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Inside: Twitch does a chokepoint capitalism; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/22/amazon-vs-amazon/

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New York City! I'm in town this week with "Chokepoint Capitalism," Rebecca Giblin's and my latest book! See us Friday at NYU!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-capitalism-funtime-book-party-tickets-411552222777

All this week, I'll be at Unfinished Live: https://live.unfinished.com/

More cities here: https://chokepointcapitalism.com/

If you can't make it to a tour-stop and want a signed, personalized copy shipped to your door, our friends at Folio Books have you covered:

https://www.foliosf.com/chokepointcapitalism

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Twitch does a chokepoint capitalism: "Amazon is charging Amazon so much money to run the business via Amazon that it has no choice but to take more money from streamers."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109042663343028759

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Hey look at this

* America’s Open Wound https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/americas-open-wound

* Space-themed replacement keyboard keys https://www.etsy.com/listing/1005243836/interstellar-resin-keycap-interstellar (h/t Super Punch)

* The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/garland-blood-collages

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