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Inside: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/11/din…

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This week (Feb 13-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ tomorrow (13/2). Next are #Melbourne (14/2), #Sydney (15/2) and #Canberra. More tickets released for Sydney!

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed: Civil War-era brake systems were good enough for General Sherman...

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1624556387815522304

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Hey look at this

* How to text, tip, ghost, host, and generally exist in polite society today thecut.com/article/tippin… (h/t @kottke)

* ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web newyorker.com/tech/annals-of… (h/t @kottke)

* We’re Not Worthy jasonklamm.com/notworthybook/ 4/

#20yrsago Broadband is an inalienable right web.archive.org/web/2003022420…

#10yrsago Raytheon making social-network-mining software to help gov'ts spy on citizens theguardian.com/world/2013/feb… 5/

#5yrsago Exiled Cambodian opposition leader sues Facebook in California over allegations of collusion with Cambodia's dictator qz.com/1203637/facebo…

#1yrago The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bez… 6/

Yesterday's threads: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1624188969071116288

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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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 9/

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/ 10/

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… 11/

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 12/

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 13/

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 17/