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The #Clarion #ScienceFiction #WritersWorkshop (I'm a grad, instructor and board member) is having its fundraiser auction to help defray tuition. I've donated a "#Tuckerization" - the right to name a character in a future novel:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clarion-sf-fantasy-writers-workshop-23-campaign/#/

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Clarion SF & Fantasy Writers Workshop '23 Campaign

Help us support new and important voices to the world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror! | Check out 'Clarion SF & Fantasy Writers Workshop '23 Campaign' on Indiegogo.

^Indiegogo

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In defense of Deliverism: The radical idea that people vote for politicians who make their lives better.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110692232692689853

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-10 22:50:29

Ther's lots of ways to slice the #DemocraticParty coalition, but one important axis are the self-styled adults-in-the-room, who declare themselves realists, and the party's left wing, who are dismissed as idealists who don't understand politics: neither how to win elections nor how to wield power.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/10/thanks-obama/#triangulation

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Hey look at this

* You Deserve a Tech Union https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union (h/t @kottke)

* So, About This HAIR.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1BdmqyD0k (h/t @waxy)

* Data Falsificada (Part 1): "Clusterfake" https://datacolada.org/109 (h/t @blair_fix)

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[109] Data Falsificada (Part 1): "Clusterfake" - Data Colada

This is the introduction to a four-part series of posts detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino.

^{Uri, Joe, & Leif (Data Colada)}

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#15yrsago Con-artists join the war on photographers https://web.archive.org/web/20080717053614/https://scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1649

#10yrsago @eff and Public Resource win: public safety standards aren’t copyrighted https://www.eff.org/press/releases/publicresourceorg-prevails-free-speech-case-over-publishing-safety-standards

#10yrsago The Optimist: #Disney alternate reality game https://web.archive.org/web/20130713064904/http://optimist.disney.com/?CMP=SOC-DPFY13Q4ExploreWaltDisneysVisionofTomorrowJoinTheOptimist000108-07-13

#10yrsago Judge orders Secret Service to release #AaronSwartz’s files https://www.wired.com/2013/07/swartz-foia/?cid=9593124

#10yrsago Templar: historical caper graphic novel from Prince of Persia creator https://memex.craphound.com/2013/07/10/templar-historical-caper-graphic-novel-from-prince-of-persia-creator/

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Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday ordered the government to promptly start releasing thousands of pages of Secret Service documents about the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz, following months of roadblocks and delays.

^{Kevin Poulsen (WIRED)}

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Jun 16th's threads: Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110555516308589995

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Cory Doctorow

2023-06-16 19:21:43

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/16/that-boy-aint-right/

#Pluralistic

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

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/

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

Signing with Cory Doctorow

^{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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Recent appearances:

* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn47ptAtVH0

* The Homeless Romantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXn9wy5bHq0

* Why the internet is getting worse
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/15992083-why-the-internet-is-getting-worse

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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 with Cory Doctorow

UCL Computer Science had the pleasure of hosting the 4th edition of the annual Peter Kirstein Lecture series. The lecture took place at UCL Cruciform Lecture...

^YouTube

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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: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/10/thanks-obama/

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

My latest Medium column is "Let the Platforms Burn: The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires"

https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980

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Let the Platforms Burn - Cory Doctorow - Medium

California needs to burn. For millennia, First Nations people oversaw controlled burns in the forests they lived, played and worked in. These burns cleared out underbrush, saw off sick trees, and…

^{Cory Doctorow (Medium)}

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