Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: How copyright filters lead to wage-theft; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/08/cop…
#Pluralistic
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I'm doing two live events next Wednesday, May 12:
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, a panel with @daphnehk for the Knight Center's Reimagine the Internet event
knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…
* Book launch for @Aminder_D's Cyclopedia Exotica
crowdcast.io/e/udbva8py/reg…
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How copyright filters lead to wage-theft: A Red Queen's race with fraudsters.
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#20yrsago Denmark plans to legalize music trading cnn.com/2001/TECH/inte…
#10yrsago NRA and Florida gag pediatricians: no more firearm safety advice for parents npr.org/2011/05/07/136…
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#5yrsago Conservative economics: what’s happened to the UK economy after a year of Tory rule independent.co.uk/news/business/…
#1yrago Volcano gods demand workers pluralistic.net/2020/05/08/vol…
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Yesterday's threads: The PRO Act and worker misclassification; $50k fellowships for critical technologists; The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report; 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:
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, May 12, knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…
* Book launch for Aminder Dhaliwal's Cyclopedia Exotica (Indigo), May 12, crowdcast.io/e/udbva8py/reg…
* Seize the Means of Computation, , May 19, cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…
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Recent appearances:
* In conversation with John Scalzi at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
* Hexapodia XIII with J Bradford De Long and Noah Smith
braddelong.substack.com/p/podcast-hexa…
* Podcapitalism Podcast
postcapitalismpodcast.com/cory-doctorow/
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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: Webshit Weekly (n-gate.com/hackernews/).
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