Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Dishwashers have become Iphones; Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/03/cas…
#Pluralistic
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This coming Friday (May 7), the @gburgbookfestl is featuring me in an interview conducted by John @scalzi; we pre-recorded the event but I'll be in the live chat for the premiere.
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Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder.
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Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast!
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#10yrsago Federal judge: open WiFi doesn’t make you liable for your neighbors’ misdeeds arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#5yrsago Technoheritage has a property problem bostonglobe.com/ideas/2016/04/…
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#5yrsago Norway’s titanic sovereign wealth fund takes a stand against executive pay bbc.com/news/business-…
#5yrsago TSA lines grow to 3 hours, snake outside the terminals, with no end in sight nytimes.com/2016/05/03/bus…
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#5yrsago Inside a SCOTUS case on cheerleader uniforms, a profound question about copyright arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#1yrago Lockdown CO2 and structural roots of the climate emergency pluralistic.net/2020/05/03/giv…
#1yrago The Making of Prince of Persia pluralistic.net/2020/05/03/giv…
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Yesterday's threads: XKCD's scientific microfiction meme; Attack Surface is a Locus Awards finalist; 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:
* In conversation w/@scalzi (@GburgBookFest), 5/7,
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, 5/12, knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…
* Launch for @aminder_d's Cyclopedia Exotica, 5/13, crowdcast.io/e/udbva8py/reg…
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Recent appearances:
* Podcapitalism Podcast
postcapitalismpodcast.com/cory-doctorow/
* Talking "Robot Artists & Black Swans" with Bruce Sterling
archive.org/details/robot-…
* The Right to Repair Movement, Monopolies, and Solarpunk
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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: Michael Brown (twitter.com/Supermathie), Slashdot (slashdot.org).
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