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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/12/onl…

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Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around": A theory of change based on shovel-ready ideas.



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Hey look at this

* #Toronto Tenants Are Uniting in a Mass #RentStrike jacobin.com/2023/06/toront…

* France legalizes remotely turning on the camera or microphone of smartphones in criminal investigations www-francetvinfo-fr.translate.goog/societe/justic… (h/t Cooper)

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Here's the thing politicians and their strategists need to understand about "winning" Scarborough.

Show the fuck up.

#Scarborough #ScarTO #Toronto #TOpoli
Like the bar is so fucking low that all the Ford's have to do is have an event a few times a year.

What does that say about YOUR campaigns?

That you're being outmaneuvered by dipshits because they make appearances a few times a year?
The fact that "progressives" will not put time in the region where over 70% of the population is racialized is actual bullshit and your arrogance tells you that Scarborough residents are too ignorant to not see that.
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#Toronto

Il mondo pullula di fuori di testa.

In questo momento sul canale 9 Markus sta aiutando la polizia a trovare altri cannibali e altre possibili vittime.

Ecco chi è e chi fece arrestare.

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Avanti le indagini italiane sul cannibale. La sua famiglia: mai stato in Italia

3 Agosto 2011

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Il fratello del mostro, Marian, 37 anni, persona conosciuta in Slovacchia perché partecipa a programmi televisivi di grande richiamo, e che indossa travestimenti per divertire il pubblico – presi spesso dal cinema come quello di Freddy Krueger dal film Nightmare – si è
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What makes a well-written book?📚

Check out the following #writing tips.

Suggestions from editors at McGill-Queen’s University Press (@McGillQueensUP), University of British Columbia Press (@UBCPress) & University of Toronto Press (@utpress).

Hope this is helpful! Thread: 🧵👇
1/ Write clearly! Read Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, and follow that advice. Discussing complicated ideas does not necessarily mean complicated writing. (Randy Schmidt, @randyubcp) #ElementsofStyle
2/ Look at books you cite often and are inspired by as a model. Keep your audience firmly in mind and write to that audience. Stick to the core objective. Resist incorporating material that, while interesting, detracts from that primary aim. (Dan Quinlan, @utpress) #focus
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/20/the…

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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.



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Inside: Venture predation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fak…

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Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: How to save the new from Big Tech; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/18/ste…

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How to save the new from Big Tech: Four prescriptions from EFF.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/fre…

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The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer): After years of expensively purchased delay, Turbotax and its fellow tax-profiteers are losing the fight to make you pay them to tell the government what it already knows.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/fin…

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Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher: Dublin is a made town.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…

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Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?



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If you've followed me a long time, you've seen my transition from a "#linkblogger" (5-15 short hits/day) to an "essay-#blogger" (5-7 articles/week). I'm loving the new mode but returning to linkblogging is also intensely, unexpectedly gratifying:

pluralistic.net/2023/05/02/wun…

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…

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My last #linkblogging foray was so great - and my link-backlog is so large - that I'm doing another one.

Link the first: "Siphon," @xkcd's delightful, whimsical "#physics-how-the-fuck-does-it-work" one-shot (visit the link, the tooltip is great):

xkcd.com/2775/

3/ XKCD #2775: Siphon. Man: 'W...
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/11/ugl…

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Tonight (May 11) at 7PM, I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets with my novel *Red Team Blues*; I'll be hosted by Peter Hemminger at the Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor.

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes': The pervasive, predatory sleaze of Homevestor, "the #1 homebuyer in the USA."



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Inside: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/10/sof…

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Today (May 10), I'm in #VANCOUVER for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event tonight at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

Tomorrow (May 11), I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms: Don't just try to make platforms better - make them less important.



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Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…

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Tomorrow (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits: Too big to fail, too big to jail, and an existential risk to civilization.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: California to smash prison e-profiteers; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/08/cap…

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This Weds (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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California to smash prison e-profiteers: The Public Utility Commission to the rescue!



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…

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Today (5/6), I'll be in #Berkeley with my book *Red Team Blues* at the #BABF2023 for a 3:30PM event with @glynnwashington:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with @dellsystem for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:

baybookfest.org/session/chokep…

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…

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Tonight (5/5), I'm at @BooksIncStores #MountainView with @mkapor for *Red Team Blues*:

booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…

Sat, I'm in #Berkeley for #BABF2023 at 1530h with @glynnwashington:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

Sun, it's an 11h event with @dellsystem:

baybookfest.org/session/chokep…

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Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk: We swapped pandemic aid, new spending and minimum wage hikes for wage suppression and mass layoffs.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Ostromizing democracy; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/ana…

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Tomorrow (May 5), I'll be at @BooksIncStores in #MountainView at 7PM with @mkapor for my new novel, *Red Team Blues*:

booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…

This weekend (May 6/7), I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

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Ostromizing democracy: To counter antidemocratic libertarians, we need an analytical assessment of group problem-solving.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/03/par…

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This Friday (May 5), I'll be at @BooksIncStores in #MountainView with @mkapor for my new novel, *Red Team Blues*:

booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…

And on May 6/7, I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:

baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…

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The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point: My *Locus* column about the justifiable suspicions of the medical industry, lockdowns, license-plate cameras, and beyond.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

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The cause of Toronto's traffic congestion is too many people driving cars, rather than taking transit, cycling, or walking to their destinations. (1/3) #topoli #toronto #cdnpoli #biketo #walkto #stopsprawl
(2/3) One source of this problem is people who'd prefer to use active transportation being outbid by affluent committed motorists for scarce homes in neighborhoods like mine, where car-free living is already practical & convenient, even for families with kids. #topoli #biketo
(3/3) The main source of this problem is Toronto's unwillingness, for decades, to plan transit & housing on the basis that car-free living should practical & convenient in every corner of the City, even for families with kids. #topoli #biketo
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/01/usu…

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Tomorrow (May 2) at 7PM, I'll be at the Cedar Hills Crossing (#PDX) @Powells with @waxy:

powells.com/book/red-team-…

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When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank": "...with a computer."



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…

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Tomorrow (Apr 30) at 2PM, I'll be at the #SanFrancisco Public Library with my new book, *Red Team Blues*, hosted by @annaleen@wandering.shop:

sfpl.org/events/2023/04…

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The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets: Maybe the map IS the territory?



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This week, @scalzi let me write a guest-editorial for his blog about the themes in my new crime thriller, *Red Team Blues*; specifically, about the ways that spreadsheets embody the power and the pitfalls of #ScienceFiction at its best *and* worst:

whatever.scalzi.com/2023/04/26/the…

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…

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Yes, *spreadsheets*. Marty Hench (the protagonist of *Red Team Blues*) is a 67-year-old forensic accountant who specializes in unwinding Silicon Valley financial frauds.

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