Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Rabbits: PK Dick meets Qanon; Apple's manorial security; Billionaires don't pay tax; Google and France agree on ad-tech interop; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/06/08/leo…
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Rabbits: PK Dick meets Qanon: Terry Miles's debut novel of conspiratorial madness.
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Apple's manorial security: Works well, fails badly - think different?
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Billionaires don't pay tax: Leona Helmsley was an unrecognized genius.
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Google and France agree on ad-tech interop: Not the kind of competition we want.
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#10yrsago Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA cnet.com/news/richard-d…
#10yrsago Top universities a ‘breeding ground’ for Tories, warn Islamic groups newsthump.com/2011/06/07/top…
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#10yrsago Copyright extremist RIAA lawyer confirmed as America’s Solicitor General wired.com/2011/06/senate…
#5yrsago Password hashing demystified wired.com/2016/06/hacker…
#1yrsago Big mail providers block indie mailing lists pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the…
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#1yrago Private equity's coming for your pension pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the…
#1yrsago Cops are legally entitled to reject "high IQ" candidates pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the…
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Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "I Quit"; New York to revolutionize antitrust; New York to revolutionize voting; Competition tames ISPs; 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."
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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:
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Recent appearances:
* Fireside Chat with @beabusaniche (@Rightscon)
* @GenreTalk:
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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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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
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My latest @Medium column is "The Rent’s Too Damned High," about the long con of convincing Americans that they will grow prosperous through housing wealth, not labor rights
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
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Today's top sources: @BoingBoing (boingboing.net), @Slashdot (slashdot.org), @Gizmodo (gizmodo.com).
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