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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Adobe steals your color; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/28/fad…

#Pluralistic 1/
Adobe steals your color: A SaaS on the mantel in Act I must go off by Act III.

2/
Hey look at this

* Honda Orders Big Takedown of Honda-Related 3D Printing Models From Maker Communities thedrive.com/news/honda-ord… (h/t Don Hayler)

* 2SAXY - Walk of Fame (h/t @mathowie) 3/
#15yrsago UK Minister detained at Dulles airport news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e…

#15yrsago Toronto Star runs paid “anti-counterfeiting” ad as news web.archive.org/web/2007103016… 4/
#10yrsago Faulkner estate claims that quoting his novels in films is both a trademark and copyright infringement hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

#10yrsago Commensense about ebooks web.archive.org/web/2012102801… 5/
#5yrsago Portuguese non-neutral ISP shows us what our Trumpian internet will look like web.archive.org/web/2017102901…

#5yrsago Spanish central government fires Catalonian government officials, police chiefs bbc.com/news/world-eur… 6/
#5yrsago Judge resigns and youth court shut down after baby is taken from mother over unpaid court fees clarionledger.com/story/news/201…

#1yrago Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/cli… 7/
#1yrago All of science gets a general index pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/cli…

#1yrago The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/cli… 8/
Yesterday's threads: Substituting economics for politics is a failure; and more!

9/  Image: Gage Skidmore (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.o
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… 10/
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… 11/
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/ 12/
Upcoming appearances:

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c… 13/
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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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… 16/
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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 "How to Fix Cars By Breaking 'Felony Contempt of Business Model'"

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Today's top sources: Jonathan King (@MrJonathanKing). 21/

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