Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/29/hobbeswarts/
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, a post-#cyberpunk anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
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Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy: When Rousseau comes to Hobbeswarts.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110107147094888658
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image The #Scholomance trilogy is @[email protected]'s take on a #SchoolForWizardry: It. Is. *Superb*. Novik takes a belt-sander to all the crumbling tropes left by lesser writers to reveal fresh wood beneath, fashioning something breathtakingly new: https://www.naominovik.com/category/scholomance/ -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/29/hobbeswarts/#the-chosen-one 1/
Hey look at this
* The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q
* Help Save the Texas Observer & Fight Staff Layoffs https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff
* 1988: Prologue: Porn, Feminism & the folly of NC-17 (Erotic 90s Part 1) https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/1988-prologue-porn-feminism-the-folly-of-nc-17-erotic-90s-part-1
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The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse
#20yrsago #SARS: The Mystery Illness https://web.archive.org/web/20030408021713/http://www.cbc.ca/news/sars/
#20yrsago #KPMG publishes absurd, self-serving wardriving report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2885339.stm
#20yrsago Facts don’t violate trademarks https://web.archive.org/web/20030803080408/https://www.eff.org/IP/20030328_taxes-com_pr.php
#15yrsago #BritishAirways loses 15-20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7320771.stm
#15yrsago Cartoon explains the difference between causality and covariation https://appliedabstractions.com/2008/03/29/covariation-and-causality/
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#10yrsago #Toronto Mayor #RobFord about to lose his job coaching high-school football? https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/03/29/rob_ford_mayor_cancels_meeting_with_toronto_catholic_board_to_discuss_his_coaching_future.html
#10yrsago When US money was nice to look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg
#10yrsago #ATMSkimming comes to non-ATM payment terminals in train stations, etc https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/cash-claws-fake-fascias-tampered-tickets/
#10yrsago Lessons learned from #YouTube’s $300M “Original Channel” fund https://web.archive.org/web/20130330055859/http://edwardspoonhands.com/post/46305605617/lessons-learned-from-youtubes-300m-hole
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#10yrsago Florida polo tycoon has difficulty adopting his 42-y-o girlfriend in order to keep assets away from bio-kids, ex-wife, family of guy he killed in a hit-and-run https://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/03/whats-the-point-of-being-a-polo-tycoon-if-you-cant-adopt-your-girlfriend.html
#10yrsago Zombie houses: 300K+ in America https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0328/Zombie-foreclosures-300-000-undead-properties-stalk-ex-owners
#10yrsago Songwriting podcast with #RichardSherman of Disney’s Sherman Brothers https://www.sodajerker.com/episode-38-richard-m-sherman/
#5yrsago Paypal blocks payments for a #WorldSocialists pamphlet about the Iranian opposition https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/29/payp-m29.html
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#5yrsago Private equity killed big box retailers, leaving empty big boxes across America, and architects have plans https://www.popsci.com/repurposing-big-box-stores/
#5yrsago There’s a notorious #Nazi #ConcentrationCamp guard living in New York City and #ICE won’t deport him https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-wont-deport-the-last-nazi-war-criminal-in-america
#5yrsago The idea behind #CambridgeAnalytica’s Facebook data-harvesting app came from a #Palantir employee, with support from #EricSchmidt’s daughter https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/cambridge-analytica-palantir.html
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Yesterday's threads: What comes after neoliberalism; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110101726314307709
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: What comes after neoliberalism; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/28/imagine-a-horse/ #Pluralistic 1/
My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068
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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 Dark Delicacies:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/
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a book about why creative labor markets are rigged - and how to unrig them Competition is supposed to be fundamental to capitalism. Over the last four decades though, greedy robber barons have worked out how to lock in customers and suppliers, eliminate competitors, and shake down everyone for more than their fair share. This…
My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) 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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* Antitrust and Competition Conference - Beyond the Consumer Welfare Standard (#Chicago), Apr 20-21
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/events/2023-antitrust
* Red Team Blues at Mysterious Galaxy (#SanDiego), Apr 25
https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doctorow
* Red Team Blues at Dark Delicacies (#Burbank), Apr 26
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#
* Bay Area Bookfest (#Berkeley), May 6/7
https://www.baybookfest.org/session/cory-doctorow/
* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
https://wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), May 29
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctorow-red-team-blues-with-tim-harford-tickets-574673793787
* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow/manchester-deansgate
* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow-registration-539205788027
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Recent appearances:
* Is Copyright Good For Authors? (@TWiT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sFi3LQQeQ
* Culture Journalist: What is chokepoint capitalism?
https://theculturejournalist.substack.com/p/chokepoint-capitalism-cory-doctorow-artists#details
* Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cory-doctorow-author-chokepoint-capitalism-from-mar/id1285537944?i=1000605088345
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Is Copyright Good For Authors?
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https://doctorow.medium.com/silicon-valley-noir-35c014c4c493
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Simon Walters@pluralistic @TimHarford @cubicgarden Are the Red Team Blues event people going forward or backward in time? #ConfusedOfEuxton :)