Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Good riddance to the Open Gaming License; John Deere's repair fake-out; and more!
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Inside: Good riddance to the Open Gaming License; John Deere's repair fake-out; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/12/beg…
#Pluralistic 1/
Good riddance to the Open Gaming License: Hasbro accidentally gives us more freedom.
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/16132006574769766412/
John Deere's repair fake-out: So many strings attached.
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/16132102550301614203/
Hey look at this
* A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects wired.com/story/sweepwiz…
* Watch a Cranky Marshall McLuhan Explain the Future of Ads and the Internet in 1966 paleofuture.com/blog/2023/1/11… 4/
* A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects wired.com/story/sweepwiz…
* Watch a Cranky Marshall McLuhan Explain the Future of Ads and the Internet in 1966 paleofuture.com/blog/2023/1/11… 4/
#20yrsago Ground broken on Hong Kong Disneyland news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-paci…
#10yrsago @quinnnorton on @AaronSw quinnnorton.com/said/?p=644
#10yrsago @lessig on the DoJ’s vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz lessig.tumblr.com/post/403474630… 5/
#10yrsago @quinnnorton on @AaronSw quinnnorton.com/said/?p=644
#10yrsago @lessig on the DoJ’s vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz lessig.tumblr.com/post/403474630… 5/
#10yrsago RIP, #AaronSwartz memex.craphound.com/2013/01/12/rip…
#5yrsago NERD HARDER! FBI Director reiterates faith-based belief in working crypto that he can break reuters.com/article/us-usa…
#5yrsago A brief history of how the rich world brutaDie Sister, Die! 6/
#5yrsago NERD HARDER! FBI Director reiterates faith-based belief in working crypto that he can break reuters.com/article/us-usa…
#5yrsago A brief history of how the rich world brutaDie Sister, Die! 6/
(1972) gameraboy2.tumblr.com/post/706244714… and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to theintercept.com/2018/01/12/hai…
#5yrsago Scottish police confirm requests from world governments to find money laundered through “the UK’s homegrown secrecy vehicle” archive.news.stv.tv/politics/14060… 7/
#5yrsago Scottish police confirm requests from world governments to find money laundered through “the UK’s homegrown secrecy vehicle” archive.news.stv.tv/politics/14060… 7/
#5yrsago UK tax authority, gutted by austerity and buried by Brexit, can’t deal with the crime revealed by the Paradise Papers theguardian.com/politics/2018/… 8/
Yesterday's threads: Deena Mohamed's 'Shubiek Lubiek'; and more!
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/16131506967857070089/
My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
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* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 1/27-30
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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
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Upcoming appearances (cont):
* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
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* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
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* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
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* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
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* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…
* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
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* @majorityfm with @SamSeder
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* @DecoderPod:
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* @plutopia
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My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"
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