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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/25/con…

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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:

kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 2/

The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules): Dobbs, SVB, the Internet Archive, antitrust and the law's foundation in norms, not consistency.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1639678791671861249

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Hey look at this

* #Hachette v. @internetarchive Liveblog controlleddigitallending.org/2023/03/20/hac…

* @FrameworkPuter's 16" Modular Gamer Laptop gizmodo.com/framework-modu…

* Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries sltrib.com/news/education… 4/

#20yrsago #Mexico sells out its future by extending copyright web.archive.org/web/2003031323…

#20yrsago Google’s #SergeyBrin at #PCForum craphound.com/google.html

#20yrsago #SocialSoftware panel at #PCForum craphound.com/socialsoftware… 5/

#15yrsago #Walmart infection-spread timelapse video web.archive.org/web/2008032308…

#15yrsago @CShirky’s Harvard talk: Here Comes Everybody web.archive.org/web/2016122603…

#15yrsago New US #CyberSecurity Czar has no cyber-security experience washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content… 6/

#15yrsago How @CBC torrented a TV show last100.com/2008/03/26/ins…

#15yrsago #Mugabe opponents forced to eat campaign posters theguardian.com/world/2008/mar…

#10yrsago Why architects should stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers archdaily.com/346374/can-we-… 7/

#10yrsago Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you helpnetsecurity.com/2013/03/25/dig…

#10yrsago Store wants $5 browsing fee to deter “#showrooming” by online shoppers consumerist.com/2013/03/25/sto…

#10yrsago RPG inside an #Excel workbook carywalkin.ca/2013/03/17/are… 8/

#10yrsago #Toronto Mayor #RobFord’s long history of public drunkenness and brawling thestar.com/news/city_hall…

#10yrsago Summary of experimentally verified pricing heuristics cxl.com/blog/pricing-e… 9/

#5yrsago Cyber-arms-dealer #GreyHeron really, really doesn’t want you to know about the connections between them and the disgraced #HackingTeam vice.com/en/article/bjp…

#5yrsago Women (but not men) with high GPAs are less likely to get job offers journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 10/

#5yrsago A patchwork of state “incompetence” laws cost tens of thousands of Americans their vote every year pewtrusts.org/en/research-an… 11/

#5yrsago Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private “super-luxe” railcars to #Amtrak trains wsj.com/articles/wealt… 12/

#5yrsago Poll: #Facebook is the least trusted custodian of private information, majority of Americans do not trust it reuters.com/article/us-usa…

#5yrsago #ICE uses Facebook’s backend to hunt their prey, with help from #Palantir theintercept.com/2018/03/26/fac… 13/

#5yrsago Invisible, targeted infrared light can fool facial recognition software into thinking anyone is anyone else arxiv.org/pdf/1803.04683… 14/

#5yrsago London police finally admit they fed intel to UK construction cartel to build illegal #blacklist of #labour organisers theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…

#5yrsago Services that deliver the same functions as Facebook, for after you #DeleteFacebook wired.com/story/facebook… 15/

#5yrsago Republicans and Trump kill anti-#WageTheft rule, will funnel your taxes to companies that rob and endanger workers chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tr…

#5yrsago UK Information Commissioner’s Office raids #CambridgeAnalytica’s London office dw.com/en/british-aut… 16/

Thursday's threads: The "small nonprofit school" saved in the SVB bailout charges more than Harvard; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1638868598533025792

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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… 18/

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… 19/

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/ 20/

Upcoming appearances:

* Antitrust and Competition Conference - Beyond the Consumer Welfare Standard (#Chicago), 4/20-21
chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl…

* Red Team Blues at @MystGalaxyBooks (#SanDiego), 4/25
mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doc… 21/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @baybookfest (#Berkeley/#BABF2023), 5/6-7
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor… 22/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…

* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (Manchester), 5/31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv… 23/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirste… 24/

Recent appearances:

* @culturejourno: What is chokepoint capitalism?
theculturejournalist.substack.com/p/chokepoint-c…

* Techtonic with @markhurst | @WFMU
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cor…

* @RuBlackListNET Privacy Day
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My latest @Medium column is "Culture War Bullshit Stole Your Broadband: Your internet sucks because telco monopolists kept Gigi Sohn off the FCC"

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