Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free; Happy Independent Bookstore Day; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax-loss-harvesting/
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Tomorrow (Apr 25) I'll be in #SanDiego for the launch of my new novel, *Red Team Blues*, at 7PM at #MysteriousGalaxy Books, hosted by #SarahGailey. Please come and say hi!
https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doctorow
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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110254439257703975
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image With the #IRSFiles, #Propublica ripped away the veil of performative complexity disguising the scams that the ultra-rich use to amass billions and billions (and billions and billions) of dollars, paying next to no tax, or even no tax at all. Each scam is its own little shell game, a set of semantic and accounting tricks used to gussy up otherwise banal rip-offs. 1/
Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image It's #IndependentBookstoreDay! I *love* bookstores, especially indies. I'm a recovering bookseller (love you, BakkaPhoenix!) and an inveterate and absurdly optimistic buyer of books - just this weekend, I bought three books at the *LA Times* Festival of Books, from Pages and Octavia's Bookshelf! -- 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/2023/04/24/tax-loss-harvesting/#ibd 1/
Hey look at this
* Scams, conspiracies, and surprising theories on why we fall victim to them https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/scams-fraud-credulity-1.6816036
* Escape Speed https://xkcd.com/2765/
* 'Let's Get It On' ... in court https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1171161616/lets-get-it-on-in-court (h/t Jamie Boyle)
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Scams, conspiracies, and surprising theories on why we fall victim to them | CBC Radio
We’re living in suspicious times, with facts at our fingertips. So why are so many people getting “taken in” — by scams and fraud, conspiracies and misinformation? IDEAS explains why credulity is a universal and persistent human tendency.
#20yrsago “Daddy, Are We There Yet?” Alan Kay’s talk at ETCON https://craphound.com/kayetcon2003
#20yrsago A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy: @ClayShirky’s talk at ETCON 2003 https://craphound.com/shirkyetcon2003.txt
#20yrsago Journalism 3.1b2, @dangillmor talk at ETCON https://craphound.com/gillmoretcon2003.txt
#20yrsago Notes from Meg Hourihan’s “Edges of the Writable Web” talk at ETCON https://craphound.com/megetcon2003.txt
#20yrsago #StewartButterfield: “The Game Context as a Testing Ground for Social Software.” https://craphound.com/stewartetcon2003.txt
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#20yrsago #MovableType launches #TypePad https://web.archive.org/web/20030603160143/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,942024,00.html
#20yrsago @hrheingold’s “Technology Innovation and Collective Action” at ETCON https://craphound.com/hlretcon2003.txt
#20yrsago Eric Blossom and Matt Ettus’s talk on #GNURadio at ETCON https://craphound.com/gnuradioetcon2003.txt
#20yrsago Notes from Wireless Routing and Multi-Hop Architectures at ETCON https://craphound.com/meshetcon2003.txt
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#15yrsago Anti-teen noise-weapon comes to the USA https://web.archive.org/web/20080429232132/https://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/23/teen.be.gone.ap/index.html
#15yrsago EMI: backing up music files online is illegal https://consumerist.com/2008/04/22/emi-says-you-cant-store-your-music-files-online/index.html
#10yrsago Early American tombstone euphemisms for death https://www.vastpublicindifference.com/2008/08/101-ways-to-say-died.html
#20yrsago Cisco’s routers designed for governmental eavesdropping https://web.archive.org/web/20030808191949/http://news.com.com/2010-1071-997528.html
#20yrsago #Chandler goes 0.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20030603202506/http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/000166.html
#20yrsago Notes from “Legal Issues and Emerging Technology” https://craphound.com/fvletcon2003.txt
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Conflict follows device that drives away teen loiterers - CNN.com
A wall-mounted gadget designed to drive away loiterers with a shrill, piercing noise audible only to teens and young adults is infuriating civil liberties groups and tormenting young people after being introduced into the United States.
