Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Is antitrust anti-labor? and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/14/aiming-at-dollars/
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There's only three days left in the #Kickstarter campaign for for the #audiobook of 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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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image If you find the word "antitrust" has a dusty, old-fashioned feel, that's only to be expected - after all, the word has its origins in the late 19th century, when the first billionaire was created: #JohnDRockefeller, who formed a "trust" with his oil industry competitors, through which they all agreed to stop competing with one another so they could concentrate on extracting more from their workers and their customers. 1/
Hey look at this
* #StarTrek into #Socialism https://literatemachine.com/2023/04/12/star-trek-into-socialism/
* Colorado passes first US #RightToRepair legislation for farmers https://www.reuters.com/world/us/colorado-passes-first-us-right-repair-legislation-farmers-2023-04-12/
* #HarlanCrow Bought Property from #ClarenceThomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus
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#20yrsago @eff analysis of the #SuperDMCA https://web.archive.org/web/20030425210736/https://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/states/200304_sdmca_eff_analysis.php
#20yrsago Terrorism databases and the fallacy of the #FalsePositive https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2003/0415.html#7
#20yrsago #KimStanleyRobinson on adventure travel https://web.archive.org/web/20030422230305/https://gorp.com/gorp/features/visionary/robinson.htm
#15yrsago #MagicJack net-phone: swollen pustule of crappy terms of service and spyware https://web.archive.org/web/20080415200725/http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/04/14/magicjacks-eula-says.html
#15yrsago #ElitePanic: why rich people think all people are monsters https://web.archive.org/web/20090902045448/https://bombsite.com/issues/109/articles/3327
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#10yrsago Canadian govt demands a 10-page questionnaire & CV in order to seek permission to comment on oil pipeline https://web.archive.org/web/20130405212440/http://environmentaldefence.ca/articles/new-undemocratic-rules-create-barrier-public-participation-in-upcoming-pipeline-hearings-co
#15yrsago Virgin Media CEO: #NetNeutrality is “bollocks,” promises to breach agreement with customers https://torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-ceo-says-net-neutrality-is-a-load-of-bollocks-080413/
#10yrsago Major #Disneyland attractions shut over OSHA violations https://thedisneyblog.com/2013/04/13/disneyland-forced-to-close-attractions-by-osha/
#10yrsago Google adds a “dead-man’s switch” — uses cases from torture-resistance to digital wills https://consumerist.com/2013/04/12/google-introduces-dead-mans-switch-for-your-accounts/
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New undemocratic rules create barrier to public participation in upcoming pipeline hearings: a consequence of weakened federal environmental laws under Bill C-38 | - Environmental Defence
Toronto, ON – New undemocratic rules are creating a barrier to public participation in upcoming National Energy Board (NEB) hearings into the proposal for Enbridge’s Line 9 oil pipeline.
#5yrsago For the first time, a US president has classified the legal justification for taking publicly acknowledged actions https://theintercept.com/2018/04/14/donald-trump-ordered-syria-strike-based-on-a-secret-legal-justification-even-congress-cant-see/
#5yrsago #GoldmanSachs report: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html
#5yrsago #WellsFargo: fyeah, we’re going to lend money to gun manufacturers, now stfu before we shoot you https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/news/companies/wells-fargo-guns/index.html
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#5yrsago Careful study reveals that low testosterone is almost nonexistent and that taking T has almost no health benefits https://www.wired.com/story/testosterone-treatment-myth/
#5yrsago Forced #PrisonLabor put downward pressure on wages at American companies, worsening inequality https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/04/12/how-convict-labour-increased-inequality
#5yrsago Leaked docs reveal Koch/Walton/DeVos’s anti-teacher talking points https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/apr/12/teacher-strikes-rightwing-secret-strategy-revealed
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#5yrsago UK police train machine-learning model using Experian data that stereotypes people based on garden size, first names, and postal codes https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/13/uk-police-use-zipcode-profiles-garden-size-first-names-ai-based-custody-decision-system/
#5yrsago Stealing data from airgapped computers by using power fluctuations as a covert channel https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.04014.pdf
#1yrago America's 400 top earners pay less tax than you https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/13/taxes-are-for-the-little-people/#leona-helmsley-2022
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Wednesday's threads: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110187727500707808
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/ #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#
* Red Team Blues at SFPL with @annaleen (#SanFrancisco), Apr 30
https://sfpl.org/events/2023/04/30/author-cory-doctorow-red-team-blues
* Bay Area Bookfest (#Berkeley), May 6/7
https://www.baybookfest.org/session/cory-doctorow/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), May 10
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/
* Massy Books Red Team Blues event with Sean Cranbury (#Vancouver), May 10
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blues-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-sean-cranbury-tickets-608877016547
* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
https://wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow/
* 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
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/
* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/nottingham
* 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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Cory Doctorow - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Cory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus and many other publications. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open… Continue Reading
Recent appearances:
* Cory Doctorow knows why monopolies are killing art (Canadaland)
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/bonus-cory-doctorow-knows-why-monopolies-are-killing-art/recent
* Against Enshittification (Trashfuture):
https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/against-enshitification-feat-cory-doctorow/
* The "Enshittification" of Online Life
https://shows.acast.com/6204030b1850700013ff991b/episodes/the-enshittification-of-online-life-aryeh-cohen-wade-cory-do
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My latest Medium column is "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok: Have you tried not spying on kids?"
https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-a-child-safe-tiktok-be08fbf94b0d
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