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Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK Profile picture
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Nov 11, 2022 • 23 tweets • 22 min read • Read on X
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Apple's business model made Chinese oppression inevitable; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/11/for…

#Pluralistic 1/ A Chinese revolutionary poster depicting a marching army of
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 doctorow@craphound.com! 2/
Tomorrow (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…

11/16, I'm in DC for the Arthur C Clarke Award:
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev… 3/
Apple's business model made Chinese oppression inevitable: A photon torpedo on the bridge in Act I will go off by Act III.

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Hey look at this

* Tools for the great Twitter migration ianbrown.tech/2022/11/03/the…

* Classic Computers Papercraft Collection archive.org/details/amiga-… Computer Papercrafts/Amstrad-CPC-264-Papercraft-Ver-2/ (h/t Ars Technica) 5/
#20yrsago AIs ate my economy web.archive.org/web/2002112706…

#20yrsago How Karl Rove used a Blackberry to put W in office web.archive.org/web/2002111215…

#20yrsago Fast-forwarding is not a crime! latimes.com/archives/la-xp… 6/
#15yrsago Democrats: Colleges must do copyright surveillance, or else scoopsmangum.blogspot.com/2007/11/democr…

#15yrsago @DBtodomundo considers IKEA as a video game web.archive.org/web/2007110822…

#15yrsago Top US spook officially redefines "privacy" to mean "surveillance" web.archive.org/web/2007111307… 7/
#10yrsago TSA inspectors get a larger annual clothing allowance than Marine lieutenants get through their whole careers washingtonexaminer.com/tsa-uniform-pe…

#10yrsago Intel to Boy Scouts: no more donations if you don’t drop anti-gay policy oregonlive.com/silicon-forest… 8/
#5yrsago Excellent, plain-language explainer on corporate and 1 percenter tax evasion, with a simple solution nytimes.com/interactive/20…

#5yrsago Paradise Papers reveal cozy relationship between Stubhub and Canadian botmaster/tout kingpin cbc.ca/news/business/… 9/
#5yrsago Equifax’s CEO isn’t sure whether they’ve finally started encrypting their servers yet techtarget.com/searchsecurity… 10/
Yesterday's threads: Amazon and Apple have an illegal price-fixing conspiracy; and more!

11/ Image: Andrés Moreira (modified) https://www.flickr.com/pho
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… 12/
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… 13/
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/ 14/
Upcoming appearances:

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

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

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev… 15/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

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

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 16/
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… 17/
Recent appearances:

* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics (@teamhumanshow)
teamhuman.fm/episodes/survi…

* @PitchforkEcon
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/chokep…

* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@Defcon 30)
18/
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/2022/11/11/for… 19/
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… 20/
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!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 21/
Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 22/
Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org). 23/

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