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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Care Inflation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/18/wag…

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Tomorrow (1/19) 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/

Care Inflation: The inflation no one wants to talk about.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615776116802732037

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Hey look at this

* A Fine Sweater ravelry.com/patterns/libra…

* Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher publicdomainreview.org/collection/fec…

* OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic time.com/6247678/openai… 4/

#20yrsago Eric Eldred Act: A bookkeeping change that would feed the public domain web.archive.org/web/2003020111…

#20yrsago Bernstein’s patent-policy work-to-rule cr.yp.to/patents/tarzia…

#20yrsago Civil liberties in gamespace web.archive.org/web/2003011000… 5/

#15yrsago Can the #Smithsonian’s public domain images join the Library of Congress’s “Commons”? groups.google.com/g/open-governm…

#15yrsago Lawyer claims he owns “#cyberlawyer” — actual cyberlawyers laugh and laugh eff.org/deeplinks/2008… 6/

#10yrsago @TSA terminates its contract with #Rapiscan, maker of pornoscanners latimes.com/business/la-xp…

#10yrsago @itsDanBull song tribute to #AaronSwartz

#10yrsago Debunking #DoJ statement on @AaronSw’s prosecution techdirt.com/2013/01/17/car… 7/

#5yrsago @EFF to NSA: you scammed your way to another six years of warrantless spying, and you’d better enjoy it while it lasts eff.org/deeplinks/2018… 8/

#5yrsago Amazon’s useless “#TransparencyReports” won’t disclose whether they’re handing data from always-on #Alexa mics to governments zdnet.com/article/amazon… 9/

#5yrsago Hawai’i emergency notification system password revealed in photo about problems with Hawai’ian emergency notification system qz.com/1181763/hawaii… 10/

#5yrsago Trials confirm the use of #psilocybin for #depression without the “dulling” effects of traditional antidepressants medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320636

#5yrsago Leaseholders in building sheathed in flammable #Grenfell #cladding sent a £2m bill for repairs theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/j… 11/

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

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615345124220747776

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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… 13/

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… 14/

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/ 15/

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 16/

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… 17/

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 18/

Recent appearances:

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

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

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-… 19/

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