This Thu (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author Rebecca Giblin and our host, Brad Stone, for an @internetarchive/@coil@mastodon.social livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

youtube.com/coilhq

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Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex": The true, weird, horny history of medieval gender and sex.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/10970480…

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Cory Doctorow

2023-01-17 13:35:11

*The Once and Future Sex* is Eleanor Janega's new history of gender and sex in the medieval age, describing the weird and horny ways of medieval Europeans, which are far gnarlier and more complicated than the story we get from "traditionalists" who want us to believe that their ideas about gender roles reflect a fixed part of human nature, and that modern attitudes are an attempt to rewrite history.

wwnorton.com/books/97803938678…

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The Once and Future Sex

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions

A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality, and behavior.

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Hey look at this

* Harpercollins Union Strike Fund Posters etsy.com/listing/1392531215/ha… (h/t Super Punch)

* On women who talk, and also write books going-medieval.com/2023/01/17/…

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#10yrsago FBI responds to ACLU FOIA request…with 111 blank pages arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago Michelle Bachmann stiffs her campaign staff, they retaliate by ratting to the feds startribune.com/ex-bachmann-ai…

#5yrsago Neither Huxleyed, nor Orwelled: living in the Phildickian dystopia bostonreview.net/articles/henr…

#5yrsago A newly discovered strain of Android malware contains never-seen surveillance features securelist.com/skygofree-follo…

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Yesterday's threads: 1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/10970061…

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Cory Doctorow

2023-01-16 19:50:04

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: 1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/16/for…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: 1,000,000 stranded Southwest passengers deserved better from Pete Buttigieg (16 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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My latest 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 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:

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* @internetarchive livecast on Chokepoint Capitalism with Rebecca Giblin and Brad Stone, Jan 19, 1530hPT
youtube.com/coilhq

* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (#NewOrleans), Jan 27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doc…

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2023/feb…

* Future of Arts, Culture & Technology, ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-conver…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* ANU/Canberra Times Meet The Author (#Canberra), Feb 16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conversat…

* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (#Canberra), Feb 17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doct…

* #Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (#Brussels), Mar 2:
brusselsconference.com/registr…

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Recent appearances:

* The Majority Report with Sam Seder
majorityreportradio.com/2023/0…

* Decoder:
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* Plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-chok…

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