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Late stage capitalism is weird capitalism: A planned economy run by Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/107973188015003035

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#20yrsago Me reading from Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom https://craphound.com/audio/Doctorow%20-%20Down%20and%20Out%20in%20the%20Magic%20Kingdom%20-%20Chapter%206%20-%20SXSW%202002.mp3

#15yrsago RIAA explains why they’re suing your children https://web.archive.org/web/20070319210522/https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/03/15/sherman

#15yrsago David Byrne: Who needs music labels? https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-byrne-dc/rocker-david-byrne-making-sense-at-sxsw-fest-idUSN1625935020070316

#5yrsago The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144750/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-minnesota-mark-dayton-kansas-brownback-liberal-perspe-0506-jm-20150505-column.html

#1yrago How unions de-risk work https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/17/there-once-was-a-union-maid/#solidarity-forever

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Yesterday's threads: The role of prose quality in scholarship; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/107966748284288868

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Hey look at this

* Space Operations Command Headquarters Morale Patch https://usafpatches.com/product/space-operations-command-headquarters-morale-color-on-velcro/ (h/t JWZ)

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My latest book 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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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

Signed copies here:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2024/Available_Now%3A__How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism.html

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, 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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Upcoming appearances:

* Competition & Regulation in Disrupted Times (Charles River Associates/Brussels), Mar 31
https://www.cra-brusselsconference.com/

* Emerging Technologies For the Enterprise, Apr 19-20
https://2022.phillyemergingtech.com

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Recent appearances:

* The Bitcoin Podcast:
https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-podcast-387/

* Dangerous Visions: False Dawns and Wandergrounds - Dystopia, Then and Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7W77EbjPaM

* Safety Orange (This Week in Tech)
https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/865

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poesy-the-monster-slayer/#poesy

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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/2022/03/17/shareholder-socialism/

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If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is: "The Byzantine Premium: The contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy":

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-byzantine-premium-8411521db843

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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/).

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