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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Why the Fed wants to crush workers; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/19/cre…

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Today (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/

Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1616121764446191629

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Hey look at this

* #French #union threatens to cut electricity to MPs, billionaires reuters.com/business/susta… (h/t /r/LateStageCapitalism)

* #ChurchOfEngland, founded specifically to undo sanctity of marriage, will not recognize #SameSexMarriages boingboing.net/2023/01/19/chu… 4/

#20yrsago Robbie Williams: “‘Piracy’ is great” news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertain…

#15yrsago Florida school board approves McDonald’s report-cards and school-bus audio ads web.archive.org/web/2008012106…

#15yrsago #WorldOfWarcraft limits your wealth to 2^31 copper web.archive.org/web/2008011721… 5/

#10yrsago How the vile #DailyMail handles @creativecommons licenses memex.craphound.com/2013/01/19/how…

#5yrsago Trump’s “consumer protection bureau” will let the $50B #PaydayLending industry gouge the poorest Americans with triple-digit interest rates latimes.com/business/lazar… 6/

#5yrsago The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s 18th District is a #torture advocate who worked at #AbuGhraib theintercept.com/2018/01/19/gop…

#5yrsago It’s #Poe’s birthday, so here’s @neilhimself reading The Raven 7/

#5yrsago America’s large hospital chains will start manufacturing #GenericDrugs in order to beat shkrelic price-gouging arstechnica.com/science/2018/0… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Care Inflation; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1615781464267702284

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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… 10/

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… 11/

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/ 12/

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 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd)

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

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd)

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* 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… 15/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd)

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 16/

Recent appearances:

* The Way the Music Died (@CANADALAND Commons):
canadaland.com/podcast/monopo…

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

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

* @plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-… 17/

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