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Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Jan 10, 2023, 20 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the…

#Pluralistic 1/

The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg: Section 41712(a) or bust.

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Hey look at this

* The Damage Done by the Otherwise Ineffectual Open Gaming License gsllcblog.com/2019/08/26/par… (h/t Robert Adducci)

* Solicitous dictatorship. The political economy of authoritarianism adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-18… (h/t @YvesSmith) 3/

#15yrsago Scribd introduces copyright filter memex.craphound.com/2007/12/07/scr…

#15yrsago Why it’s good to leave your WiFi open wired.com/2008/01/securi…

#15yrsago Realityland: the secret history of Walt Disney World memex.craphound.com/2007/12/17/rea… 5/

#10yrsago Law of Superheroes: law-school seen through comic-book heroes’ lens memex.craphound.com/2012/12/20/law…

#10yrsago Nexus: fast technothriller about transhuman drug crackdown memex.craphound.com/2012/12/18/nex…

#10yrsago A Rule is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy memex.craphound.com/2012/12/14/a-r… 6/

#10yrsago Early Pirate Bay server now in a museum torrentfreak.com/first-pirate-b… 7/

#5yrsago Hamster Princess: charming, funny, subversive middle-grades illustrated fantasy about a totally ass-kicking hamster princess memex.craphound.com/2017/12/07/ham…

#5yrsago Easiest excuse for taking freedom: security jacobin.com/2012/12/yours-… 8/

#1yrago Personnel are policy: The Dems may do something to materially improve voters' lives. Maybe. pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see… 9/

Yesterday's threads: Social Quitting; 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… 11/

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… 12/

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/ 13/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont):

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…

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

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 15/

You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the… 17/

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 "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"

doctorow.medium.com/nyt-binding-ar… 18/

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 20/

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