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Inside: Podcasting "Twiddler"; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/27/kno…

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This Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:

brusselsconference.com/registration

On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:

elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/

Podcasting "Twiddler": What makes digital platforms so enshittification prone?

TK 3/

Hey look at this

* More on the Interest-Income Channel stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/more-on-the-… 4/

#15yrsago GOP Senate hopeful got rich diverting #corpsemeat from burn victims to enlarge penises web.archive.org/web/2008022917…

#15yrsago More #AbuGhraib torture photos wired.com/2008/03/galler… 5/

#10yrsago Akata Witch: young adult hero’s journey of a Nigerian witch memex.craphound.com/2013/02/27/aka…

#5yrsago #Trumpcare added $33B to government healthcare spending, in order to cover 8.9m fewer Americans, who will pay more for less latimes.com/business/hiltz… 6/

#5yrsago Senior #BenCarson staffer says she was demoted for refusing to “find money” to spend on lavish publicly funded perks for Carson’s home and office cnn.com/2018/02/27/pol… 7/

#5yrsago #BlueCross employees are instructed to donate to the boss’s daughter, a “Democrat” who opposes #SinglePayer truthout.org/articles/blue-…

#1yrago Amazon's $31b "ad business" isn't pluralistic.net/2022/02/27/not… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1629913538482274307

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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:

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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:

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

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

* @ElevateFestival (#Graz), 3/3
elevate.at/diskurs/progra…

* Seize the Means of Computation (TU Wein), 3/7
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

* @utsdct (#Austin), 3/9 13/

eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Ethics of Emerging Tech Lecture (@umanitobasci), 3/9
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…

* @SXSW #ChokepointCapitalism reading (#Austin), 3/10
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 15/

Recent appearances:

* @ANUmedia/@canberratimes Meet The Author
soundcloud.com/experience_anu…

* The Gould Standard
pod.link/thegouldstanda…

* @RNDrive:
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My latest Medium column is "United We Stand: Creation is collective - and so is bargaining"

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