Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: When the Sparrow Falls; Exxon lobbyist confesses to his crimes; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…
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When the Sparrow Falls: Neil Sharpson's dystopian tale of an anti-AI hermit kingdom.
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Exxon lobbyist confesses to his crimes: Keith McCoy thought he was talking to an executive recruiter.
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#10yrsago Brazil rises up for free speech in 40 national demonstrations globalvoices.org/2011/06/30/bra…
#5yrsago Researchers find over 100 spying Tor nodes that attempt to compromise darknet sites vice.com/en/article/bmv…
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#5yrsago Spotify threatens to report Apple to competition regulators over App Store rejection vox.com/2016/6/30/1206…
#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren on monopolies in America, including Apple, Google, and Amazon washingtonmonthly.com/2016/06/30/eli…
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#1yrago Snowden on Little Brother pluralistic.net/2020/07/01/bos…
#1yrago Invigilation CEO doxes student pluralistic.net/2020/07/01/bos…
#1yrago Big Cop's corporate armorers pluralistic.net/2020/07/01/bos…
#1yrago Bossware pluralistic.net/2020/07/01/bos…
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Yesterday's threads: Corruption; 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."
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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:
* 3D Printing Sci-Fi, 3DPOD:
3dprint.com/282547/3dpod-e…
* Big Tech Fix, Feet to the Fire podcast:
feet2fire.net/e/a-bigtech-re…
* The ACCESS Act, @ConsumerReports:
consumerreports.org/digital-rights…
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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!
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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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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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