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Inside: 1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg; and more!

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This Thu (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/

1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg: The worst US aviation failure in history was a long time coming, and could have been averted.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615071612834824192

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Hey look at this

* "In retrospect this period will be understood as an Indian summer of the old world" people.well.com/conf/inkwell.v…

* Web Hackers vs The Auto Industry samcurry.net/web-hackers-vs…

* World’s biggest PR firm claims to be an expert on trust–is it? theguardian.com/business/2023/… 4/

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#20yrsago Melancholy Elephants: infinite copyright = infocalypse baen.com/chapters/W2000…

#20yrsago WiFi-SciFi: My open spectrum fiction on Salon salon.com/2003/01/16/lib… 5/

#20yrsago Supreme Court rules against Eldred, Alexandria burns en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_v.…

#15yrsago @BruceS’s Kiosk: geniunely 21st century science fiction web.archive.org/web/2008011508… 6/

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#10yrsago Free Freedom of Information Requests, in honor of @AaronSw muckrock.com/news/archives/… 9/

#5yrsago #MLK: anti-capitalist activist rawstory.com/2017/01/11-mos…

#5yrsago Marriott fires employee for “willfully liking” a tweet in support of Tibetan independence scmp.com/news/china/soc… 10/

#5yrsago Playing low frequency noise to disrupt hard-drives: denial of service for CCTVs, data-centers, and other computing environments arxiv.org/pdf/1712.07816… 11/

#5yrsago Trump’s new assistant Drug Czar: a 24-year-old campaign volunteer with no experience, in charge of billions to end the opioid epidemic washingtonpost.com/investigations… 12/

#5yrsago Inmate, denied health care in an Arizona private prison, chews his own fingers off newsweek.com/prison-health-… 13/

Saturday's threads: Kate Beaton's "Ducks"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1614229699047088128

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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… 15/

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… 16/

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/ 17/

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 18/

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), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 19/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…

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

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 20/

Recent appearances:

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

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

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-… 21/

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