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     You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

     Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pick-all-three/

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     My latest Medium column is "United We Stand: Creation is collective - and so is bargaining"

     https://doctorow.medium.com/united-we-stand-61e16ec707e2

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     Recent appearances:

     * ANU/Canberra Times Meet The Author
     https://soundcloud.com/experience_anu/in-conversation-with-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow?si=67bcf6db3c4742bd973152e4b1b4e313

     * The Gould Standard
     https://pod.link/thegouldstandard/episode/8648b67fb7a6ccbf49a7d5406f8582c7

     * ABC Radio National:
     https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/chokepoint-capitalism/101973108

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     Upcoming appearances:

     * Seize the Means of Computation (TU Wein), Mar 7
     https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

     * UT School of Design and Creative Technologies (#Austin), Mar 9
     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-center-presents-cory-doctorow-tickets-526627556197

     * Ethics of Emerging Tech Lecture (U #Manitoba), Mar 9
     https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/event/ethics-of-emerging-technology-lecture---rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow/

     * #SXSW #ChokepointCapitalism reading (#Austin), Mar 10
     https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP1143284

     * Ostrom Workshop: Beyond the Web Speaker Series, Mar 20
     https://events.iu.edu/ostromworkshop/event/806592-ostrom-workshop-beyond-the-web-speaker-series-cory

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:55:57 JST Cory Doctorow

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     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."

     https://craphound.com/shop/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:55:58 JST Cory Doctorow

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     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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     Tuesday's threads: VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription; and more!

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109942622407267717

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     #1yrago #Defi and #ShadowBanking 2.0 https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/02/shadow-banking-2-point-oh/#leverage

     #1yrago How "hollowed" hotels are destroying worker rights: #REITs aren't just for money laundering https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/01/reit-modernization-act/#reit-makes-might

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     #5yrsago CEO of Trustico emails 23,000 HTTPS private keys, triggering panicked mass-revocation https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/23000-https-certificates-axed-after-ceo-e-mails-private-keys/

     #5yrsago #United axes its employee bonus program, replaces it with a lottery, saving millions https://thepointsguy.co.uk/2018/03/united-cutting-employee-bonuses/

     #5yrsago Don’t give a dime to the #DCCC, they’ll just use to front #DINOs and smear Justice Democrats https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/when-dccc-calls-hang-up-the-phone/

     #1yrago How English #LibelLaw enables #Russian kleptocrats https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/04/londongrad/#enablers

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     #5yrsago #Adblock will cache popular Javascript libraries, meaning adblocked pages will be faster and less janky https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adblock-adds-feature-to-cache-popular-javascript-libraries/

     #5yrsago #AjitPai forced to return the gun the NRA gave him as a prize for his neutracidal rampage https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/fccs-aji-pai-declines-nra-gun-award-381975

     #5yrsago #FrenchPolynesia says it didn’t renew its deal with the #Seasteaders, a group of #libertarian separatists https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/351420/french-polynesia-sinks-floating-island-project

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     #10yrsago America’s #SixStrikes copyright system is a nightmare https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/copyright-propaganda-machine-gets-new-agent-your-isp

     #10yrsago Journalists took secret money for critical pieces about #Malaysian opposition candidate https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/covert-malaysian-campaign-touched-a-wide-range-of-american-m

     #10yrsago US Trade Rep orders Canada to comply with the dead-and-buried #ACTA treaty, Canada rolls over and wets itself https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/us-trade-office-calls-acta-back-dead-and-canada-complies

     #10yrsago Impulse: At long last, a new Jumper novel from Steven Gould https://memex.craphound.com/2013/03/01/impulse-at-long-last-a-new-jumper-novel-from-steven-gould/

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     #10yrsago Cops abduct 6-y-o for going to the store on her own, initially refuse to return to her dad https://www.freerangekids.com/cops-detain-6-year-old-for-walking-around-neighborhood-and-it-gets-worse/

     #10yrsago Inside the prosecution of #AaronSwartz https://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-inside-aaron-swartz-investigation-005452894.html

     #10yrsago What’s the most utopian fiction of all? https://locusmag.com/2013/03/cory-doctorow-ten-years-on/

     #10yrsago How an algorithm came up with Amazon’s KEEP CALM AND RAPE A LOT t-shirt https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012153/http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/

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     #15yrsago Engineering approach to global climate change https://craphound.com/etech08_Saul_Griffith_energy_literacy.txt

     #15yrsago Question Box: the Internet for remote places, no literacy or keyboards required https://www.questionbox.org

     #15yrsago Why hardware #EbookReaders are a dead end (for now, anyway) https://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/03/cory-doctorow-put-not-your-faith-in.html

     #15yrsago Fake cold remedy #Airborne settles lawsuit — get your cash back https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/makers-of-airborne-settle-false-ad-suit-with-refunds/

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     #20yrsago The people’s #FirstAmendment rights should not be auctioned off to media barons https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/the-peoples-first-amendment-rights-should-not-be-auctioned-off-to-media-barons/

     #15yrsago #PublicBroadcaster + #Bittorrent = massive public savings https://nrkbeta.no/2008/03/02/thoughts-on-bittorrent-distribution-for-a-public-broadcaster/

     #15yrsago How (and why) the #GreatFirewallOfChina works https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/the-connection-has-been-reset/306650/

     #15yrsago #NineInchNails goes #CreativeCommons remix-friendly with new album https://web.archive.org/web/20080305012426/http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home

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     #20yrsago Spectrum Etiquette: Two Proposals https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/02/spectrum-etiquette-two-proposals/

     #20yrsago Farber and Faulhaber’s argument for commons spectrum allocation https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/farber-and-faulhabers-argument-for-commons-spectrum-allocation/

     #20yrsago “Easement #commons” isn’t enough https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/easement-commons-isnt-enough/

     #20yrsago Commons #spectrum isn’t like a park! https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/commons-spectrum-isnt-like-a-park/

     #20yrsago Moot court on property versus commons for #SpectrumAllocation https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/moot-court-on-property-versus-commons-for-spectrum-allocation/

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     Hey look at this

     * After Backlash From Its Dumb Password Sharing Crackdown, Netflix Lowers Prices In 100 Countries (Just Not In The U.S.) https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/28/after-backlash-from-its-dumb-password-sharing-crackdown-netflix-lowers-prices-in-100-countries-just-not-in-the-u-s/

     * A Second Chance for Yesterday: Cover reveal and sneak peek of upcoming time-travel tale https://www.scifinow.co.uk/books/a-second-chance-for-yesterday-cover-reveal-and-sneak-peek-of-upcoming-time-travel-tale/

     * Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/scatalogic-rites

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:56:13 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation: You CAN please all of the people all of the time (sorta).

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109964771227599878

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:56:15 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Tue (Mar 7), I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWein:

     https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373

     On Mar 9, you can catch me in person in #Austin at the UT School of Design and Creative Technologies:

     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-center-presents-cory-doctorow-tickets-526627556197

     And remotely at #UManitoba's Ethics of Emerging Tech Lecture:

     https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/event/ethics-of-emerging-technology-lecture---rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow/

     On Mar 10, Rebecca Giblin and I kick off the #SXSW reading series:

     https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP1143284

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     Today's threads (a thread)

     Inside: Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation; and more!

     Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pick-all-three/

     #Pluralistic

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