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

Jun 29, 2021, 20 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: SCOTUS to wrongfully accused terrorists: "drop dead"; Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/06/29/thr…

#Pluralistic

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SCOTUS to wrongfully accused terrorists: "drop dead": Kavanaugh finds new ways to be wrong.



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Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit: Bad web-design is a choice.



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#20yrsago AndrewLeonard on the Microsoft antitrust appeal web.archive.org/web/2001081312…

#20yrsago @Lessig, @TimOReilly, Moglen, ESR and @jamie_love on the Microsoft antitrust appeal web.archive.org/web/2001063021…

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#15yrsago Vernor Vinge on computers, freedom and privacy theguardian.com/technology/200…

#10yrsago Copyright troll’s biggest fan commits terminal irony eff.org/deeplinks/2011…

#10yrsago Publishing in the Internet era: connecting audiences and works theguardian.com/technology/201…

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#10yrsago Why writers should have their own domains whatever.scalzi.com/2011/06/29/mas…

#5yrsago How to Break Open the Web: a report on the first Decentralized Web Summit fastcompany.com/3061357/the-we…

#5yrsago The Perdition Score: Sandman Slim vs the One Percent memex.craphound.com/2016/06/29/the…

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#5yrsago Rules for undercover cops, UK edition web.archive.org/web/2016062906…

#5yrsago Californians will get to vote on legal recreational weed web.archive.org/web/2016070209…

#1yrago Facebook and Trump collaborate on rule-rigging pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/fem…

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Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "Qualia"; Lazy Congress only schedules 9 days' work this summer; 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:

* Launch for @unshavedmouse's When the Sparrow Falls (@MystGalaxyBooks), Jul 10, mystgalaxy.com/sharpson71021

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Recent appearances:

* Big Tech Fix, Feet to the Fire podcast:
feet2fire.net/e/a-bigtech-re…

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

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

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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/2021/06/29/thr…

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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - and previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Moral hazard and monopoly," on the need to break up big tech platforms

doctorow.medium.com/moral-hazard-a…

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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: Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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