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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…

#Pluralistic

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Today (5/6), I'll be in #Berkeley with my book *Red Team Blues* at the #BABF2023 for a 3:30PM event with @glynnwashington:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with @dellsystem for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:

baybookfest.org/session/chokep…

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Weds (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America: Unions don't just improve wages, they create stable careers.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1654881588180828162

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On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1): The power of a great interlocutor.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1654891044004323329

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Hey look at this

* Genius picket signs from the Hollywood writers' strike boingboing.net/2023/05/05/gen…

* Edeka is leading a tough price war (German #greedflation hot war) breakinglatest.news/business/edeka… (h/t Gunnar Miller)

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#20yrsago Disney’s in more Pooh web.archive.org/web/2003050608…

#20yrsago Spam-fighting and the First Amendment web.archive.org/web/2003051909…

#20yrsago BSA fights piracy with condescending mascots! web.archive.org/web/2003050811…

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#20yrsago Why is a raven like a writing-desk? web.archive.org/web/2003021217…

#15yrsago Dear Virgin Media: if #NetNeutrality is “bollocks” then you can get stuffed torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-c…

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#15yrsago Think Like a Dandelion: advice for understanding reproductive strategies in the Internet era locusmag.com/Features/2008/…

#15yrsago Senator #RonWyden puts ISPs on notice: “think twice” before screwing up #NetNeutrality arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

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#10yrsago Former Tory mayor admits to beating up woman who videod him parking illegally bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

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Yesterday's threads: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1654531912726355968

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My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…

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My latest nonfiction 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 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:

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

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

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* @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…

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* 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…

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Recent appearances:

* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…

* Author Talk: Cory Doctorow and @Annaleen in Conversation/@SFPublicLibrary


* The Next Chapter/CBC
cbc.ca/player/play/21…

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My latest Medium column is "Weak Institutions: It's not a fair fight"

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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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Today's top sources: @broderick (garbageday.email).