Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Iowa's starvation strategy; The Red Team Blues tour; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/19/whats-wrong-with-iowa/

#Pluralistic

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Tomorrow (Apr 21), I'm speaking in #Chicago at the #StiglerCenter's #Antitrust and #Competition Conference:

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/events/2023-antitrust

This weekend (Apr 22/23), I'm at the #LATimes #Bookfest:

https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule/

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Iowa's starvation strategy: Maybe the cruelty IS the point?

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110226765786174188

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The Red Team Blues tour: LA, San Diego, Burbank, San Francisco, PDX, Mountain View, Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Gaithersburg, DC, Toronto, Hay, Nottingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Berlin.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110226855622255407

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Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three: Danny does THE THING.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110226909129348758

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Hey look at this

* The #ClarenceThomas Scandal Is About More Than Corruption https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/18/clarence-thomas-scandal-corruption-00092335

* Technological #Antisolutions: The Difference Between #PublicTransit and #SelfDrivingCars https://theluddite.org/#!post/technological-antisolutions

* #ModernMonetaryTheory: An Explanation https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Modern-monetary-theory-v2.pdf

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#15yrsago #RobbinsBarstow’s spectacular amateur films https://archive.org/search?query=robbins barstow

#10yrsago #Viacom gets its ass handed to it again by a court in its YouTube lawsuit https://www.techdirt.com/2013/04/18/youtube-wins-yet-another-complete-victory-over-viacom-court-mocks-viacoms-ridiculous-legal-theories/

#10yrsago What happened to Waxy was terrible, but #FairUse works better than he thinks it does https://web.archive.org/web/20210617124426/https://archive.cmsimpact.org/blog/fair-use/fair-use-fearmongering-friends

#10yrsago Intergalactic jewel thief #Makiedoll mod https://web.archive.org/web/20130601111020/http://makie.me/forum/topic/365-lock-up-your-valuables-higi-is-about/?page=1

#5yrsago Pepsico launches a #KCup for juice https://web.archive.org/web/20180423003416/https://www.drinkfinity.com/

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#5yrsago All of #PuertoRico loses power https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-us-news-ap-top-news-hurricanes-f16313a8ccba490c94fd883e43db6bae

#5yrsago #Tesla pulls a #Trump, smears critical press outlet as “extremists” https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/04/tesla-accused-of-improper-worker-safety-reports-calls-news-site-extremist/

#5yrsago Facebook vs regulation: we exist nowhere and everywhere, all at once https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-put-1-5-billion-users-out-of-reach-of-new-eu-privacy-law-idUSKBN1HQ00P

#5yrsago The upside of big tech is Russia vs #Telegram, but the downside is #Cloudflare vs #SESTA https://memex.craphound.com/2018/04/19/the-upside-of-big-tech-is-russia-vs-telegram-but-the-downside-is-cloudflare-vs-sesta/

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Yesterday's threads: How tech does regulatory capture; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110221795206610458

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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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