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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-02 16:03:41

In 1997, Jorn Barger coined the term "web-log" to describe his website "Robot Wisdom," where he logged his journeys around this exciting new digital space called "the web." Two years later, @peterme shortened "web-blog" to "#blog":

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#10yrsago Bloomberg publishes CEO-to-employee-pay chart bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-ex…

#10yrsago #MollyCrabapple’s SHELL GAME, free and CC web.archive.org/web/2013050515…

#5yrsago @CambridgeAnalytica is out of business, but its heavy hitters have reopened under a new name businessinsider.com/cambridge-…

#5yrsago #Comcast: if you don’t subscribe to cable TV, we won’t sell you high-speed internet arstechnica.com/information-te…

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#5yrsago Bipartisan amendment forces UK government to impose transparency on its #OffshoreTaxHavens theguardian.com/politics/2018/…

#1yrago Revenge Of the #ChickenizedReverseCentaurs pluralistic.net/2022/05/02/rev…

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Yesterday's threads: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank"; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

2023-05-01 21:10:42

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/01/usu…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: When you hear “fintech,” think “unlicensed bank” (01 May 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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

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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB

Signing with Cory Doctorow

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Upcoming appearances:

* Red Team Blues at Powell's with @waxy (#PDX/Cedar Hills Crossing), May 2
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* Red Team Blues at Books, Inc with @mkapor (#MountainView), May 5
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* Bay Area Bookfest (#Berkeley), May 6/7
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* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), May 10
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* Massy Books Red Team Blues event with Sean Cranbury (#Vancouver), May 10
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
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* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
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* Wordfest (#Calgary), May 11
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* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
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* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
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* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 28
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* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 29
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* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), May 29
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* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
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* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
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* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
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* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
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* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
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Recent appearances:

* The Next Chapter/CBC
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* Media Death Cult
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* Slingshot
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