#5yrsago The “reverse supply chain”: vast warehouses of deeply discounted, returned goods https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/where-amazon-returns-go-to-be-resold-by-hustlers/580363/

#5yrsago Google, Facebook and Microsoft were the top sponsors of a conference that featured #ClimateChangeDenial kooks https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/01/google-facebook-and-microsoft-sponsored-a-conference-that-promoted-climate-change-denial/

#5yrsago Facebook sold out the internet, secretly lobbied IN FAVOUR of #UploadFilters https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-story-facebook-fight-against-european-regulation/

#1yrago #DavidGraeber's "Pirate Enlightenment" https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/24/zana-malata/#libertalia

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Yesterday's threads: Boeing, Spirit and Jetblue, a monopoly horror-story; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111799825024715112

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My latest novel is "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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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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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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:

* The Lost Cause at Otherland (#Berlin), Jan 28
https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/zusaetzlicher-autor-innenabend-mit-cory-doctorow.html?day=20240128&times=1706466600,1706466600

* Marshall McLuhan Lecture 2024 (#Berlin), Jan 29
https://transmediale.de/en/2024/event/mcluhan-2024

* The Lost Cause at Otherland (#Berlin), Jan 30
https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/autor-innenabend-mit-cory-doctorow.html

* The Bezzle at Third Place Books (#Seattle), Feb 26
https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/cory-doctorow

* #Tuscon Festival of Books, Mar 9/10
https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676

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I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for *The Bezzle*, sequel to *Red Team Blues*, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There's also bundles with *Red Team Blues* in ebook, audio or paperback:

http://thebezzle.org

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