Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…
#Pluralistic
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Today (5/6), I'll be in #Berkeley with my book *Red Team Blues* at the #BABF2023 for a 3:30PM event with @glynnwashington:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with @dellsystem for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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Weds (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America: Unions don't just improve wages, they create stable careers.
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On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1): The power of a great interlocutor.
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Hey look at this
* Genius picket signs from the Hollywood writers' strike boingboing.net/2023/05/05/gen…
* Edeka is leading a tough price war (German #greedflation hot war) breakinglatest.news/business/edeka… (h/t Gunnar Miller)
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#20yrsago Disney’s in more Pooh web.archive.org/web/2003050608…
#20yrsago Spam-fighting and the First Amendment web.archive.org/web/2003051909…
#20yrsago BSA fights piracy with condescending mascots! web.archive.org/web/2003050811…
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#20yrsago Why is a raven like a writing-desk? web.archive.org/web/2003021217…
#15yrsago Dear Virgin Media: if #NetNeutrality is “bollocks” then you can get stuffed torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-c…
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#15yrsago Think Like a Dandelion: advice for understanding reproductive strategies in the Internet era locusmag.com/Features/2008/…
#15yrsago Senator #RonWyden puts ISPs on notice: “think twice” before screwing up #NetNeutrality arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
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#10yrsago Former Tory mayor admits to beating up woman who videod him parking illegally bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
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Yesterday's threads: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!
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My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at @DarkDel:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
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My latest nonfiction 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…
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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/
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Upcoming appearances:
* @BayBookFest (#Berkeley/#BABF2023), 5/6-7
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), 5/10
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
* @MassyArts Red Team Blues event with @seancranbury (#Vancouver), 5/10
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
* @GburgBookFest, (#Gaithersburg) 5/20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
* @publicknowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), 5/22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #WEPFest with @RonDeibert, @hockeyesque and @DrNancyOlivieri (#Toronto), 5/23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…
* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…
* Red Team Blues event with @christreilly (#Nottingham), 5/30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…
* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirste…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* @CymeraF, 6/3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…
* Red Team Blues with @Marthalanefox at the @bl, 6/5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-even…
* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…
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Recent appearances:
* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…
* Author Talk: Cory Doctorow and @Annaleen in Conversation/@SFPublicLibrary
* The Next Chapter/CBC
cbc.ca/player/play/21…
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My latest Medium column is "Weak Institutions: It's not a fair fight"
doctorow.medium.com/weak-instituti…
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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).
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Today's top sources: @broderick (garbageday.email).
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