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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/22/mus…

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#NewYorkers! The state legislature has passed landmark #RightToRepair legislation, but @GovHochul hasn't signed it and it might die. Visit eff.org/rtr to help tell the Governor that we can't afford to wait (and tell your friends in New York, too!). 2/

Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill: Crashing airplanes and starving old people.

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Hey look at this

* Ticketmaster’s Dark History prospect.org/power/ticketma…

* User Generated Content and the Fediverse: A Legal Primer eff.org/deeplinks/2022…

* @Frameworkputer, Noctua, and other brands add official 3D models to Printables arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/1… 5/

#20yrsago Airport cops grope pregnant woman, jail her husband lewrockwell.com/2002/12/nichol…

#5yrsago Charter told a family their new house was ready for internet, then sent them a $16,000 bill to activate it arstechnica.com/information-te… 6/

#5yrsago Washington state says Comcast stole at least $73 million from subscribers over 5 years arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Surveillance advocate Eric Schmidt is stepping down as head of Google parent company Alphabet cnbc.com/2017/12/21/eri… 7/

#5yrsago Women routinely caught fire in the mid-19th century racked.com/2017/12/19/167… 8/

Yesterday's threads: How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1605578070282407937

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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:

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 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… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration
fwean 14/

Recent appearances:

* @Capitol_Forum:
thecapitolforum.com/resources/chok…

* New Books in Public Policy (@PitPolicy):
open.spotify.com/episode/2niuM0…

* How to take back the arts from Big Tech (@TheRealNews)
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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

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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 "'Metaverse' means 'pivot to video'"

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 19/

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/22/mus…

#Pluralistic 20/

#NewYorkers! The state legislature has passed landmark #RightToRepair legislation, but @GovHochul hasn't signed it and it might die. Visit eff.org/rtr to help tell the Governor that we can't afford to wait (and tell your friends in New York, too!). 21/

Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill: Crashing airplanes and starving old people.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1605996106445357057

22/

Hey look at this

* Ticketmaster’s Dark History prospect.org/power/ticketma…

* User Generated Content and the Fediverse: A Legal Primer eff.org/deeplinks/2022…

* @Frameworkputer, Noctua, and other brands add official 3D models to Printables arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/1… 23/

#20yrsago Airport cops grope pregnant woman, jail her husband lewrockwell.com/2002/12/nichol…

#5yrsago Charter told a family their new house was ready for internet, then sent them a $16,000 bill to activate it arstechnica.com/information-te… 24/

#5yrsago Washington state says Comcast stole at least $73 million from subscribers over 5 years arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Surveillance advocate Eric Schmidt is stepping down as head of Google parent company Alphabet cnbc.com/2017/12/21/eri… 25/

#5yrsago Women routinely caught fire in the mid-19th century racked.com/2017/12/19/167… 26/

Yesterday's threads: How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1605578070282407937

27/

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… 28/

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… 29/

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/ 30/

Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 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… 31/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration
fwean 32/

Recent appearances:

* @Capitol_Forum:
thecapitolforum.com/resources/chok…

* New Books in Public Policy (@PitPolicy):
open.spotify.com/episode/2niuM0…

* How to take back the arts from Big Tech (@TheRealNews)
33/

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/2022/12/22/mus… 34/

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 "'Metaverse' means 'pivot to video'"

doctorow.medium.com/metaverse-mean… 35/

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 36/

Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 37/