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Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Jun 10, 2021, 18 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: A denialism taxonomy; Urban broadband deserts; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/06/10/fli…

#Pluralistic

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A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry picking, conspiracy theories).



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Urban broadband deserts: Digital redlining is a policy, not an accident.



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#10yrsago Lobbynomics: Canadian Chamber of Commerce manufactures fake $30 billion counterfeiting loss web.archive.org/web/2011061104…

#5yrsago USA Swimming bans rapist Brock Turner for life rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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#5yrsago Reminder: Neal Stephenson predicted Donald Trump in 1994 memex.craphound.com/2016/06/10/rem…

#5yrsago UK startup offers landlords continuous, deep surveillance of tenants’ social media gawker.com/new-startup-th…

#5yrsago Donald Trump, deadbeat usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

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#1yrago MMT in the NYT pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/com…

#1yrago Appeals court rejects judge who wanted $65m for lost pants pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/com…

#1yrago Time to retheme Splash Mountain pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/com…

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Yesterday's threads: Prisoners' Inventions



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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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Recent appearances:

* Fireside Chat with @BeaBusaniche (@Rightscon)


* @GenreTalk podcast:
anchor.fm/genretalkpodca…

* Get Your News On With Ron/@RonPlacone:


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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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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/06/10/fli…

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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

doctorow.medium.com/the-rents-too-…

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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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