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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Is antitrust anti-labor? and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/14/aim…

#Pluralistic

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There's 3 days left in the @Kickstarter for the audiobook of my upcoming anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams, *Red Team Blues*. #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free. Crowdfunding makes them possible!

redteamblues.com

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Is antitrust anti-labor? tl;dr: no.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1646858065831157760

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Hey look at this

* #StarTrek into #Socialism literatemachine.com/2023/04/12/sta…

* Colorado passes first US #RightToRepair legislation for farmers reuters.com/world/us/color…

* #HarlanCrow Bought Property from #ClarenceThomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal. propublica.org/article/claren…

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#20yrsago @EFF analysis of the #SuperDMCA web.archive.org/web/2003042521…

#20yrsago Terrorism databases and the fallacy of the #FalsePositive schneier.com/crypto-gram/ar…

#20yrsago #KimStanleyRobinson on adventure travel web.archive.org/web/2003042223…

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#15yrsago #MagicJack net-phone: swollen pustule of crappy terms of service and spyware web.archive.org/web/2008041520…

#15yrsago #ElitePanic: why rich people think all people are monsters web.archive.org/web/2009090204…

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#10yrsago Canadian govt demands a 10-page questionnaire & CV in order to seek permission to comment on oil pipeline web.archive.org/web/2013040521…

#15yrsago Virgin Media CEO: #NetNeutrality is “bollocks,” promises to breach agreement with customers torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-c…

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#10yrsago Major #Disneyland attractions shut over OSHA violations thedisneyblog.com/2013/04/13/dis…

#10yrsago Google adds a “dead-man’s switch” — uses cases from torture-resistance to digital wills consumerist.com/2013/04/12/goo…

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#5yrsago For the first time, a US president has classified the legal justification for taking publicly acknowledged actions theintercept.com/2018/04/14/don…

#5yrsago #GoldmanSachs report: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” cnbc.com/2018/04/11/gol…

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#5yrsago #WellsFargo: fyeah we’re going to lend money to gun manufacturers now stfu before we shoot you money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/new…

#5yrsago Careful study reveals that low testosterone is almost nonexistent and that taking T has almost no health benefits wired.com/story/testoste…

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#5yrsago Forced #PrisonLabor put downward pressure on wages at American companies, worsening inequality economist.com/united-states/…

#5yrsago Leaked docs reveal Koch/Walton/DeVos’s anti-teacher talking points theguardian.com/education/2018…

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#5yrsago UK police train machine-learning model using Experian data that stereotypes people based on garden size, first names, and postal codes techdirt.com/2018/04/13/uk-…

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#5yrsago Stealing data from airgapped computers by using power fluctuations as a covert channel arxiv.org/pdf/1804.04014…

#1yrago America's 400 top earners pay less tax than you pluralistic.net/2022/04/13/tax…

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Wednesday's threads: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

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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…

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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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…

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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."

craphound.com/shop/

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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…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues at @DarkDel (#Burbank), 4/26
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…

* Red Team Blues at @SFPublicLibrary with @Annaleen (#SanFrancisco), 4/30
sfpl.org/events/2023/04…

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), 5/10
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

* @MassyArts Red Team Blues event with @seancranbury (#Vancouver), 5/10
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @GburgBookFest, 5/20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…

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

* Red Team Blues event with @christreilly (#Nottingham), 5/30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

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

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Recent appearances:

* Cory Doctorow knows why monopolies are killing art (@CANADALAND)
canadaland.com/podcast/bonus-…

* Against Enshittification (@trashfuturepod):
trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/against-ensh…

* @Mindplex_AI


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My latest @Medium column is "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok: Have you tried not spying on kids?"

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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).

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