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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Booklist on "Red Team Blues"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/13/mar…

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Next Weds (1/16) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author @rgibli and our host, @BradStone, for an @InternetArchive/@Coil livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

youtube.com/coilhq 2/

Booklist on "Red Team Blues": "Another winner from an sf wizard who
has always proved himself adept at blending genres for both adults and teens."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1613523157947744256

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Hey look at this

* 25th Anniversary Edition of Little, Big, by John Crowley littlebig25.com

* ‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’ theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/…

* Comcast rejects poor people who qualify for free Internet arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 4/

#20yrsago Trent Latte: black coffee and steamed milk in separate but equal portions news.npr.org/programs/waitw…

#15yrsago Filmmakers use DMCA to go after negative review web.archive.org/web/2008011605… 5/

#15yrsago Ford: Car owners are pirates if they distribute pictures of their own cars web.archive.org/web/2008011522…

#15yrsago Podcast of @BruceS’s HACKER CRACKDOWN has concluded memex.craphound.com/2008/01/13/pod…

#10yrsago @AaronSw digital archive archive.org/details/aaronsw 6/

#10yrsago Expert witness describes Aaron Swartz’s “crimes” unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the…

#5yrsago Intel’s Management Engine, a secure-computer-within-your-computer, is really, really insecure press.f-secure.com/2018/01/12/int… 7/

Yesterday's threads: Good riddance to the Open Gaming License; John Deere's repair fake-out; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1613518203816140801

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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… 9/

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… 10/

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/ 11/

Upcoming appearances:

* @InternetArchive livecast on #ChokepointCapitalism with @rgibli and @bradstone, Jan 19, 1530hPT
youtube.com/coilhq

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* 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… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

Recent appearances:

* @majorityfm with @SamSeder
majorityreportradio.com/2023/01/09/1-9…

* @DecoderPod:
open.spotify.com/episode/6pVSj7…

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-… 15/

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