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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/21/tec…

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Tomorrow (Mar 22), I'm doing a remote talk for the @IFTF's "Changing the Register" series:

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Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing: Finally, the non-tech sector can hire technical workers.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1638174295032745988

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Hey look at this

* The venture capitalist's dilemma newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-…

* The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over #SiliconValleyBank slate.com/technology/202…

* The hierarchy of excuses crookedtimber.org/2023/03/20/the… 4/

#20yrsago #TalkRadio is the province of lying demagogues, bigots and fools web.archive.org/web/2003040213…

#10yrsago @BruceS’s closing SXSW keynote: disruption and destruction soundcloud.com/officialsxsw/b… 5/

#10yrsago How the #DigitalMillenniumCopyrightAct punishes people with disabilities slate.com/technology/201…

#10yrsago Supercut of all the alternate endings to the #Animaniacs theme 6/

#10yrsago @EFF blasts plans to build #DRM into #HTML5 eff.org/deeplinks/2013…

#10yrsago You know who does creepier stuff with your data than #CambridgeAnalytica? Your ISP techdirt.com/2018/03/21/if-… 7/

#5yrsago Police say the #AustinBomber killed himself as they closed in on him web.archive.org/web/2018032108…

#5yrsago To save the Earth, stack humans in green cities and leave the wilderness for other animals theguardian.com/cities/2018/ma… 8/

#5yrsago Teen’s devastating bug-report on a “tamper-proof” cryptocurrency wallet shows why companies can’t be left in charge of bad news about their products saleemrashid.com/2018/03/20/bre… 9/

#5yrsago In Chicago primaries, a string of defeats for the Democratic establishment at the hands of progressive Democrats theintercept.com/2018/03/20/fri…

#1yrago #Brazil's "#RemunerationRight" will strengthen Big Tech and Big Media pluralistic.net/2022/03/21/jef… 10/

#1yrago To make Big Tech better, make it smaller pluralistic.net/2022/03/21/jef… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1637861040527400967

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

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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 Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) 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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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:

* @IFTF Changing the Register, 3/22
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* Antitrust and Competition Conference - Beyond the Consumer Welfare Standard (#Chicago), 4/20-21
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues at @MystGalaxyBooks (#SanDiego), 4/25
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* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
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* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):
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Recent appearances:

* @RuBlackListNET Privacy Day


* Factually With @adamconover:
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* Making Big Tech Better vs Making it Smaller (@BruxConf2023):
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