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Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Apr 3, 2021, 17 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Consumerism won't defeat Georgia's Jim Crow; China's antitrust surge; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/04/03/amb…

#Pluralistic

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Consumerism won't defeat Georgia's Jim Crow: You're not an ambulatory wallet.



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China's antitrust surge: "Consumer welfare" means corporate rule.



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#10yrsago TEDxObserver talk on kids and privacy theguardian.com/tedx/cory-doct…

#5yrsago Panama Papers: Largest leak in history reveals political and business elite hiding trillions in offshore havens theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/…

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#5yrsago America’s teachers are being trained in a harsh interrogation technique that produces false confessions web.archive.org/web/2016040414…

#5yrsago LA’s new rule: homeless people are only allowed to own one trashcan’s worth of things latimes.com/local/californ…

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#1yrago Amazon's leaked anti-worker smear plan pluralistic.net/2020/04/03/soc…

#1yrago The Tea Party killed pandemic preparedness pluralistic.net/2020/04/03/soc…

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Yesterday's threads: The zombie economy and digital arm-breakers; and more!



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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: darkdel.com/store/p1840/Av…

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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av…

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) 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."

craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

* All the Teachable Things I Know About Writing, Apr 13, changinghands.com/event/april202…

* Interop: Self-Determination vs Dystopia (FITC), Apr 19-21, fitc.ca/presentation/i…

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Recent appearances:

* Right to Repair, Monopolies, and Solarpunk


* The surveillance state, digital monopolies, and why we should be worried (Podsongs)
anchor.fm/podsongs/episo…

* Conspiracy Theories (Utopian Horizons):
soundcloud.com/utopianhorizon…

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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