Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…
#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra Tickets just released for Sydney!
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
Poor people pay higher time tax: The rich truly do get more hours in the day.
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Hey look at this
* Participation in the #Fediverse eff.org/deeplinks/2023…
* Is #Mastodon a commons? blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2023/02/08…
* Monster Rangers RPG kickstarter.com/projects/steam… 4/
#20yrsago How blogs got an A-list web.archive.org/web/2003022002…
#20yrsago #NeilGershenfeld pulls down the pants of #ubicomp web.archive.org/web/2003020315…
#10yrsago Star Wars easter-egg hidden in a #traceroute memex.craphound.com/2013/02/09/sta… 5/
#10yrsago Seattle Mayor returns police drones to the manufacturer thestranger.com/blogs/2013/02/…
#10yrsago Guerrilla Benchers replace street furniture removed to discourage homeless people spacehijackers.org/html/projects/… 6/
#10yrsago DHS watchdog: DHS can search all your devices within 100 mi of US border wired.com/2013/02/electr…
#10yrsago Confessions of a fifth grade punk thisishangingrockcomics.tumblr.com/post/425462438… 7/
#5yrsago Leaked #Equifax documents provided to US Senate reveal that they dumped all our drivers’ licenses, too, but Equifax says it’s OK, so… money.cnn.com/2018/02/09/pf/… 8/
#5yrsago Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potentially illegal stalkerware vice.com/en/article/zmw… 9/
#5yrsago Empire Games: @cstross starts a new phase in the #MerchantPrinces series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions memex.craphound.com/2018/02/09/emp…
#1yrago #OccupyTheSEC on #BankMergers pluralistic.net/2022/02/09/gri… 10/
#1yrago #LitigationFinance pits greed against greed pluralistic.net/2022/02/09/gri…
#1yrago Gators and Amazon tag-team small sellers pluralistic.net/2022/02/10/mon…
#1yrago #Neuromancer today pluralistic.net/2022/02/10/mon…
#1yrago Welcome to the Palmerverse pluralistic.net/2022/02/10/mon… 11/
Yesterday's threads: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; 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… 13/
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… 14/
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/ 15/
Upcoming appearances:
* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…
* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…
* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo… 16/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…
* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…
* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 17/
Recent appearances:
* How popular movements can topple Big Tech (@tninstitute)
tni.org/en/podcast/how…
* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 18/
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My latest Medium column is "Small Government: refs have to be more powerful than players"
doctorow.medium.com/small-governme… 20/
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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). 22/
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