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Inside: Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices; and more!

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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:

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Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices: It's 2022 and we're still fighting the browser wars.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1602768349494235138

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Hey look at this

* On Stable Diffusion oblomovka.com/wp/2022/12/12/…

* Gold nano-coating works like an anti-fog heating element for glasses newatlas.com/materials/anti… (h/t @Slashdot)

* The Trumpification of Elon Musk wired.com/story/donald-t… 4/

#15yrsago HOWTO defeat the shoe-scanner at Heathrow schneier.com/blog/archives/…

#10yrsago City buses across America now covertly recording passengers’ conversations wired.com/2012/12/public…

#10yrsago Literacy privilege, or, why grammar nazis are dicks paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/lit… 5/

#10yrsago BRING ME THE 3D PRINTED HEAD OF CORY DOCTOROW thingiverse.com/thing:37605

#5yrsago Net Neutrality is only complicated because monopolists are paying to introduce doubt newint.org/blog/2017/12/1… 6/

#5yrsago Mirai’s creators plead guilty, reveal that they created a DDoS superweapon to get a competitive edge in the Minecraft server industry wired.com/story/mirai-bo… 7/

#5yrsago Climate change has created massive blooms of ecologically disruptive jellyfish, but luckily they’re delicious vice.com/en/article/wjz…

#5yrsago Gawker alumni are crowdfunding to outbid Peter Thiel for control of Gawker’s assets kickstarter.com/projects/21360… 8/

#5yrsago Group behind voter ID, stand your ground, ag-gag, private prison, anti-muni-wifi, and killing Obamacare now planning rules for jailing pipeline protesters desmog.com/2017/12/11/ale… 9/

#5yrsago 12 Michigan cops, looking for a 40-year-old white woman, draw guns on 11 year old black girl and put her in cuffs web.archive.org/web/2017121222… 10/

#5yrsago Journalists receive forged lawsuit docs hoaxing a nonexistent sexual harassment suit against Chuck Schumer axios.com/2017/12/16/sch… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Orphaned neurological implants; and more!

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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:

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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:

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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:

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (New Orleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 17/

Recent appearances:

* @dartsandletters:
dartsandletters.ca/2022/12/12/ep7…

* @bubtroubpodcast (Part 2)
bubbletroublepodcast.com/chokepoint-cap…

* Corporate Power (@privacyint)
media.privacyinternational.org/w/fKu4rZFZMCFZ…

* Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and Chokepoint Capitalism (@zingales)
capitalisnt.com/episodes/taylo… 18/

Recent appearances (cont'd):

* Plurality and democracy with @AudreyT (Liberté!)
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