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Jan 10 • 20 tweets • 20 min read
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the…

#Pluralistic 1/ A vector drawing of a man slumped at a desk with his face on
The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg: Section 41712(a) or bust.

2/ A vector drawing of a man slumped at a desk with his face on
Hey look at this

* The Damage Done by the Otherwise Ineffectual Open Gaming License gsllcblog.com/2019/08/26/par… (h/t Robert Adducci)

* Solicitous dictatorship. The political economy of authoritarianism adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-18… (h/t @YvesSmith) 3/
#20yrsago @davidisen on the stupidnet memex.craphound.com/2002/12/10/dav…

#20yrsago FCC Chairman: TiVo is “God Box” web.archive.org/web/2003013119… 4/
#15yrsago Scribd introduces copyright filter memex.craphound.com/2007/12/07/scr…

#15yrsago Why it’s good to leave your WiFi open wired.com/2008/01/securi…

#15yrsago Realityland: the secret history of Walt Disney World memex.craphound.com/2007/12/17/rea… 5/
#10yrsago Law of Superheroes: law-school seen through comic-book heroes’ lens memex.craphound.com/2012/12/20/law…

#10yrsago Nexus: fast technothriller about transhuman drug crackdown memex.craphound.com/2012/12/18/nex…

#10yrsago A Rule is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy memex.craphound.com/2012/12/14/a-r… 6/
#10yrsago Early Pirate Bay server now in a museum torrentfreak.com/first-pirate-b… 7/
#5yrsago Hamster Princess: charming, funny, subversive middle-grades illustrated fantasy about a totally ass-kicking hamster princess memex.craphound.com/2017/12/07/ham…

#5yrsago Easiest excuse for taking freedom: security jacobin.com/2012/12/yours-… 8/
#1yrago Personnel are policy: The Dems may do something to materially improve voters' lives. Maybe. pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see… 9/
Yesterday's threads: Social Quitting; 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:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 11/
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… 12/
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/ 13/
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… 14/
Upcoming appearances (cont):

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…

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

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 15/
Recent appearances:

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-…

* @ukPageOne:
writegear.co.uk/podcast/e145-c…

* @Capitol_Forum:
thecapitolforum.com/resources/chok… 16/
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My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"

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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). 20/

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This is wrong. The secretary could conduct a market study - using his substantial investigative powers - to establish that flight cancellations are due to underinvestment in IT and layoffs of key staff.
This would establish that airlines are knowingly selling tickets to flights they plan on cancelling - because they know that they can't fly every flight they've scheduled and sold tickets to. This is "unfair and deceptive" in the plain letter of the statute.
Having established that the airlines are engaged in "unfair and deceptive" practices, the DOT can use its Section 41712(a) to promulgate a rule, via normal Notice and Comment, that prohibits this practice.
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