Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/11/din…
#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 13-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ tomorrow (13/2). Next are #Melbourne (14/2), #Sydney (15/2) and #Canberra. More tickets released for Sydney!
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed: Civil War-era brake systems were good enough for General Sherman...
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Hey look at this
* How to text, tip, ghost, host, and generally exist in polite society today thecut.com/article/tippin… (h/t @kottke)
* ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web newyorker.com/tech/annals-of… (h/t @kottke)
* We’re Not Worthy jasonklamm.com/notworthybook/ 4/
#20yrsago Broadband is an inalienable right web.archive.org/web/2003022420…
#10yrsago Raytheon making social-network-mining software to help gov'ts spy on citizens theguardian.com/world/2013/feb… 5/
#5yrsago Exiled Cambodian opposition leader sues Facebook in California over allegations of collusion with Cambodia's dictator qz.com/1203637/facebo…
#1yrago The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bez… 6/
Yesterday's threads: Poor people pay higher time tax; 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… 8/
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… 9/
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/ 10/
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… 11/
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 12/
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 13/
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My latest Medium column is "Of Course Mastodon Lost Users"
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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). 17/
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