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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 16, 2021, 17 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Suing all of ad-tech; Interop Sci-Fi; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/06/16/ins…

#Pluralistic

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Suing all of ad-tech: Will an EU country finally enforce the GDPR?



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Interop Sci-Fi: Inside the Clock Tower, my interoperability sf for Consumer Reports.



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#10yrsago Networks are necessary, but not sufficient, for social upheaval theguardian.com/technology/201…

#5yrsago Canadian trade policy expert calls TPP a “threat to democracy” policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/…

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#5yrsago The winners in today’s economy work worse hours than yesterday’s losers equitablegrowth.org/research-paper…

#1yrago The technology of Uyghur oppression pluralistic.net/2020/06/16/gam…

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Yesterday's threads: Taxes are for the little people; 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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Recent appearances:

* The ACCESS Act, @ConsumerReports:
consumerreports.org/digital-rights…

* Raging Chicken @rcpress podcast:
rcpress.podbean.com/e/out-dcoup-li…

* Darts and Lasers podcast:
dartsandletters.ca/2021/06/11/ep2…

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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/2021/06/16/ins…

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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 "Illegitimate Greatness," on what we can learn from Ida M Tarbell's century-old critique of John D Rockefeller

doctorow.medium.com/illegitimate-g…

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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "⛹🏽". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list

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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: @SeanBohan (twitter.com/seanbohan).

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