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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Nathan J. Robinson's "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/14/nat…

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This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're in #Sydney tonight (Feb 15) (more tickets just released) and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17).

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

Nathan J. Robinson's "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments": A seriously good look at some seriously bad arguments.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1625568500927369222

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Hey look at this

* Coevolution of Platform Dominance and Governance Strategies

* Swarmpunk: Rough Consensus and Running Code in Brains, Machines, & Society jon-e.net/dissertation/a… (h/t Fipi Lele)

* The Big MOOP at #BurningMan curbed.com/2023/02/burnin… 4/

#10yrsago Missouri lawmaker wants to redefine #science to include “faith-based philosophy,” force creationism into science class arstechnica.com/science/2013/0…

#5yrsago The @InternetArchive’s John Perry @Barlow collection archive.org/details/johnpe… 5/

#5yrsago The astounding science and engineering of printer jams newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…

#5yrsago IBM Security survey finds users value “security” over “convenience” techrepublic.com/article/ibm-se… 6/

#5yrsago The first-ever independent audit of whistleblower retaliation in US spy agencies was looking bad for the agencies, so it was shut down thedailybeast.com/us-intelligenc…

#5yrsago The world’s worst money launderers are the UK, Switzerland and the USA financialsecrecyindex.com 7/

#5yrsago Vinegar #Valentines: Villainous Victorian woodcuts that lament the irritations of engaging tradesmen spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vin…

#5yrsago I Am the Very Model of a @NYTimes Contrarian slate.com/culture/2018/0… 8/

#5yrsago Deepfakes that hurt people are already illegal, so let’s stop trying to rush out ill-considered legislation eff.org/deeplinks/2018… 9/

#5yrsago @CStross’s “Dark State”: transdimensional, nuclear-tipped mutually assured destruction by way of a first-rate spy novel memex.craphound.com/2018/02/13/cha… 10/

Yesterday's threads: Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1625278353811841024

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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… 12/

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… 13/

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/ 14/

Upcoming appearances:

* @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:

* 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 17/

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