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Cory Doctorow @[email protected] Red Team Blues

@doctorow

May 9 • 29 tweets • 36 min read Twitter logo

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…

#Pluralistic

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Tomorrow (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits: Too big to fail, too big to jail, and an existential risk to civilization.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1655965100577284098

Hey look at this

* ‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees theguardian.com/science/2023/m… (h/t Interesting People list)

* Steamboat Willie Returns drive.google.com/file/d/1BkBVLb…

* Speed Trap theverge.com/23711172/googl…

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#15yrsago The lost @nytimes #steampunk feature web.archive.org/web/2008051100…

#15yrsago Kids’ game adds 500-1000 words to its forbidden list every day gamesindustry.biz/mmo-week-indus…

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#10yrsago #NewsCorp shareholders make another bid to democratize the #Murdoch family empire theguardian.com/media/2013/may…

#10yrsago Welcome to the century of the copyright troll: #PrendaLaw was just the beginning eff.org/deeplinks/2013…

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#5yrsago The most hated company in America is about to get much, much bigger vice.com/en/article/59q…

#5yrsago After the #BoyScouts opens up to trans kids, queer kids and girls, the M#ormons severed their 105-year relationship to scouting cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/…

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#5yrsago #Bumblefuck Watch: #RobFord’s brother hired his own “reporter” to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots thestar.com/opinion/editor…

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#5yrsago Colorado cop corrects would-be dog-slaughtering Illinois officer about drug-sniffing after marijuana legalization 420magazine.com/420-news/inter…

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#5yrsago “#Cocky” romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? theguardian.com/books/2018/may…

#5yrsago Nova Scotia premier won’t apologise for libeling teen who discovered massive data breach cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

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#5yrsago Nova Scotia abandons its attempt to destroy a teenager who stumbled on a wide-open directory of sensitive information cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

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#5yrsago Revenge of the #LaughableBumblefucks: Rob Ford’s brother admits that actors were hired to pretend to be his supporters at rally thestar.com/news/gta/2018/…

#5yrsago A new strain of #IoT #malware can survive a reboot bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

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#5yrsago @Equifax lets identity thieves raid “frozen” credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/anothe…

#5yrsago @Ticketmaster finds a new way to be terrible: #FacialRecognition! engadget.com/2018-05-06-tic…

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#1yrago At the @FTC, a quiet, profound shift on #antitrust pluralistic.net/2022/05/09/res…

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Yesterday's threads: California to smash prison e-profiteers; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1655711748174004224

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

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…

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

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700…

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @BeaconPressBks et al) 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:

* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), 5/10
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

* @MassyArts Red Team Blues event with @seancranbury (#Vancouver), 5/10
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @GburgBookFest, (#Gaithersburg) 5/20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…

* @publicknowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), 5/22
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* #WEPFest w/@RonDeibert, @hockeyesque and @DrNancyOlivieri (#Toronto), 5/23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…

* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @christreilly (#Nottingham), 5/30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…

* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirste…

* @CymeraF, 6/3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues with @Marthalanefox at the @bl, 6/5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-even…

* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…

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Recent appearances:

* @MarkTLive

* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…

* Author Talk: Cory Doctorow and @Annaleen in Conversation/@SFPublicLibrary

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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: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…

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

My latest Medium column is "Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm: Marcus Yallow + 50 Years = Marty Hench?"

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered).

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Today's top sources: Karma Burrito (twitter.com/BurritoKarma).

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