Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Amazon and Apple have an illegal price-fixing conspiracy; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/10/you…
#Pluralistic 1/
TONIGHT! I'm at the #RadicalBookFair in #Edinburgh, with my Chokepoint Capitalism co-author @rgibli!
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…
This Sat (11/12), I'm at @WaterstonesOxf:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…
Sun (11/13), I'm presenting at @AaronSwartzDay:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 2/
Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Nov 17 and while it's not a public event, there's a limited number of spaces I can distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come, email doctorow@craphound.com! 3/
Amazon and Apple have an illegal price-fixing conspiracy: The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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Hey look at this
* Cory Doctorow Wants You to Fight Big Tech jacobin.com/2022/11/cory-d…
* Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - Live on "Old Grey Whistle Test" January 31, 1978 (h/t @BoingBoing)
* Sebastiana - Gal Costa (#RIP) 5/
#20yrsago HipTop Swarms: PDA-enabled smart mobs hiptop.bedope.com/hunt/raven/ind…
#15yrsago @njeremijenko’s wicked engineering projects, notes by @wmmna web.archive.org/web/2007110908…
#10yrsago Safeway: “Stop photographing our horrible, copyrighted cakes” cakewrecks.squarespace.com/home/2012/11/9… 6/
#5yrsago Origin story of the Mimikatz password cracker is a parable about security, disclosure, cyberwar, and crime wired.com/story/how-mimi…
#5yrsago The DoJ’s top crypto warrior wants “strong” encryption that he can break at will memex.craphound.com/2017/11/10/the… 7/
#5yrsago How the UK’s “Company Factories” helped criminals from 13 countries launder £80B in stolen and looted money web.archive.org/web/2017111021…
#1yrago Risk compensation considered harmful: HPV vaccines, N95s, seatbelts, helmets and the Chicago Boys pluralistic.net/2021/11/10/elf… 8/
Yesterday's threads: Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition); 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:
booksoup.com/book/978080700… 10/
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:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 11/
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."
craphound.com/shop/ 12/
Upcoming appearances:
* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…
* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…
* @AaronSwartzDay and International Hackathon, Nov 13:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 13/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…
* @library_futures Webinar, 11/17
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal… 14/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive
* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com
* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 15/
Recent appearances:
* @PitchforkEcon
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/chokep…
* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@Defcon 30)
* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@Lithub)
lithub.com/cory-doctorow-… 16/
If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "The End of the Road to Serfdom"
doctorow.medium.com/the-end-of-the… 17/
Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 18/
Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org). 19/
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