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Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!

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Today (5/20) at 3:15PM, I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…

Mon (5/22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…

Tues (5/23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…

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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11040077…

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Welcome to my Saturday #linkdump, the third in an occasional series that may or may not be restricted to Saturdays, but which will ever be a celebration of olde-timey #linkblogging of the sort practiced by our blogfathers, blogmothers, and assorted other blogparents:

pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

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#15yrsago Security and the statistics of rare events theguardian.com/technology/200…

#15yrsago #Phlashing attack permanently destroys hardware over the network web.archive.org/web/2008120800…

#15yrsago #Napster goes DRM-free MP3 web.archive.org/web/2008052806…

#15yrsago Netherlands bans #EVoting web.archive.org/web/2008052511…

#15yrsago Hypocrite GOP House Leader #Boehner wants wiretapping protection — but only for himself eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/boeh…

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#10yrsago The Twelve-Fingered Boy – mesmerizing YA horror novel memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…

#10yrsago Rare, amazing original prospectus for #Disneyland memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…

#10yrsago Movie studios send fraudulent censorship demands over #PirateBay documentary torrentfreak.com/hollywood-stu…

#10yrsago My #SenseAboutScience lecture memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20…

#5yrsago News crew discovers 40 cellphone-tracking devices operating around DC nbcwashington.com/news/local/p…

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#5yrsago Stagnant wages + soaring cost of living + massive cuts to services = collapsing US birth-rate latimes.com/science/sciencenow…

#1yrago About Those Killswitched Ukrainian #Tractors pluralistic.net/2022/05/20/sel…

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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C…

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700706…

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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."

craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…

* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirst…

* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-…

* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-c…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-ke…

* Otherland event for Red Team Blues, Jun 8 (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-d…

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Recent appearances:

* Crime and Crypto | CYBER (Vice Motherboard)
youtube.com/watch?v=wvRhj9zomK…

* Shakedowns, Shell Games & Other Silicon Valley Shenanigans (MMT Podcast)
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/170-cory-…

* Chokepoint Capitalism's Stranglehold on the Arts (News Beat)
radiopublic.com/news-beat-GKkd…

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bless you! It's nice to own something one has bought, and support the actual artist!

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