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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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Dec 1

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: All the books I reviewed in 2022; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/01/boo…

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@Northeastern

On Mon (Dec 5), I'll be at @Northeastern's @BurnesCenter in #Boston to talk about @rgibli's and my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with the @NU_CAMD(it's also a webcast):

northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/

@torbooks

My publisher @torbooks and @goodreads are drawing for a giveaway of advance copies of my next novel, "Red Team Blues," a Silicon Valley forensic accounting thriller about a cryptocurrency heist - If you're in the US or Canada, enter here to win a copy:

goodreads.com/giveaway/show/… 3/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

@doctorow

Dec 1

Each year around now, I round up all the books I reviewed in the past 12 months; as a convenience for readers and to remind myself, I don't need to feel so horribly guilty about all the books I *didn't* review (to those authors: rest assured, I still feel horribly guilty). 1/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2022/12/01/boo… 2/

I should probably mention here that I had a book of my own come out in 2022: 3/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

@doctorow

Dec 1

Gaslight (1944) starrywisdomsect.tumblr.com/post/702414159…

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

@doctorow

Nov 30

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Booz Allen tickemastered America's public lands; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/30/mil…

#Pluralistic 1/

@superwuster

Today (Nov 30), @superwuster and I are appearing in conversation to discuss monopoly and creative labor markets at the @knightfdn's #Informed22 conference in #Miami:

informed22.interkinnect.com 2/

@torbooks

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

@doctorow

Nov 30

#Ticketmaster's spectacular failure to sell tickets to Taylor Swift's first tour in five years revived scrutiny of the ticketing/venue/promotion/management monopoly, especially the #JunkFees the company sucks out of fans' pockets:

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What's a junk fee? It's all the crap that Ticketmaster tacks onto the cost of your ticket, like a "convenience fee" for using a credit card. Once all these fees are assessed, *78% of the price of some tickets* is just fees.

vulture.com/2022/10/biden-… 3/

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