Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/27/man…
#Pluralistic
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I'm at @HTLGIFestival in #HayOnWye:
28/5 1130h: The AI Enigma
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…
29/5 12h: Danger and Desire at the Frontier
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…
Next, #Oxford!
29/5: @blackwelloxford's 1930h w/@TimHarford:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…
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Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth": Swords, sorcery and swooning romance, in a series that is tantalyzingly close to completion.
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Hey look at this
* Cops can’t use copyright to block #UseOfForce materials eff.org/deeplinks/2023…
* Helpline fires staff uses #chatbot after #Unionization vice.com/en/article/n7e… (h/t /r/LateStageCapitalism)
* #HP finds new way to #DRM printers! theverge.com/2023/5/25/2373…
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#20yrsago #Apple force-feeds customers shit, calls it sunshine memex.craphound.com/2003/05/27/app…
#20yrsago Bungled espionage blows up millions of motherboards web.archive.org/web/2003021907…
#15yrsago #StarTrek cake trekmovie.com/2008/05/25/sta…
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#10yrsago TSA random secondary screening is trivial to dodge ip.topicbox.com/groups/ip/Ta67…
#10yrsago #Obama’s trade reps and the @MPAA are killing a copyright treaty that gives rights to #PeopleWithDisabilities huffpost.com/entry/poisonin…
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#5yrsago All Rights Reserved: a #YA #dystopia where every word is copyrighted memex.craphound.com/2018/05/27/all…
#1yrago #Wework founder raises $70m for #blockchain-based, "voluntary" #CarbonCredits pluralistic.net/2022/05/27/vol…
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Yesterday's threads: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown; 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:
* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…
* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* 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…
* @CymeraF, 6/3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues with @Marthalanefox at the @bl, 6/5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-even…
* @rightscon, "#Interoperability: from buzzword to a map of solutions," Jun 6 (#CostaRica):
rightscon.org/program/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…
* Otherland event for Red Team Blues, 6/8 (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…
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Recent appearances:
* @machinekillspod
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…
* How Big Tech Captured Culture (@TheAgenda)
* Enshittification Part 3: Saving The Internet (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…
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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - and previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
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My latest @Medium column is "Rich People's Gain is Worth Less Than Poor People's Pain: A new way to think about utilitarianism, courtesy of the Office of Management and Budget"
doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-g…
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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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