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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: $100 billion later, autonomous vehicles are still a car-wreck; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/her…

#Pluralistic 1/ A chart illustrating the Gartner hype-cycle; racing down the
I'm coming to #Miami!

Tues (Oct 12): event for "Chokepoint Capitalism" @BooksandBooks (@rgibli's and my new book about creative labor markets and monopoly power)

booksandbooks.com/event/in-perso…

Weds (Oct 13): @JoinLincoln's Reboot Conference:

eventbrite.com/e/reboot-2022-… 2/
$100 billion later, autonomous vehicles are still a car-wreck: The self-driving car fraud was great business for Uber and Tesla.

3/  Image:  Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w
Hey look at this

* Behind the scenes at the Spookslot Haunted House (h/t @ridethoery)

* The Internet of Things (You Don’t Own) under Bourgeois Law tandfbis.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/docs/… (h/t @cmcsherr)

* Archive of Lost Objects etsy.com/shop/archiveof… (h/t @JWZ) 4/
#20yrsago On the road with the Internet Bookmobile salon.com/2002/10/09/boo…

#20yrsago Eldred hearing liveblog web.archive.org/web/2002101008…

#20yrsago GI Joe’s dream house snopes.com/fact-check/for…

#20yrsago @mathowie on Eldred and the Commons a.wholelottanothing.org/2002/10/09/cop… 5/
#15yrsago All the Beatles’ UK albums sped up 800% into a 1 hour MP3 web.archive.org/web/2012111408…

#15yrsago Yahoo Music to record execs: No more DRM, ever web.archive.org/web/2007100814…

#15yrsago Hauntrod Funnycar for your short-range travel needs web.archive.org/web/2007100903… 6/
#10yrsago @ZeeAvi, skewered on an angelic voice memex.craphound.com/2012/10/08/zee…

#10yrsago Backyard Blockbusters: documentary about fan films zteamproductions.com/fanfilmdoc/

#10yrsago Fact-checking the RIAA’s claim that the number of working musicians fell by 41% arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 7/
#10yrsago Microsoft claims ownership of the number 45, asks Google to censor the US government and Bing torrentfreak.com/microsofts-bog…

#5yrsago The copay assumes the 99% treat healthcare like spiteful buffet gorgers jacobin.com/2017/10/sander… 8/
#5yrsago London’s amazing underground infrastructure revealed in vintage cutaway maps londonist.com/london/transpo…

#5yrsago Antifascist Greek protesters say they were tortured by police theguardian.com/world/2012/oct… 9/
#5yrsago @DanielPinkwater’s Bushman Lives: absurdist misfit story is an insightful treatise on art memex.craphound.com/2012/10/09/pin…

#5yrsago Distinguished scientist on the mistakes pundits make when they predict the future of AI technologyreview.com/2017/10/06/241… 10/
#5yrsago Triangulation is dead: what does “socialism” mean in the 21st century? theguardian.com/business/2017/…

#1yrago Facebook shouldn't be in charge of how you use Facebook: Unfollow Everything and the need for (good) tech regulation pluralistic.net/2021/10/08/unf… 11/
Friday's threads: "Don't spy on a privacy lab" (and other career advice for university provosts); 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 event, @BooksandBooks (Miami), 10/12
booksandbooks.com/event/in-perso…

* Reboot Conference, @JoinLincoln (Miami), 10/13
eventbrite.com/e/reboot-2022-…

* @LibraryJournal Day of Dialog (Zoom), 10/20
libraryjournal.com/event/library-… 16/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism Event, @ArgoBookshop (Montreal), Oct 23
eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctoro…

* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics, with @Rushkoff and @rgibli, Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
writersfestival.org/events/fall-20… 17/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org/registration

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 18/
Recent appearances:

* Regulating the Online Public Sphere (@ColumbiaGFoE)


* Canadians Connected 2022 with @AmberMac:


* Amazon Billing Amazon for Amazon (@trashfuturepod)
trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/amazon-billi… 19/
Happy #SpookySeason! My picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" is the perfect read for your little monsters: it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by @McRockefeller.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 20/
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/2022/10/09/her… 21/
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 "Bankruptcy protects fake people, brutalizes real ones"

doctorow.medium.com/bankruptcy-pro… 22/
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Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 23/
Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 24/
Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 25/

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Undetectable, undefendable back-doors for machine learning; Shelter in place; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/11/ren…

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I'm coming to #Miami!

Tomorrow (Oct 12): event for "Chokepoint Capitalism" @BooksandBooks (@rgibli's and my new book about creative labor markets and monopoly power)

booksandbooks.com/event/in-perso…

Thu (Oct 13): @JoinLincoln's Reboot Conference:

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