The Golden Rule: Twitter Threads and Finance Law

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules); and more!

Archived at: https://t.co/8F9LB3K0h1#Pluralistic 1/ pic.twitter.com/iPzxE21Uxn

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:https://t.co/6vCMLBaNQJ 2/ pic.twitter.com/uNk9GU17WU

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules): Dobbs, SVB, the Internet Archive, antitrust and the law's foundation in norms, not consistency.https://t.co/IajkxvD9H3 3/ pic.twitter.com/s3Kyf85cNm

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Hey look at this

* #Hachette v. @internetarchive Liveblog https://t.co/fkL6ph8d76

* @FrameworkPuter's 16" Modular Gamer Laptop https://t.co/qsUQI8iFKS

* Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries https://t.co/ysC3FAKlKF 4/ pic.twitter.com/GyTDSPMiwU

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#20yrsago #Mexico sells out its future by extending copyright https://t.co/NWZ2ypcohQ#20yrsago Google’s #SergeyBrin at #PCForum https://t.co/foWQyjhfL7#20yrsago #SocialSoftware panel at #PCForum https://t.co/IT2Dqfrw2i 5/ pic.twitter.com/qXlSlN8bj7

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#15yrsago #Walmart infection-spread timelapse video https://t.co/qWF6RehzOf#15yrsago @CShirky’s Harvard talk: Here Comes Everybody https://t.co/MPdJ2Sn1CC#15yrsago New US #CyberSecurity Czar has no cyber-security experience https://t.co/DFy9IYFqfb 6/ pic.twitter.com/rYhUSgfeb9

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#15yrsago How @CBC torrented a TV show https://t.co/63H6qp6CEa#15yrsago #Mugabe opponents forced to eat campaign posters https://t.co/BlYAq1u6Y5#10yrsago Why architects should stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers https://t.co/sV3IIvPcSw 7/ pic.twitter.com/8FvpXveZFG

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#10yrsago Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you https://t.co/Z6w1kx55WX#10yrsago Store wants $5 browsing fee to deter “#showrooming” by online shoppers https://t.co/lEvjX8ILam#10yrsago RPG inside an #Excel workbook https://t.co/M1clGkFCNg 8/ pic.twitter.com/Dwh6YXaHiW

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#10yrsago #Toronto Mayor #RobFord’s long history of public drunkenness and brawling https://t.co/QtE5MuUv7Q#10yrsago Summary of experimentally verified pricing heuristics https://t.co/rRY2JLezSJ 9/ pic.twitter.com/eVcnd73Pry

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago Cyber-arms-dealer #GreyHeron really, really doesn’t want you to know about the connections between them and the disgraced #HackingTeam https://t.co/LXUIIh4PSU#5yrsago Women (but not men) with high GPAs are less likely to get job offers https://t.co/2MYUIXRuRJ 10/ pic.twitter.com/rS825jANB5

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago A patchwork of state “incompetence” laws cost tens of thousands of Americans their vote every year https://t.co/H1zMgfwgeR 11/

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private “super-luxe” railcars to #Amtrak trains https://t.co/mDnOr5DhqT 12/ pic.twitter.com/3OeVhWAhbC

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago Poll: #Facebook is the least trusted custodian of private information, majority of Americans do not trust it https://t.co/jxwlrJAnVj#5yrsago #ICE uses Facebook’s backend to hunt their prey, with help from #Palantir https://t.co/qSSKsc9FnJ 13/ pic.twitter.com/hL7G6XJoD8

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago Invisible, targeted infrared light can fool facial recognition software into thinking anyone is anyone else https://t.co/ldfQZxkDEo 14/ pic.twitter.com/D7KsLj5Kgj

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago London police finally admit they fed intel to UK construction cartel to build illegal #blacklist of #labour organisers https://t.co/Qlj5lQL6qL#5yrsago Services that deliver the same functions as Facebook, for after you #DeleteFacebook https://t.co/FSoLaHD5zS 15/ pic.twitter.com/PST3JM8WZ3

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

#5yrsago Republicans and Trump kill anti-#WageTheft rule, will funnel your taxes to companies that rob and endanger workers https://t.co/msW8LRPPhM#5yrsago UK Information Commissioner’s Office raids #CambridgeAnalytica’s London office https://t.co/meoi1N2yEr 16/ pic.twitter.com/eJXd3C2oFd

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Thursday's threads: The "small nonprofit school" saved in the SVB bailout charges more than Harvard; and more!https://t.co/KFTKZevqGQ 17/ pic.twitter.com/ggLS60GR3X

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.https://t.co/UrlwmFl0uy

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:https://t.co/FTyPADBKxA 18/

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:https://t.co/uNgCwJIUSc 19/ pic.twitter.com/oK3WAjDlUd

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) 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://t.co/vpGcSZ1f7u 20/ pic.twitter.com/ddahQlXEvl

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Upcoming appearances:

* Antitrust and Competition Conference - Beyond the Consumer Welfare Standard (#Chicago), 4/20-21https://t.co/jVfVpJuxX9

* Red Team Blues at @MystGalaxyBooks (#SanDiego), 4/25https://t.co/aFYPuj70yh 21/ pic.twitter.com/7Vi6yMmpi6

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @baybookfest (#Berkeley/#BABF2023), 5/6-7https://t.co/1f2qHiofCE

* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11https://t.co/o0iU4y39uF 22/ pic.twitter.com/2YohzUy2r6

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29https://t.co/GyBeIJHloE

* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (Manchester), 5/31https://t.co/HwrXodHKLL 23/ pic.twitter.com/AZg6cNMkGM

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):https://t.co/V4qicQR6lI 24/ pic.twitter.com/lanVSrE2jl

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

Recent appearances:

* @culturejourno: What is chokepoint capitalism?https://t.co/MSRdicLoOr

* Techtonic with @markhurst | @WFMU https://t.co/Ibh2HhBt8o

* @RuBlackListNET Privacy Dayhttps://t.co/3EbXmqGG9l 25/ pic.twitter.com/JZVJLk83wE

— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 25, 2023

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