilded Age” with inequality hitting 1905 levels theguardian.com/business/2017/… 6/
#5yrsago Australian government proposes jail terms for satire eff.org/deeplinks/2017…
#5yrsago Catalonian parliament declares independence from Spain bbc.com/news/world-eur…
#1yrago Hospital rings up $2755 upcharge by sending pregnant woman to ER pluralistic.net/2021/10/27/cro… 7/
Yesterday's threads: Uline's billions fund voter suppression; 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.
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:
* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
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* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
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* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
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Recent appearances:
* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@defcon 30)
* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@lithub)
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* Sex and Politics with @fakedansavage (use code "Doctorow" for a free month):
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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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