Today (5/20) at 3:15PM, I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/

Mon (5/22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307

Tues (5/23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser

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#15yrsago Security and the statistics of rare events https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/may/20/rare.events

#15yrsago #Phlashing attack permanently destroys hardware over the network https://web.archive.org/web/20081208002732/http://www.darkreading.com/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211201088

#15yrsago #Napster goes DRM-free MP3 https://web.archive.org/web/20080528062608/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1n7BAaoh0FAlj4S7zwISpV9G5bwD90P4SQ80

#15yrsago Netherlands bans #EVoting https://web.archive.org/web/20080525111455/http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=003AE63C-17A4-0F78-31DDDC0DCFA62609

#15yrsago Hypocrite GOP House Leader #Boehner wants wiretapping protection — but only for himself https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/boehner-wiretapping

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#10yrsago The Twelve-Fingered Boy – mesmerizing YA horror novel https://memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20/the-twelve-fingered-boy-mesmerizing-ya-horror-novel/

#10yrsago Rare, amazing original prospectus for #Disneyland https://memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20/rare-amazing-original-prospectus-for-disneyland/

#10yrsago Movie studios send fraudulent censorship demands over #PirateBay documentary https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-studios-take-down-pirate-bay-documentary-130519/

#10yrsago My #SenseAboutScience lecture https://memex.craphound.com/2013/05/20/corys-sense-about-science-lecture/

#5yrsago News crew discovers 40 cellphone-tracking devices operating around DC https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/potential-spy-devices-which-track-cellphones-intercept-calls-found-all-over-dc-md-va/2037263/

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#5yrsago Stagnant wages + soaring cost of living + massive cuts to services = collapsing US birth-rate https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-record-low-birth-rate-20180517-htmlstory.html

#1yrago About Those Killswitched Ukrainian #Tractors https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/20/self-destruct-button/#monkeys-paw

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Yesterday's threads: Venture predation; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110396098797871751

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

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

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

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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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