Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/26/min…

#Pluralistic

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I'm at @HTLGIFestival in #HayOnWye:

28/5 1130h: The AI Enigma
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…

29/5 12h: Danger and Desire at the Frontier
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…

Next, #Oxford!

29/5: @blackwelloxford's 1930h w/@TimHarford:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…

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How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown: Bonus: it'll also kill Trump's alarmingly good chances for a second term.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1662051517611016193

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Hey look at this

* Forensic accountant in over his head in Doctorow’s techno-thriller winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/…

* I Get No Mail and It’s Glorious ironicsans.substack.com/p/i-get-no-mai… (h/t Kottke)

* Origin Stories: Plantations, Computers, and Industrial Control logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skie…

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#15yrsago UK set to deport Master’s student whose Master’s degree research led him to look up Al Qaeda info – ratted out by University of Nottingham theguardian.com/education/2008…

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#15yrsago Frequently Awkward Questions for the Canadian Minister who’s planning to bring down a Canadian DMCA michaelgeist.ca/2008/05/ten-mo…

#10yrsago Little Mermaid’s Ursula does the #HauntedMansion narration

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#10yrsago US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to attack pirates! lauren.vortex.com/archive/001034…

#10yrsago Triple-nested #KleinBottle web.archive.org/web/2008060503…

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#5yrsago Ireland’s referendum results: legalised #abortion projected to win “by a landslide” irishtimes.com/news/politics/…

#5yrsago Congressional staffers for Rep. Tom Garrett [R-VA] say they were used as “personal servants” politico.com/story/2018/05/…

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#1yrago Attacking machine learning training by re-ordering data pluralistic.net/2022/05/26/ini…

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Yesterday's threads: To save the news, shatter ad-tech; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1661714262023348229

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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:

* @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:

* @machinekillspod
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…

* How Big Tech Captured Culture (@TheAgenda)


* Enshittification Part 3: Saving The Internet (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…

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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 "Rich People's Gain is Worth Less Than Poor People's Pain: A new way to think about utilitarianism, courtesy of the Office of Management and Budget"

doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-g…

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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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