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Inside: The Persuaders (how minds really change); nd more!

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#Montreal! I'm at @ArgoBookshop tonight (10/23):
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And #Ottawa @Writersfest tomorrow, 10/24:
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The Persuaders (how minds really change): No mind control required.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1584220899875557376

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Hey look at this

* @EFF is hiring a Grassroots Advocacy Organizer eff.org/opportunities/…

* How the Haunted Mansion Remains a Timeless Gateway to Horror gizmodo.com/haunted-mansio…

* Free downloadable 3D model files for every D&D monster patreon.com/mz4250 (h/t @dduane) 4/

#15yrsago Web-headlines benefit from passive voice nngroup.com/articles/passi…

#15yrsago Manga’s Japanese decline — and the copyright infringers who are stopping it wired.com/2007/10/ff-man…

#15yrsago Scroogled in Russian and Persian memex.craphound.com/2007/10/23/scr… 5/

#15yrsago Anti-counterfeiting treaty turns into maximum copyright free-for-all web.archive.org/web/2007102501…

#10yrsago Original contract for Moby-Dick loweringthebar.net/2012/10/avast-…

#10yrsago Voter fraud is a fraud newyorker.com/magazine/2012/… 6/

#10yrsago Kindle user claims Amazon deleted whole library without explanation memex.craphound.com/2012/10/22/kin…

#10yrsago How a Haunted Mansion addict fell in love with the greatest ride on Earth memex.craphound.com/2012/10/22/how… 7/

#5yrsago Portugal passes the world’s first reasonable DRM law eff.org/deeplinks/2017…

#5yrsago The DNC picked a bunch of sleazy lobbyists as superdelegates, can’t figure out why no one is donating bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 8/

#5yrsago The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin esquire.com/news-politics/…

#5yrsago The MNT Reform: a modular, open source hardware, blob-free laptop inspired by classic PCs mntre.com/media/reform_m… 9/

#5yrsago Republican lawmaker Doug Cox tricked legislature into exempting “Christian” forced-labor camps from regulation revealnews.org/article/rehab-…

#5yrsago Spanish government announces plan to seize power in Catalonia, remove elected government nytimes.com/2017/10/21/wor… 10/

#5yrsago Jeremy Corbyn to European left-wing parties: you won’t win until you abandon neoliberalism independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… 11/

Friday's threads: Backdooring a summarizerbot to shape opinion; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1583460395569713152

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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:

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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:

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

* Launch for xychelsea's "Readme.txt: A Memoir" (Bookshop.org), 10/26:
xychelsea.tv/#event-booksho…

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

* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo… 17/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
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Recent appearances:

* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@defcon 30)


* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@lithub)
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* Sex and Politics with @fakedansavage (use code "Doctorow" for a free month):
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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.

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