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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic; Billionaire dilettantes vs good Democrats; and more!

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Next Monday (Oct 17), I'll be presenting remotely to @copyrightcentre's Copyright Evidence: Synthesis and Futures conference in Glasgow:

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Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic: Trademark, like all "IP," is a tool to control critics, customers and competitors.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1580923093651886082

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Billionaire dilettantes vs good Democrats: Even the best Democratic candidate is no match for the worst Republican when wealthy "Democratic" donors meddle.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1580949611266834433

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Hey look at this

* Centuries of Sound: 1943 centuriesofsound.com/2022/10/06/194…

* End-to-End Encryption and Messaging Interoperability educatedguesswork.org/posts/messagin… 5/

#15yrsago Irish bureaucrats raided personal info database for blackmail, burglary, and curiosity independent.ie/irish-news/civ…

#10yrsago Accused of infringement? AT&;T will take away YouTube and Facebook and send you to Copyright Reeducation Gulag torrentfreak.com/att-starts-six… 6/

Yesterday's threads: US health insurers get more and more federal funding, deliver less and less care; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1580541258870628353

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

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Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

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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:

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* Copyright Evidence: Synthesis and Futures – @copyrightcentre (Glasgow), Oct 17
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* @LibraryJournal Day of Dialog (Zoom), 10/20
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism Event, @ArgoBookshop (Montreal), Oct 23
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* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics, with @rushkoff and @rgibli, Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
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* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), Nov 10
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* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
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Recent appearances:

* Sex and Politics with @fakedansavage (use coupon code "Doctorow" for a free month):
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* Regulating the Online Public Sphere (@ColumbiaGFoE)


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