Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: How the Sacklers rigged the game; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/23/a-b…
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How the Sacklers rigged the game: Kickstarting the opioid epidemic and escaping with a fortune bigger than the Rockefellers'.
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#5yrsago Paypal refuses to deliver online purchases to UK addresses containing “Isis” b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-ty…
#1yrago Covid apps and false positives pluralistic.net/2020/05/23/pen…
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Yesterday's threads: How the filibuster dies; 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 @DDayen (Second Life Book Club), Jun 4, draxtor.com/sl-book-club-c…
* Book launch for @TKMiles's Rabbits (@BookSoup), Jun 7, eventbrite.com/e/terry-miles-…
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Recent appearances:
* How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Seize the Means of Computation @ryersoncfm
cfe.ryerson.ca/key-resources/…
* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media
* @mamohanraj and @ben_rosenbaum Are Humans
open.spotify.com/episode/01dGJO…
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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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