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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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The "religious liberty" angle for overturning the overturning of Dobbs: Paging the Satanic Temple to the white courtesy stirrups.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110695600745072166

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-11 13:07:01

#FrankWilhoit's definition of "#conservativism" remains a classic:

> There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

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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/2023/07/11/wilhoitism/#hoosier-jews

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Hey look at this

* Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/29/google_trueview_skepticism/

* England’s water companies are ‘environmentally insolvent’, study says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/29/nationalise-england-water-firms-without-compensation-report-suggests

* 💰HEY, BILLIONAIRES! BUY SOME FUN STUFF!💰 https://mamot.fr/@rubenbolling@mastodon.social/110622676009608455

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England’s water companies are ‘environmentally insolvent’, study says

Firms are unable to raise £260bn to deal with sewage spillages according to researchers

^{Rowena Mason (The Guardian)}

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#20yrsago #Disney relaxes dress-codes at Parks https://web.archive.org/web/20031207055230/https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/07/11/national1658EDT0719.DTL

#15yrsago @neilhimself: giving away ebooks sold my print books https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/07/results-of-free.html

#15yrsago Are musicians owed royalties for performance of their music in torture chambers? https://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-torture-by-music-performance-in.html

#15yrsago Ontario Privacy Commissioner to Google: Fight the Viacom/YouTube privacy order! https://web.archive.org/web/20130121131134/https://www.ipc.on.ca/images/WhatsNew/up-2008_07_08_IPCLtroGoogle.pdf

#10yrsago Florida bans computers https://web.archive.org/web/20130712222815/http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/florida-may-accidentally-banned-computers-smartphones-163211435.html

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Florida may have accidentally banned computers and smartphones

Got a laptop or an iPhone in Florida? You could be violating the law. In an attempt to ban Internet cafes in the Sunshine State, legislators may have been a bit too broad in their language, resulting in what some … Continue reading →

^{Yahoo! Games}

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#10yrsago The Littlest Pirate King https://memex.craphound.com/2013/07/11/the-littlest-pirate-king/

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Yesterday's threads: In defense of Deliverism; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110692265759564412

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Cory Doctorow

2023-07-10 22:58:54

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: In defense of Deliverism; and more!

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

#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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Upcoming appearances:

* #ComicCon (#SanDiego), Jul 20-23
https://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule

* #Armadillocon (#Austin), Aug 4-6
https://armadillocon.org/d45/

* @defcon (#LasVegas), Aug 10-13
https://defcon.org/

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Program Schedule

Comic-Con International's complete Program Schedule will appear online about two weeks before the event.

^{Comic-Con International: San Diego}

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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/2023/07/11/wilhoitism/

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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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