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Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…

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This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra Tickets just released for Sydney!

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

Poor people pay higher time tax: The rich truly do get more hours in the day.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1624185991467614215

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Hey look at this

* Participation in the #Fediverse eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

* Is #Mastodon a commons? blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2023/02/08…

* Monster Rangers RPG kickstarter.com/projects/steam… 4/

#20yrsago How blogs got an A-list web.archive.org/web/2003022002…

#20yrsago #NeilGershenfeld pulls down the pants of #ubicomp web.archive.org/web/2003020315…

#10yrsago Star Wars easter-egg hidden in a #traceroute memex.craphound.com/2013/02/09/sta… 5/

#10yrsago Seattle Mayor returns police drones to the manufacturer thestranger.com/blogs/2013/02/…

#10yrsago Guerrilla Benchers replace street furniture removed to discourage homeless people spacehijackers.org/html/projects/… 6/

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#10yrsago Confessions of a fifth grade punk thisishangingrockcomics.tumblr.com/post/425462438… 7/

#5yrsago Leaked #Equifax documents provided to US Senate reveal that they dumped all our drivers’ licenses, too, but Equifax says it’s OK, so… money.cnn.com/2018/02/09/pf/… 8/

#5yrsago Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potentially illegal stalkerware vice.com/en/article/zmw… 9/

#5yrsago Empire Games: @cstross starts a new phase in the #MerchantPrinces series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions memex.craphound.com/2018/02/09/emp…

#1yrago #OccupyTheSEC on #BankMergers pluralistic.net/2022/02/09/gri… 10/

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#1yrago Welcome to the Palmerverse pluralistic.net/2022/02/10/mon… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1623623054902403073

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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:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…

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

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo… 16/

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 17/

Recent appearances:

* How popular movements can topple Big Tech (@tninstitute)
tni.org/en/podcast/how…

* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…

* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 18/

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