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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Kate Beaton's "Ducks"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/14/har…

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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/

Kate Beaton's "Ducks": A memoir of oil, misogyny and economic precarity.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1613860661318090752

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Hey look at this

* The Talented Mr. Musk, Part 1: Free Speech (h/t @Techdirt)

* Quote Tweeting: Over 30 Studies Dispel Some Myths absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quo… (h/t @MMasnick)

* The OGL is out, CC-BY is in kickstarter.com/projects/89610… (h/t @PBigbee) 4/

#20yrsago @RIAA opposes the Hollings Bill web.archive.org/web/2003011709…

#15yrsago @DerrenBrown’s Tricks of the Mind: book explains magic, hypnosis and the rationale for rationalism memex.craphound.com/2008/01/14/der… 5/

#10yrsago @TheJusticeDept drops charges against @AaronSw arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago How Internet copyright laws let Big Content get away with paying less to artists toc.oreilly.com/2013/01/liabil… 6/

#10yrsago @MIT president appoints Hal Abelson to investigate university’s role in Aaron Swartz’s prosecution arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago #AaronSwartz’s politics weren’t just about free technology: they were about freeing humanity nakedcapitalism.com/2013/01/aaron-… 7/

#5yrsago Congressional Democrats have so little faith in Trump’s leadership that they’ve awarded him the power to conduct limitless, warrantless mass surveillance of Americans theintercept.com/2018/01/12/the… 8/

#5yrsago Peter Thiel, “libertarian,” wants to buy Gawker’s archive, which would give him the power to censor stories he didn’t like reuters.com/article/us-gaw… 9/

#5yrsago German steelworkers demand the right to take two years’ worth of “work-life balance” 28-hour work weeks to look after children or aging parents theguardian.com/world/2018/jan… 10/

Yesterday's threads: Booklist on "Red Team Blues"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1613855982517379072

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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… 12/

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… 13/

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/ 14/

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 15/

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… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

Recent appearances:

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

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

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-… 18/

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