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Inside: Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/17/ren…

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This Thu (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author @rgibli and our host, @BradStone, for an @InternetArchive/@Coil livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

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Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex": The true, weird, horny history of medieval gender and sex.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615341948939673601

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Hey look at this

* Harpercollins Union (@hcpunion) Strike Fund Posters etsy.com/listing/139253… (h/t @JStruan)

* On women who talk, and also write books going-medieval.com/2023/01/17/on-… 4/

#10yrsago FBI responds to ACLU FOIA request…with 111 blank pages arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago Michelle Bachmann stiffs her campaign staff, they retaliate by ratting to the feds startribune.com/ex-bachmann-ai… 5/

#5yrsago Neither Huxleyed, nor Orwelled: living in the Phildickian dystopia bostonreview.net/articles/henry…

#5yrsago A newly discovered strain of Android malware contains never-seen surveillance features securelist.com/skygofree-foll… 6/

Yesterday's threads: 1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615077419458723847

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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… 8/

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:

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

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

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 1/27-30
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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
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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 13/

Recent appearances:

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

* @DecoderPod:
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* @plutopia
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