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Inside: Booz Allen tickemastered America's public lands; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/30/mil…

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Today (Nov 30), @Superwuster and I are appearing in conversation to discuss monopoly and creative labor markets at the @knightfdn's #Informed22 conference in #Miami:

informed22.interkinnect.com 2/

My publisher @TorBooks and @Goodreads are drawing for a giveaway of advance copies of my next novel, "Red Team Blues," a Silicon Valley forensic accounting thriller about a cryptocurrency heist - If you're in the US or Canada, enter here to win a copy:

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Booz Allen tickemastered America's public lands: An arms dealer makes millions on junk fees from National Parks visitors.

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Hey look at this

* Movetodon, the best Twitter-to-Mastodon migration tool yet movetodon.org

* For 18 mos, no one noticed an obvious error on @FT's “Market Data” page mako.cc/copyrighteous/…

* PSA: Don't Use Services That Hate The Internet jwz.org/blog/2022/11/p… 5/

#15yrsago Magazine subscription cards are a pack of lies longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/…

#10yrsago Danish entrepreneur helps people with autism get jobs that require focus, attention to detail nytimes.com/2012/12/02/mag… 6/

#10yrsago Techdirt schools a copyfraudster who tried to censor a critical post with copyright threats techdirt.com/2012/11/29/ope…

#10yrsago California pot decriminalization correlated to lowest youth crime rate in recorded history alternet.org/2012/11/mariju… 7/

#10yrsago New FCC rules will let a single company own a town’s ISP, newspapers, 2 TV stations and 8 radio stations act.freepress.net/sign/murdoch_p…

#10yrsago Staples to get in-store 3D printers web.archive.org/web/2012122312… 8/

#5yrsago Christmas is under attack: vandals steal Satanic Temple’s tree-topper from San Jose’s Christmas in the Park event sfgate.com/bayarea/articl… 9/

#5yrsago Republicans destroyed Oklahoma with billionaire/corporate tax cuts and got killed in the following election theintercept.com/2017/11/30/okl… 10/

#5yrsago San Francisco Board of Supervisors rules that if you’re rich enough to own a private sidewalk, you don’t have to worry about overdue taxes njherald.com/story/news/wei… 11/

#5yrsago The Credible Hulk: Ajit Pai thinks you only care about Net Neutrality because Mark Ruffalo told you to arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 12/

Yesterday's threads: The Big Four accounting firms are one (more) scandal away from collapse; 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… 14/

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… 15/

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/ 16/

Upcoming appearances:

* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Conversation/@Northeastern/@BurnesCenter/@NU_CAMD (Boston/webcast), 12/5
northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 17/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (New Orleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20… 18/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), Mar 2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 19/

Recent appearances:

* @if_this_goes_on
itgodp.libsyn.com/chokepoint-cap…

* @NewBooksNetwork
newbooksnetwork.com/chokepoint-cap…

* @bizwithoutbs
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My latest @Medium column is "Poe vs. Property: A detective story of shifting rationalizations"

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