Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Venture predation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fak…

#Pluralistic

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Tomorrow I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:

gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…

Mon (5/22), I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:

eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…

On 5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:

westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…

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Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1659580585441099776

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Hey look at this

* #DebtCeiling: What Are þe Fallback Threat Points? braddelong.substack.com/p/debt-ceiling…

* ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Director #BootsRiley On #WGA Strike deadline.com/2023/05/wga-st… (h/t Payday Report)

* #ChurchMolestationLiabilityInsurance exists jwz.org/blog/2023/05/t…

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#20yrsago Pal Mickey: A location-aware wireless famulus for #WaltDisneyWorld web.archive.org/web/2003052319…

#20yrsago #PressPlay being sold to #Napster nytimes.com/2003/05/19/bus…

#15yrsago UK gov’t wants database of every phone call and email news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/740959…

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#15yrsago Microsoft: we listen to broadcasters, not customers eff.org/deeplinks/2008…

#10yrsago What the #Mounties pirate pirateparty.ca/2013/05/17/rcm…

#10yrago #PatentLawyers: Help! The evil Makers won’t let us apply for bullshit #3DPrinting patents! finnegan.com/en/insights/ar…

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#5yrsago An interview with #JordanPeterson, who believes in witches and dragons somethingawful.com/news/jordan-pe…

#5yrsago A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone’s location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tracki…

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#1yrago The impossible scam of US drug plans pluralistic.net/2022/05/19/the…

#1yrago Your mom is a tech ninja pluralistic.net/2022/05/19/the…

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Yesterday's threads: How to save the news from Big Tech; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1659220280571736066

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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:

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

* @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…

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* 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…

* @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…

* Otherland event for Red Team Blues, 6/8 (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…

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Recent appearances:

* Crime and Crypto | CYBER (@VICE @motherboard)


* Shakedowns, Shell Games & Silicon Valley Shenanigans (@MMTpodcast)
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/170-cory-docto…

* Chokepoint Capitalism's Arts Stranglehold (@USNewsBeat)
radiopublic.com/news-beat-GKkd…

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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - and previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

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My latest @Medium column is "Google's AI Hype Circle: We have to do Bard because everyone else is doing AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard"

doctorow.medium.com/googles-ai-hyp…

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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: Dan Gillmor (mastodon.social/@dangillmor).

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