Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Stimmies killed the McJob; MRNA vaccines and Clarke's Law; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/05/cla…
#Pluralistic
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This coming Friday (May 7), the Gaithersburg Book Festival 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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Stimmies killed the McJob: Job creators hate him.
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MRNA vaccines and Clarke's Law: JESUS FUCKING HOLY GODDAMNED SHITBALLS.
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#10yrsago Shannon’s Law: a story about bridging Faerie and the mundane world with TCP-over-magic tor.com/2011/05/05/sha…
#10yrsago Neil Gaiman responds to Minnesota Republican House Leader who called him a “pencil-necked geek” and a “thief” journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/05/opinio…
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#5yrsago MEP tours the farcical viewing conditions for TTIP text
#5yrsago Amid education funding emergency, Washington State gives Boeing, Microsoft $1B in tax breaks jeffreifman.com/2016/05/05/for…
#1yrago A federal jobs guarantee pluralistic.net/2020/05/05/the…
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#1yrago What "writing rules" actually mean pluralistic.net/2020/05/05/the…
#1yrago Teen Vogue on socialist feminism pluralistic.net/2020/05/05/the…
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Yesterday's threads: Whales decry the casino economy; Qualia; 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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Upcoming appearances:
* In conversation with @Scalzi (@GburgBookFest), May 7,
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, May 12, knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…
* Book launch for Aminder-D's Cyclopedia Exotica, May 12, crowdcast.io/e/udbva8py/reg…
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Recent appearances:
* Hexapodia XIII with @delong and @Noahpinion
braddelong.substack.com/p/podcast-hexa…
* Podcapitalism Podcast
postcapitalismpodcast.com/cory-doctorow/
* Talking "Robot Artists & Black Swans" with Bruce Sterling
archive.org/details/robot-…
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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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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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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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