Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part four; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/20/lin…

#Pluralistic

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Today (Apr 21), I'm speaking in #Chicago at the @StiglerCenter's #Antitrust and #Competition Conference:

chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl…

This weekend (Apr 23/24), I'm at the @latimes #Bookfest:

events.latimes.com/festivalofbook…

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Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower: The BC Appeals Court drops a *terrible* decision in Ian Linkletter's anti-SLAPP against Proctorio.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1649025820147560450

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Red Team Blues Chapter One, part four: "I was pickpocketed, guv'nah!"

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1649033599037964289

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Hey look at this

* Just about everyone can get money from Facebook class settlement sfgate.com/tech/article/h… (h/t @jwz)

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#10yrsago San Diego cop smashes phone & beats up suspect: “Phones can be converted to a weapon. Look it up online.”

#5yrsago China escalates the war on jaywalkers with automated shouting laser/squirtguns tied to motion-sensors straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

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#5yrsago Koch-backed #ClimateDeniers are exploiting the #ReproducibilityCrisis to discredit climate science wired.com/story/sciences…

#5yrsago The @FDA is finally doing something about the medical device security dumpster-fire bleepingcomputer.com/news/governmen…

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#5yrsago @palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they’re looking for new customers bloomberg.com/features/2018-…

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#5yrsago Last summer, Southwest tried to kill a rule that would have tightened up engine fan blade inspections arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Arizona is about to get its first statewide #TeachersStrike thehill.com/homenews/state…

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#5yrsago @WellsFargo loses teachers’ union business after it pledges its eternal loyalty to gun manufacturers washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sh…

#5yrsago Wells Fargo fined $1B for stealing cars and jacking houses money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/new…

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#1yrago Undetectable #backdoors for #MachineLearning models pluralistic.net/2022/04/20/cec…

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Yesterday's threads: Iowa's starvation strategy; The Red Team Blues tour; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1648768138287419397

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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…

* @latimesfob #BookFest (#LosAngeles), 4/22-23
events.latimes.com/festivalofbook…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* Red Team Blues at @Powell's with @waxy (#PDX/Cedar Hills Crossing), 5/2
powells.com/book/red-team-…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues at @BooksIncStores with @mkapor (#MountainView), 5/5
booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…

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

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @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…

* @GburgBookFest, (#Gaithersburg) 5/20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @publicknowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), 5/22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…

* #WEPFest with @RonDeibert, @hockeyesque and @DrNancyOlivieri (#Toronto), 5/23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* 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…

* @CymeraF, 6/3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues with @Marthalanefox at the @bl, 6/5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-even…

* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…

Recent appearances:

* Slingshot
thesling.org/video/slingsho…

* @iftf Future Now
soundcloud.com/institute-for-…

* Examining capitalism's chokepoints (@changelog)
changelog.com/podcast/535

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My latest @Medium column is "How To Make the Least-Worst Mastodon Threads: (An opinionated guide) (for the perplexed)"

doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-th…

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