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 Upcoming appearances: 

* Wired Nextfest/#WNF23 (#Milano), Oct 7-8
https://eventi.wired.it/nextfest23-milano

* #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks (#Minneapolis), Oct 15
https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127

* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/

* 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities (#Charleston, WV), Oct 19
https://festivallcharleston.com/venue/university-of-charleston/

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 Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Seizing the Means of Computation (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Oct 25
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/

* The Internet Con at the @30e515be (virtual), Oct 31
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-the-internet-con-tickets-730939137637

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 Recent appearances:

* DIY isn't enough: systematic change (#FarmToTaber)
https://shows.acast.com/farm-to-taber/episodes/diy-isnt-enough-systematic-change-with-cory-doctorow

* Seize the Means of Computation (#MovementMemos)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OXPCnbiZHdIxUf8UTFnnu

* How to Seize the Means of Computation (#rHatchery)
https://www.podpage.com/rhatcherylive/how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation/

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 @b92dcc07 @30e515be Edinburgh in person?? 
 @fed2ca8d @30e515be nope, remote