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Inside: Amazon and Apple have an illegal price-fixing conspiracy; and more!

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

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TONIGHT! I'm at the #RadicalBookFair in #Edinburgh, with my Chokepoint Capitalism co-author @rgibli!
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…

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

Sun (11/13), I'm presenting at @AaronSwartzDay:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 2/

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]! 3/

Amazon and Apple have an illegal price-fixing conspiracy: The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1590632550837256193

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Hey look at this

* Cory Doctorow Wants You to Fight Big Tech jacobin.com/2022/11/cory-d…

* Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - Live on "Old Grey Whistle Test" January 31, 1978 (h/t @BoingBoing)

* Sebastiana - Gal Costa (#RIP) 5/

#20yrsago HipTop Swarms: PDA-enabled smart mobs hiptop.bedope.com/hunt/raven/ind…

#15yrsago @njeremijenko’s wicked engineering projects, notes by @wmmna web.archive.org/web/2007110908…

#10yrsago Safeway: “Stop photographing our horrible, copyrighted cakes” cakewrecks.squarespace.com/home/2012/11/9… 6/

#5yrsago Origin story of the Mimikatz password cracker is a parable about security, disclosure, cyberwar, and crime wired.com/story/how-mimi…

#5yrsago The DoJ’s top crypto warrior wants “strong” encryption that he can break at will memex.craphound.com/2017/11/10/the… 7/

#5yrsago How the UK’s “Company Factories” helped criminals from 13 countries launder £80B in stolen and looted money web.archive.org/web/2017111021…

#1yrago Risk compensation considered harmful: HPV vaccines, N95s, seatbelts, helmets and the Chicago Boys pluralistic.net/2021/11/10/elf… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition); and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1590304591287123968

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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… 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…

* @AaronSwartzDay and International Hackathon, Nov 13:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* @library_futures Webinar, 11/17
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* 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… 15/

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-… 16/

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… 17/

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