Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Newsom's California fiber dream; The S&L crisis perfected finance crime; Big Pharma's vicious battle against universal covid vaccination; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/15/how…
#Pluralistic
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Next Weds (5/19), I'm doing a talk called "Seize the Means of Computation," at the @ryersoncfe:
cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…
And on Thu (5/20), I'm doing a keynote called "Privacy Without Monopoly," for the @NorthSec_io conference:
nsec.io/speaker/cory-d…
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Newsom's California fiber dream: 100gbs symmetrical to every home in the state or bust!
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The S&L crisis perfected finance crime: The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
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Big Pharma's vicious battle against universal covid vaccination: Ghost-writing memos for GOP "public servants."
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#20yrsago Vegas outcall services phreak each others' phoneshttps://www.securityfocus.com/news/205
#15yrsago Gmail downgraded, no longer cracks PDFs web.archive.org/web/2006060305…
#10yrsago Walter Jon Williams uses pirate ebooks to rescue his backlist walterjonwilliams.net/2011/05/crowds…
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#5yrsago Algorithmic cruelty: when Gmail adds your harasser to your speed-dial lizdenys.com/journal/articl…
#1yrago Tear gas ice-cream pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out…
#1yrago Whistleblower warns of massive mortgage fraud pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out…
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#1yrago A people's vaccine pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out…
#1yrago Google's GDPR reckoning pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out…
#1yrago Understanding Qanon pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out…
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Yesterday's threads: A weapon of mass financial destruction; 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:
* Seize the Means of Computation, @RyersonCFE, May 19, cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…
* Privacy Without Monopoly, @NorthSec_io , May 20, nsec.io/speaker/cory-d…
* In conversation with @ddayen (Second Life Book Club), Jun 4, draxtor.com/sl-book-club-c…
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Recent appearances:
* @mamohanraj and @ben_rosenbaum Are Humans
open.spotify.com/episode/01dGJO…
* Can Antitrust Laws Destroy Surveillance Capitalism? (@majorityfm)
* In conversation with John @Scalzi at the @GburgBookFest
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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 @MCRockefeller. 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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