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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

Jul 6, 2021, 20 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Quantifying copyright reversion; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/06/bac…"

#Pluralistic

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Next Saturday, July 10, I'm helping @unshavedmouse launch his debut novel,"When the Sparrow Falls" at an event with @MystGalaxyBooks:
mystgalaxy.com/sharpson71021

My review:
pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…

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Quantifying copyright reversion: The first-of-its-kind dataset of creators who took back their rights.



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#20yrsago Death of a Dot-Com web.archive.org/web/2001070309…

#15yrsago US copyright law in verse jergames.blogspot.com/2006/07/us-cop…

#10yrsago Stross’s Rule 34: pervy technothriller about the future of policing memex.craphound.com/2011/07/06/str…

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#10yrsago Spanish anti-piracy execs busted for ripping off artists arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Epipens have more than quintupled in price since 2004 statnews.com/2016/07/06/epi…

#5yrsago Unpleasant Design: design that bullies its users 99percentinvisible.org/episode/unplea…

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#5yrsago After 7 years, UK’s Iraq War inquiry releases 2.6M word report damning Tony Blair and the invasion webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20171123123237…

#5yrsago Brexit’s other shoe drops: austerity, deregulation, climate nihilism theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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#5yrsago UK Tories want 10-year prison sentences for watching TV the wrong way torrentfreak.com/uk-bill-introd…

#5yrsago UK Tory leadership race: “a sort of X Factor for choosing the antichrist” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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#5yrsago Man builds giant, discrete-component-based computer that can play Tetris megaprocessor.com

#1yrago Video and transcript of my OII talk pluralistic.net/2020/07/06/pol…

#1yrago Miami cop owns illegal mansion nightclub pluralistic.net/2020/07/06/pol…

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#1yrago Europe's interop coalition pluralistic.net/2020/07/06/pol…

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Yesterday's threads: Conspiracy fantasy; Podcasting "Self Publishing"; 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 (my review: pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…)

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Recent appearances:

* The Bitcoin Podcast:
thebitcoinpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-po…

* The Rent's Too Damned High, @MacroCheese:
realprogressives.org/podcast_episod…

* 3D Printing Sci-Fi, 3DPOD:
3dprint.com/282547/3dpod-e…

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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 @MCRockefeller. 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/2021/07/06/bac…"

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

My latest Medium column is "Self Publishing," about the consolidation in publishing and what to do about it

doctorow.medium.com/self-publishin…

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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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