#20yrsago Patents in Emerging Tech https://craphound.com/etconpatents.txt
#20yrsago Andrew “Bunnie” Huang’s tutorial on #HardwareHacking https://craphound.com/bunnieetcon2003.txt
#15yrsago #TSA screener who smuggled a gun into the airport is still on the job https://web.archive.org/web/20080428192830/http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6389294&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
#15yrsago Sleazy proposed new #DungeonsAndDragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems https://web.archive.org/web/20080506004830/www.networkperformancedaily.com/2008/04/mysql_isnt_going_from_open_to.html
#15yrsago MSN Music customers lose *all* their music the next time they buy a new PC https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/04/drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys/
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#15yrsago Middlesbrough cops, goons and clerks grab and detain photographer for shooting on a public street https://memex.craphound.com/2008/04/22/middlesbrough-cops-goons-and-clerks-grab-and-detain-photographer-for-shooting-on-a-public-street/
#15yrsago Disneyland bans pictures in its parking lots https://disneylandcompendium.blogspot.com/2008/04/photo-disneyland-doesnt-want-you-to-see.html
#10yrsago Fox sends fraudulent takedown notices for my novel Homeland https://memex.craphound.com/2013/04/22/fox-sends-fraudulent-takedown-notices-for-my-novel-homeland/
#10yrsago #WilliamGibson tries the Google Glass https://www.flickr.com/photos/1800joe/8666284626/in/photostream
#10yrsago Then-and-now photos of Disney Parks from early days and today https://www.imagineeringdisney.com/thenandnow/2013/2/17/then-and-now-photo-collection.html
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#10yrsago Finnish websites go dark tomorrow to call for copyright reform https://web.archive.org/web/20130601000000*/https://arcticstartup.com/2013/04/22/finnish-sites-blacking-out-tomorrow-in-support-of-copyright-petition
#10yrsago #ChinaMieville’s turn-it-to-11 high weirdness reboot of “Dial H” https://memex.craphound.com/2013/04/23/china-mievilles-turn-it-to-11-high-weirdness-reboot-of-dial-h/
#10yrsago Man has eaten at 6,297 Chinese restaurants in the USA and Canada https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto-htmlstory.html
#10yrsago Prof says he’ll grade students on a curve, so they organize a boycott of the exams and all get As https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/12/students-boycott-final-challenge-professors-grading-policy-and-get
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#5yrsago Cops shoot man, then interrupt his funeral to press his corpse’s finger to his Iphone https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/Cops-used-dead-man-s-finger-in-attempt-to-access-his-phone-It-s-legal-but-is-it-okay-_167262017/
#5yrsago The problem isn’t that Facebook is creepy, it’s that it’s creepy AND HUGE https://www.wired.com/story/competition-is-at-the-heart-of-facebooks-privacy-problem/
#5yrsago It’s 2018, and Google just proposed an instant messaging tool with no encryption https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-accused-of-showing-total-contempt-for-android-users-privacy/
#5yrsago ISO rejects the #NSA’s #IoT crypto standard, believing it to be backdoored https://web.archive.org/web/20180424134658/https://www.wikitribune.com/story/2018/04/20/internet/67004/67004/
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#5yrsago Colorado Senate Republicans introduce legislation to fire, imprison striking teachers https://www.denver7.com/lifestyle/education/colorado-senate-bill-seeks-to-punish-teachers-with-jail-time-should-they-go-on-strike
#5yrsago The used cars that Europe sends to Nigeria are filled with illegal, toxic e-waste https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6349/PiP_Report.pdf
#5yrsago The #BBC finally admits that #MI5 secretly vetted its employees, an open secret for generations https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43754737
#1yrago Don't believe Obama's Big Tech #CritiHype https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/22/mesmer-2-point-oh/#thanks-obama
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Bill would punish Colo. teachers with jail time
As Colorado teachers prepare to walk out next Friday to call for higher wages and increased school funding, some state lawmakers are working to make sure future strikes don’t go unpunished by introducing a bill in the Senate that could put teachers in jail for speaking out.
Friday's threads: How workers get trapped by "bondage fees"; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110237457383192274
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How workers get trapped by "bondage fees"; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/21/bondage-fees/ #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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(no title)
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:
* 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
* Red Team Blues at Powell's with @waxy (#PDX/Cedar Hills Crossing), May 2
https://www.powells.com/book/red-team-blues-martin-hench-1-9781250865847/2-1
* Red Team Blues at Books, Inc with @mkapor (#MountainView), May 5
https://www.booksinc.net/event/cory-doctorow-books-inc-mountain-view
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Bay Area Bookfest (#Berkeley), May 6/7
https://www.baybookfest.org/session/cory-doctorow/
* #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/
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/
* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
https://wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow/
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Cory Doctorow: Red Team Blues - Bay Area Book Festival
In cyber-security, the red team plays attack; the blue team plays defense. Martin Hench, the protagonist of Cory Doctorow’s latest too-close-to-home-for-comfort thriller, Red Team Blues, was born to play attack. There is simply no better financial Red Teamer in Silicon Valley. Martin is 67 years old, single, and a successful self-employed forensic accountant. While an […]
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/
* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307
* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 28
https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-enigma-12147
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 29
https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-danger-and-desire-of-the-frontier-12246
* 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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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
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* 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
* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/4/4/connection-interrupted-with-nina-allan-cory-doctorow-and-ian-mcdonald
* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
https://www.bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-techno-thriller
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* 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
* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/4/4/connection-interrupted-with-nina-allan-cory-doctorow-and-ian-mcdonald
* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
https://www.bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-techno-thriller
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-keynote-von-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-kreative-arbeitsmaerkte-und-monopole
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Recent appearances:
* Slingshot
https://www.thesling.org/video/slingshot-episode-5/
* IFTF Future Now
https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-the-future/future-now-003-chokepoint-capitalism-with-cory-doctorow?si=b46c7320d8bd48789fa2783ff52975d8
* Examining capitalism's chokepoints (Changelog)
https://changelog.com/podcast/535
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