Inside: America's best-paid CEOs have the worst-paid employees; Hey look at this; Upcoming appearances; Recent appearances; Latest books; Upcoming books; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/09/low-wage-100/
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Inside: America's best-paid CEOs have the worst-paid employees; Hey look at this; Upcoming appearances; Recent appearances; Latest books; Upcoming books; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/09/low-wage-100/
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https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?startDate=2024-09-24&endDate=2024-09-24
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The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865946/thelostcause
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https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113107635865120102
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* The Insidious Elitist Upshot of Behavioral Economics https://jacobin.com/2024/08/behavioral-economics-exxon-valdez-elitism/
* Apple Repaired My iPhone Screen, but Now My Social Media Account Is Banned https://www.finnvoorhees.com/words/banned-iphone (h/t Gregory Charlin)
* "Eradicating Hepatitis C with Bio-Terrorism" - DEFCON 32 https://kolektiva.media/w/uvD1wWTRoh7HEto8zeSswr (h/t Mixæl Laufer)
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#20yrsago Fair use is a right AND a defense https://memex.craphound.com/2004/09/09/fair-use-is-a-right-and-a-defense/
#20yrsago Bounty for asking “How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?” https://web.archive.org/web/20040918115027/https://onesimplequestion.blogspot.com/
#20yrsago What yesterday’s terrible music sampling ruling means https://web.archive.org/web/20040910095029/http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002153.shtml
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#15yrsago Shel Silverstein’s UNCLE SHELBY, not exactly a kids’ book https://memex.craphound.com/2009/09/09/shel-silversteins-uncle-shelby-not-exactly-a-kids-book/
#10yrsago Seemingly intoxicated Rob Ford gives subway press-conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcETJRoNCs
#10yrsago Amazon vs Hachette is nothing: just WAIT for the audiobook wars! https://locusmag.com/2014/09/cory-doctorow-audible-comixology-amazon-and-doctorows-first-law/
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#10yrsago New wind-tunnel tests find surprising gains in cycling efficiency from leg-shaving https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/the-curious-case-of-the-cyclists-unshaved-legs/article20370814/
#10yrsago Behind the scenes look at Canada’s Harper government gagging scientists https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/federal-scientist-media-request-generates-email-frenzy-but-no-interview-1.2759300
#10yrsago Starred review in Kirkus for INFORMATION DOESN’T WANT TO BE FREE https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cory-doctorow/information-doesnt-want-to-be-free/
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#5yrsago Important legal victory in web-scraping case https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/web-scraping-doesnt-violate-anti-hacking-law-appeals-court-rules/
#5yrsago Whistleblowers out Falwell’s Liberty University as a grifty, multibillion-dollar personality cult https://web.archive.org/web/20190910000528/https://www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2019/09/09/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-loans-227914
#5yrsago Pinduoduo: China’s “Groupon on steroids” https://www.wired.com/story/china-ecommerce-giant-never-heard/
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#5yrsago NYT calls for an end to legacy college admissions https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/end-legacy-college-admissions.html
#5yrsago Purdue’s court filings understate its role in the opioid epidemic by 80% https://www.propublica.org/article/data-touted-by-oxycontin-maker-to-fight-lawsuits-doesnt-tell-the-whole-story
#1yrago Saturday linkdump, part the sixth https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/09/nein-nein/#everything-is-miscellaneous
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https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113080463018808972
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https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle
Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:
https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle
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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:
http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245
Both are national bestsellers!
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* Albacon (Albany/remote), Sep 13-15
https://albacon.org/2024/
* The Right to Read, Boston Public Library, Sep 24
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66cf2d8bf520192f005fcc50
* TusCon (Tucson), Nov 8-10
https://tusconscificon.com/
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* Tech Rights & The Future of Privacy (Synthetic Minds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD5iAV1YmO4
* Enzittification with @Zitron & @brianmerchant
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