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Inside: Tracers in the Dark; and more!

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Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" this Thu (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/

Tomorrow (11/16) I'm in #DC to receive the Arthur C Clarke Award:
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

11/17, I'm on a @library_futures webinar:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

11/18, I'm in #Baltimore at @ThePeale:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal…

11/19, It's Sky Live #London:
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 3/

Tracers in the Dark: Andy Greenberg's gripping true crime tale of cryptocurrency forensics.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1592429588025483264

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Hey look at this

* We’ll all lose unless we stop platforms squeezing creators theconversation.com/chokepoint-cap…

* All People Are Created Educable, a Vital Tenet of Modern Democracy exurbe.com/educable/

* DIY Pirates of the Caribbean Ride (h/t @ridetheory) 5/

#20yrsago Alan Moore’s alternate history of the DC universe groups.google.com/g/alt.comics.a…

#15yrsago Daily Show writer explains writers’ strike — if digital content isn’t worth anything, how come Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 billion? 6/

#10yrsago Cufflinks that open hand-cuffs sparrowslockpicks.com/products/sparr…

#5yrsago Congress’s spending proves the GOP believes life begins at conception and ends at birth theintercept.com/2017/11/15/new… 7/

#5yrsago Motherboard’s excellent, accessible guide to internet security vice.com/en/article/d3d…

#5yrsago Senate Democrat is about to take the brakes off predatory payday lenders huffpost.com/entry/payday-l… 8/

#5yrsago Teardown of a consumer voice/location cellular spying device that fits in the tip of a USB cable ha.cking.ch/s8_data_line_l…

#5yrsago Social media’s “engagement”-based algorithms are intrinsically hospitable to conspiracies and fake news nytimes.com/2017/11/12/tec… 9/

#5yrsago Consumer groups’ labs advise parents not to buy connected toys, claim risk of strangers listening and talking to kids over the internet theguardian.com/technology/201… 10/

#5yrsago 65 out of the top 100 most-cited scientific papers are behind a paywall, with a weighted average cost of $32.33/each web.archive.org/web/2017111321…

#5yrsago P2P downloaders spend more than non-downloaders on music, but pollster can’t do math web.archive.org/web/2012111723… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1592065250022629378

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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… 13/

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… 14/

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:

* 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… 16/

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… 17/

Recent appearances:

* How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators (@IrishTimes)
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* Copyright Waffle (@UKCopyrightLit)
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* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics (@teamhumanshow)
teamhuman.fm/episodes/survi… 18/

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