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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 7, 2021, 21 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Technological self-determination; Biden delivers Right to Repair via executive order; Comic book store files comic-book lawsuit; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/07/ins…

#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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Technological self-determination: Competition is a means, not an end.



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Biden delivers Right to Repair via executive order: End of the line for John Deere's asshole lobbyists.



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Comic book store files comic-book lawsuit: Third Planet Comics has already won its case...in my heart.



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#15yrsago Guy successfully trades paperclip for house oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/2006/07/intere…

#10yrsago Podcast: I interview Thomas Gideon from the Command Line thecommandline.net/2011/07/06/6th…

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#10yrsago Influencing Machine: Brook Gladstone’s comic about media theory is serious but never dull memex.craphound.com/2011/07/07/inf…

#5yrsago ANSI board member thinks we should all pay for sex (and also pay to read the law) techdirt.com/articles/20160…

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#1yrago Big 4 accounting firms headed for breakup pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/lit…

#1yrago Coronavirus tests are a taxable benefit pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/lit…

#1yrago Or What You Will pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/lit…

#1yrago There is no automation employment crisis pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/lit…

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#1yrago New Little Brother/Homeland edition is out today! pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/lit…

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Yesterday's threads: Quantifying copyright reversion; 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

* Project Abraham book club (to benefit Yezidi refugees):
d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/truthmustbetol…

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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/2021/07/07/ins…

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If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these - and upcoming magazine 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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Today's top sources: @DavidGreene (twitter.com/davidgreene).

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