Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The PRO Act and worker misclassification; $50k fellowships for critical technologists; The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/07/pro…
#Pluralistic
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Later today (May 7), the @GburgBookFest 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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The PRO Act and worker misclassification: A turning point in the class war.
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$50k fellowships for critical technologists: Become a Consumer Reports Digital Lab Fellow!
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The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report: Years in the making, hugely vindicating.
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#5yrsago Panama Papers whistleblower issues statement, naming and shaming failed states and institutions icij.org/investigations…
#5yrsago Kobo “upgrade” deprives readers of hundreds of DRM-locked ebooks teleread.com/drm-nightmare-…
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#1yrago EU: "Cookie walls violate the GDPR" pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/jus…
#1yrago Wink will brick your smart home if you don't pay a monthly fee pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/jus…
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Yesterday's threads: Scammers recycled covid nose-swabs; Ed-tech apps spy on kids; NY AG attributes Net Neutrality fraud to telcos; 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 with @Scalzi (@GburgBookFest), May 7,
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, May 12, knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…
* 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 @Bruces
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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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: Kyle Wiens (twitter.com/kwiens), Ben Moskowitz consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).
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