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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Tech a la carte; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/08/div…

#Pluralistic 1/

Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Nov 17 and while it's not a public event, there's a limited number of spaces I can distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come, email [e-mail]! 2/

This Thu (11/10), I'll be in #Edinburgh for the #RadicalBookFair:
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…

On Sat (11/12), I'm at @WaterstonesOxf:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

Sun (11/13), I'm presenting at @AaronSwartzDay:
eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swartz… 3/

Tech a la carte: A new antitrinitarian technognosticism.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1589910439059660800

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Hey look at this

* How America turned against the First Amendment theverge.com/23435358/first…

* Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey…

* The Trust Thermocline

https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904

(h/t Schneier) 5/

#15yrsago @superwuster profile in Business Week web.archive.org/web/2015092415…

#15yrsago Early calculator watch prototype watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/11/vintag…

#15yrsago HOWTO Use Creative Commons licenses locusmag.com/Features/2007/… 6/

#10yrsago Warcraft-playing Maine senate candidate wins, despite opponents anti-orc smears bangordailynews.com/2012/11/07/pol…

#10yrsago Philip Pullman’s Grimm’s Fairytales memex.craphound.com/2012/11/08/phi… 7/

#5yrsago Facebook’s “shadow profiles”: the involuntary dossiers of information you never provided, and can’t opt out of gizmodo.com/how-facebook-f…

#5yrsago GOP tax plan punishes people who work, rewards passive income washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-w… 8/

#5yrsago After a show of solidarity from America’s critics, Disney caves on blacklisting the LA Times from movie screenings techdirt.com/2017/11/07/dis…

#1yrago Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin… 9/

#1yrago @CharlieJane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin…

#1yrago Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin… 10/

Yesterday's threads: The good news is that Penguin Random House can't buy all the other publishers; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1589576277941436424

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Tech a la carte; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/08/div…

#Pluralistic 11/

Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Nov 17 and while it's not a public event, there's a limited number of spaces I can distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come, email [e-mail]! 12/

This Thu (11/10), I'll be in #Edinburgh for the #RadicalBookFair:
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…

On Sat (11/12), I'm at @WaterstonesOxf:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

Sun (11/13), I'm presenting at @AaronSwartzDay:
eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swartz… 13/

Tech a la carte: A new antitrinitarian technognosticism.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1589910439059660800

14/

Hey look at this

* How America turned against the First Amendment theverge.com/23435358/first…

* Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey…

* The Trust Thermocline

https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904

(h/t Schneier) 15/

#15yrsago @superwuster profile in Business Week web.archive.org/web/2015092415…

#15yrsago Early calculator watch prototype watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/11/vintag…

#15yrsago HOWTO Use Creative Commons licenses locusmag.com/Features/2007/… 16/

#10yrsago Warcraft-playing Maine senate candidate wins, despite opponents anti-orc smears bangordailynews.com/2012/11/07/pol…

#10yrsago Philip Pullman’s Grimm’s Fairytales memex.craphound.com/2012/11/08/phi… 17/

#5yrsago Facebook’s “shadow profiles”: the involuntary dossiers of information you never provided, and can’t opt out of gizmodo.com/how-facebook-f…

#5yrsago GOP tax plan punishes people who work, rewards passive income washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-w… 18/

#5yrsago After a show of solidarity from America’s critics, Disney caves on blacklisting the LA Times from movie screenings techdirt.com/2017/11/07/dis…

#1yrago Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin… 19/

#1yrago @CharlieJane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin…

#1yrago Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tin… 20/

Yesterday's threads: The good news is that Penguin Random House can't buy all the other publishers; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1589576277941436424

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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… 22/

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… 23/

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/ 24/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

* @AaronSwartzDay and International Hackathon, Nov 13:
eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swartz… 25/

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 26/

* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 27/

Recent appearances:

* @PitchforkEcon
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/chokep…

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


* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@Lithub)
lithub.com/cory-doctorow-… 28/

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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… 33/

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… 34/

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/ 35/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

* @AaronSwartzDay and International Hackathon, Nov 13:
eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swartz… 36/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 37/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 38/

Recent appearances:

* @PitchforkEcon
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/chokep…

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


* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@Lithub)
lithub.com/cory-doctorow-… 39/

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/2022/11/08/div… 40/

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 "The End of the Road to Serfdom"

doctorow.medium.com/the-end-of-the… 41/

If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🏏". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 43/