GhostOnTheHalfShell , 4 months ago

@pluralistic

If a company was really in the business of moving people around, they’d not use cars to do so. It would be funny to make Uber also pay for and maintain roads.

KSA has that much money to play with: bank roll Uber, which is sorta like KSAs version of hyperloop and try to hook Africa on car centric development. But with Uber, the Saudi kingdom are manipulating the US, Canada, the world to shape it to fit their needs, it sounds similar to mercantilism. 🧵

18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT in PHOENIX (Feb 29, Changing Hands). After that, it's Tucson, San Francisco, Anaheim and more!

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Lies, damned lies, and Uber: Uber wants to pay its Toronto drivers $2.50/hour (eh).

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112015069524915093

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Hey look at this

• Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union https://prospect.org/labor/2024-02-27-starbucks-stops-opposing-baristas-union-master-contract/

• Majority of workers at Mercedes plant in Alabama sign UAW authorization cards https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2024/02/27/mercedes-benz-uaw-organizing-autoworkers-alabama/72750019007/

• Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-european-parliament-ban/

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

#15yrsago @bruces on Web 2.0 https://www.wired.com/2009/03/what-bruce-ster/

#10yrsago German beekeeping laws are weird: an excerpt from “The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance” https://memex.craphound.com/2014/03/01/german-beekeeping-laws-are-weird-an-excerpt-from-the-emergency-sasquatch-ordinance/

#5yrsago Striking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/28/rapid-victory-west-virginia-teacher-strike-shows-what-happens-when-progressives

#5yrsago Satanic Panic 2.0: The Momo Challenge hoax https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Yesterday's threads: When private equity destroys your hospital; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112010081276384447

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Upcoming appearances:

• The Bezzle at Changing Hands (Phoenix), Feb 29
  https://www.changinghands.com/event/february2024/cory-doctorow

• Tucson Festival of Books, Mar 9/10
  https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676

• Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back (virtual), Mar 26
  https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3781006

• Wondercon (Anaheim), Mar 29-31
  https://www.comic-con.org/wc/

• The Bezzle at Anderson's Books (Chicago), Apr 17
  https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

• Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival, May 5-11
  https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

• Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
  https://media-ecology.org/convention

• American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
  https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

Recent appearances:

• Radioactive (@krclradio)
  https://krcl.org/blog/grist-investigates-doctorow-seed/

• The enshittification of music (Music Ally)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh20fD3XXbg

• Aaron Swartz (EpistemiCast)
  https://open.spotify.com/episode/5t9QVHSQBjIXKUiN2EvEmK

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

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18+ pluralistic OP , 4 months ago

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT in PHOENIX (Feb 29, Changing Hands). After that, it's Tucson, San Francisco, Anaheim and more!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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